• Bill processor Invoice Cloud announced a collaboration with PayNearMe to allow customers to pay bills with cash at participating retail stores, including CVS, 7-Eleven, Family Dollar, Casey’s General Stores, and ACE Cash Express.
• The Miami Parking Authority, the municipal parking-management authority for Miami, said drivers had used the PayByPhone parking-payment app to make 500,000 transactions in December, setting a record. Miami claims to be the first major U.S. city to adopt mobile payment for parking.
• Consulting firm Mercator Advisory Group Inc. released its “2018 Outlook: Payments” report.
• NACHA, the automated clearing house governing organization, announced three new board members and the re-election of four directors.
• Processor Total System Services Inc. (TSYS) named Kelley Knutson senior vice president of TSYS and president of Netspend, the company’s prepaid card services unit.