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- The e-commerce platform Shoplazza Corp. said it has upgraded its payments platform in an effort to streamline checkout and cut cart abandonment.
- Aurora Payments has launched a service for its Arise payment platform that replaces cardholder data with tokens issued by the card networks in an effort to cut fraud, boost approval rates, and reduce processing costs.
- ION Treasury launched its Enterprise Payment Hub, which it says is designed to centralize and secure payment processing at companies, banks, and centThe “typical” consumer spends $2,058 each month, or nearly one-third of income, on household bills, according to the “2025 U.S. Household Bill Pay Report” from doxo, a bill-payment technology company.ral banks.
- Facial-recognition technology is reducing checkout times by up to 90 seconds and boosting customer engagement for loyalty programs, but guarding against fraud must remain a major imperative, according to the U.S. Payments Forum.
- Lightspeed Commerce Inc. said it has integrated an inventory-replenishment capability into its Lightspeed Retail point-of-sale technology.
- U.S. small business sales jumped 5.5% year-over-year in March, while growing 1.8% month-over-month, according to the latest Small Business Index from Fiserv Inc.
- FAT Brands Inc., a franchisor of brands such as Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, and Twin Peaks, said it is accepting Bitcoin for royalty payments from franchisees. The company, which claims 2,300 locations globally, says it is the first restaurant franchisor to accept cryptocurrency for such payments.
- PDI Technologies Inc. has acquired P97 Networks LLC, a payments-technology provider to fuel brands, from venture-capital firm Emerald Technology Ventures. Terms were not announced.
- The “typical” consumer spends $2,058 each month, or nearly one-third of income, on household bills, according to the “2025 U.S. Household Bill Pay Report” from doxo, a bill-payment technology company.
- BHMI has released software to ease compliance with rules from the card networks. The release comes as part of the company’s payment-network compliance release for its Concourse Financial Software Suite.
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