GoCardless Ltd., a specialist in the burgeoning field of account-to-account transfers, strengthened its hand Friday with the acquisition of Nordigen Solutions, a Latvian-based open-banking platform provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will allow GoCardless to connect to more than 2,300 banks in 31 countries to enable account-to-account payments, a …

Payactiv Inc., a payments provider said to have pioneered the field of earned-wage access, said late Thursday it is scrapping its access fees. The move makes several of the company’s options, including automated clearing house transfers, “completely free,” the San Jose, Calif.-based company says. Payactiv’s action follows a move this …

A series of recent actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives the fintech industry some clues for navigating the new regulatory environment. The upshot is that the Bureau has been putting the pieces in place for a new approach to regulating any company that provides a financial product to …

After years of a relatively light touch, federal regulators are turning the Klieg lights on the payment industry. In some cases, their approach has been opaque, which is creating concerns that could stifle innovation. There’s an old adage inside the Beltway that says, “People Are Policy.” Since entering the Oval …

Network tokenization is a term that’s quickly been finding its way into the fintech and payments spaces, and that’s for good reason, given consumers’ awareness regarding data breaches and security. So, what is it exactly? Tokenization is what major payment networks like Visa, MasterCard, and Discover use to replace primary …

Paysafe Ltd. entered the mobile sports-betting market in Arkansas with a partnership with BetSaracen, a sportsbook app offered by Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, Ark. The partnership will start with BetSaracen’s integration of Paysafe’s Skrill USA digital wallet.The technology company Bushel launched a digital-payment platform to replace paper checks in transactions …

After more than two years, payments providers are still reeling from the chip shortage. Indeed, lead times for chips used in POS terminals and credit cards can be as long nine months, compared to six months a year ago, says Stewart Watterson, a strategic analyst for Aite-Novarica. Pre-pandemic, lead times …

To provide merchants in the United Kingdom and Europe with an international and domestic payout service, Paysafe Ltd. is integrating Mastercard Send into its platform. The deal will enable businesses in those regions to send payments to cards, bank accounts, and mobile wallets. Such capabilities are expected to be highly …

Stripe Inc. has introduced a direct-transfer product that it says allows users to send payments from their bank accounts to businesses without the account-reconciliation headaches that have historically plagued wire transfers. The new service is now available in the United States, Mexico, and the European Union, having been launched in …

Cross-border payments specialist PingPong Payments has partnered with the card network JCB International to enable JCB merchants in Hong Kong to receive online payments from JCB cardholders worldwide. The deal, which means PingPong now has direct relationships with all six major international credit card networks, strengthens the company’s position in …