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Shift4 Payments Inc. reported a strong third quarter early Tuesday, but by some measures it wasn’t strong enough, and the big processor’s top management frankly admitted as much in a morning call with equity analysts to discuss the results. “We’re clearly number-one in hospitality payments in the world,” said the …

Point-of-sale system maker Lightspeed Commerce Inc.’s transaction-based revenue jumped 33.5%, according to the company’s fiscal second quarter results ended Sept. 30. Meanwhile rival NCR Voyix Corp. posted $1.1 billion in net income in its third-quarter revenue, reversing a year-ago loss. Montreal-based Lightspeed says its transaction-based revenue totaled $183.8 million in …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, announced early Thursday that consumers and small businesses sent $481 billion dollars over the network during the first half of 2024, a 28% increase from the same period a year ago. Zelle users sent $1.8 million per minute, $110 million …

With the national spotlight now shining on the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, questions are being raised regarding merchants’ ability to comply with the law. The biggest challenge facing merchants will be separating tax and tips on credit or debit card transactions submitted to their card processor so they can …

Reaction from the payments industry to the Justice Department’s announcement Tuesday that it is suing Visa Inc. over antitrust issues involving its debit card business was swift and pointed. As expected, representatives of the payments industry denounced the lawsuit as baseless, while representatives of the merchant community and legislators friendly …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s 71-page complaint accusing Visa Inc. of monopolizing U.S. debit networks goes into great detail about the company’s pricing strategies and attempts to get merchants and card issuers to direct their debit business toward Visa. Those efforts have been quite successful. Referring to Visa’s so-called “moat” …