David Heun

U.S. consumers wanting to use cash for online payments will have the option to do so through a collaboration between Paysafe and Incomm Payments.

Fundraising platform TapSimple has raised nearly £1 million (U.S. $1.3 million) in an investment round that will help it to continue to develop fundraising activity in what it describes as an increasingly cashless world.

Cross-border online payment service provider PrimeiroPay is partnering with Visa payment management platform CyberSource to open high-growth Latin America markets to merchants seeking access to those regions.

The e-commerce expansion borne out of the pandemic heightens the balancing act between security and user experience, a challenge Forter and Nuvei hope to address through a mix of data analysis and an expansive network of merchants.

Payment technology developer MyPINPAD has upgraded its point-of-sale app to allow merchants to accept and authorize contactless payments through a consumer mobile device — and to potentially provide a less expensive option for PIN transactions for smaller merchants.

Bank of America has launched a cross-border payment tracker through its Swift GPI module that allows clients real-time visibility into their international payments.

As a way to help small businesses maintain COVID-19 social distancing measures, Judopay is using a longer-range QR code that removes the need for any interaction at a point of sale device.

Looking to ease contactless payments for cash wary consumers and businesses, PayPal has launched QR code payment acceptance in its iZettle point-of-sale application for small businesses in the U.K.

Faster payments haven't always lived up to the hype and promise because of development and adoption stagnation in the U.S., but the idea of speedier transactions is becoming more popular.

Crooks are hiding payment skimmers within plain sight on retailer websites, using social contact buttons in a way that's hard for security protection to spot.

Global payments provider Paysafe Group Holdings has agreed to a merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp., a transaction fueled through investments of more than $2 billion.

Banks trudging along slowly with digital advancements are getting a push from virtual card technology providers touting the concept of mass distribution for commercial card issuers.

The Accredited Standards Committee X9 is forming a group to study faster and real-time payments activity in the financial industry and eventually recommend new X9 standards and upgrades that would enhance interoperability and adoption.

Less than two months after launching a software-based model to replace traditional point of sale terminals, MagicCube has received a security compliance allowance from Visa for the mobile-driven system.

To address a growing demand for contactless payment methods during the coronavirus pandemic, 7-Eleven has launched a mobile wallet for customers to use at participating U.S. stores.

After tests with several banks that established Swift's ability to connect its Global Payments Initiative faster payments rail to domestic networks, the financial and messaging standards organization is activating the service in the U.K.

Whenever a technology moves into the payments or financial data ecosystem, it alerts fraudsters to probe it more intensely — and ultimately, figure out a way to use it as an attack vector.

Marketplace payments technology provider ConnexPay has secured additional funding from investors to reach $15 million, and it will use its funding to increase product offerings in the travel industry and expand in other e-commerce sectors.

Payments fintech Ebanx is partnering with Brazilian digital wallet provider PicPay to provide a new payment option for global merchants selling products in Brazil.

Just months after revealing it was testing lending directly to consumers through its Cash App, Square says it is buying the tax business of Credit Karma to bring tax preparation to Cash App customers.