Payment processing

It’s vital to work with a payment processor that fully discloses its pricing approach on its merchant statements, writes Jeff Zimmerman, COO of Clearent.

Fintrax provides multi-currency digital payment processing for international shoppers, and will add Planet Payment's base of clients in nearly two dozen countries.

The gig economy is one of the most demanding business sectors in terms of technology, speed and security. All of these factors play into how these companies handle payments.

In the crowded small-business payment technology market, Fattmerchant is taking a different approach to revenue.

If you’re an omnichannel merchant, it’s critical to analyze fraud separately across your brick and mortar, online and mobile channels, in order to focus your information security resources where they are most needed, writes Michael Lynch, chief strategy officer for InAuth.

Giving merchants direct access to third-party software isn’t new—First Data’s Clover unit introduced the concept three years ago—but Vantiv is giving its approach a custom-development spin with an app marketplace.

For the second time in less than a week, First Data has found an already speeding car to hop on board in the company's strategy to cover as many digital commerce bases as quickly as possible.

The Clearing House has become one of the first Mastercard-certified, third-party token service providers on behalf of issuing banks.

Online sales and software development are two of the most dynamic categories in the payments processing market, and First Data's acquisition of BluePay will give it inroads into both.

In recent years, there's been a lot of activity in payments M&A, but a few deals stand out — some for their size, and others for their ability to transform both parties in a fundamental way.

The Federal Reserve Board governor sketched out a future in which U.S. banks remain at the center of commercial transactions.

First Data posts an acquisition release in error, though it may eventually buy the company.

The first round of data is in following the Sept. 15 launch of same-day ACH debit payments, providing a snapshot of what Nacha expects will be a growing channel.

By turning itself into a pseudo payment facilitator as part of a new program, Elavon says it is in a better position to grow by offering services in a fast-growing sector.

UL Transaction Security has teamed up with Zurich-based payment software engineering firm Abrantix to create a robot to automate the typically tedious, manual process of payment terminal testing.

TSYS has added two executives to its board, including Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO of AT&T Business, and Richard Smith, who is chairman, CEO and president of Realogy Holdings Corp.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication says its Global Payments Innovation service surpassed two million cross-border payments during September.

Barclays Plc will need to defend its advantages in the payments business from encroachment by technology companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc., according to Chief Executive Officer Jes Staley.

Vantiv's $11.6 billion acquisition of U.K.-based Worldpay Group in August was the largest transaction in the financial technology and information sector during the third quarter of 2017, according to the latest report from investment bank Berkery Noyes.