TSG’s yearly review of more than 300 U.S. merchant acquirers is out, and there is little surprise that JPMorgan Chase & Co. retains the top spot with an estimated 2023 U.S. processing volume of $2.4 trillion. While the top three slots in the annual TSG Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers …

A new tactic Global Payments Inc. began pursuing last year is delivering continuing benefits for the company as its merchant-solutions unit saw year-over-year point-of-sale volume growth of around 20% in the fourth quarter, top management at the big Atlanta-based processor said early Wednesday. Much of the credit for the growth …

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has partnered with golf-course management company GreatLIFE Golf & Fitness to provide point-of-sale technology for GreatLIFE’s GolfBack direct-booking engine. Lightspeed will begin deploying its POS technology at 14 golf courses operated by GreatLIFE in the Kansas City, Mo.-area, with plans to expand the technology to additional GreatLIFE-operated …

Numbers from Fiserv Inc. early Tuesday indicate the big processor’s payments and network business for financial institutions is growing at a steady clip, with September-quarter revenue in that business up 5% year-over-year, to $1.71 billion in volume. Riding that wave, the company’s top brass late Monday announced a deal with …

Processor Worldline is adding a flexible payment element to its revenue-share model for its North America partners servicing e-commerce merchants. And, payments provider Payroc says it will be the launch partner for the Ingenico Axium point-of-sale terminal line. Worldline’s new product, called FlexCommissions, enables its software and independent sales organization …

Visa Inc., which has been working with blockchain-based currencies at least since the start of the decade, on Monday said it is starting to expand its cryptocurrency services into merchant acquiring, largely for cross-border transactions. The move, which Visa calls a “pilot project,” involves the major merchant processors Worldpay and …

The merchant-acquiring business helped deliver a strong quarter for Fiserv Inc. as the big processor reported Wednesday its ninth consecutive period of organic revenue growth, or growth stemming from existing rather than recently acquired businesses. The Brookfield, Wis.-based company singled out its Clover point-of-sale technology for special mention as a …