David Heun

Payments software company SpotOn Transact has completed a $50 million funding round that included investments from 01 Advisors, a firm founded by former Twitter executives.

Following the lead of open banking regulation in Europe, payments technology provider Elavon is working with Nuapay in the U.K. to provide account-to-account payment setups for its merchant clients.

Artificial intelligence has given merchants and banks handling payment data a fighting chance against fraud because it essentially pits machine against machine in compiling data and establishing prevention algorithms.

Mobile financial network provider Rapyd is embedding its open development tools with Brazilian processors to support payments in any local method.

The Reserve Bank of India has temporarily halted operations at the struggling Yes Bank, leaving fintechs without a place to process payments.

Companies that give employees early access to earned pay don't want to be lumped in with payday lenders, so they are putting a new spin on their pitch: It's a tool to lure and retain valuable workers.

Even though health care payment providers have more digital payment options than ever, there still is a tough hurdle to overcome: Patients don't always trust the medical provider or insurance company to provide accurate bills.

For the past decade, the drive for modern restaurant point-of-sale terminals and software has turned into a highly competitive race seeking new looks and ideas.

Customer interaction platform Podium has added a Payments feature, allowing businesses to use text messaging to accept funds directly from customers.

With the world gripped in panic over the rapid spread of the coronavirus — and the stock market falling in response — payments companies have been left to speculate on what it all means to their operations in an increasingly global economy.