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EVO Payments Inc. reported third-quarter revenue of $117 million, a 4.4% decrease from $122.4 million in the same period a year ago. Its profit, however, of $5.8 million reversed a $1.8 million loss last year. In the quarter, EVO launched EVO Direct Deposit, a real-time settlement service for merchants.The Covid-19 pandemic made …

Criminals are prepping to reap ill-gotten gains this holiday season, and one way they’re doing that is by bringing their organizational skills to return and refund schemes. That’s the word from Signifyd Inc., a fraud-prevention services provider. Return and refund fraud is one of three trends gaining prominence now, says …

October ended on a whimper for small-business payment volumes, but whether that’s because of a new surge in Covid-19 or due to seasonality is hard to tell, experts say. CardFlight Inc., which supplies point-of-sale technology for small businesses and has been tracking their sales since the Covid-19 pandemic set in …

Payments provider Gravity Payments said it is processing mobile transactions for IDS Service360, a new software product that integrates with a management system from Integrated Dealer Systems for RV, marine, and trailer dealers.Coro Global Inc., whose app allows users to make payments backed by physical gold, announced its Coro Corp. unit has …

MagTek Inc. released its DynaFlex platform. Announced Tuesday, the platform can serve as a countertop or mobile device, be mounted to a tablet, or affixed to a standalone kiosk.  Designed to work with multiple configurations, DynaFlex is compatible with Windows and Android devices. It can accept payment via magstripe, EMV …

Payment card manufacturer CPI Card Group Inc. said net sales of debit and credit cards grew 22% year-over-year to $62.7 million in the third quarter. Net sales of prepaid debit cards dipped 1% to $20.6 million. For the nine months through September, credit and debit card sales rose 19% to $180.9 million, …

PayPal Holdings Inc.’s top executives late Monday laid out what chief executive Dan Schulman called “a fundamental overhaul” of the company’s PayPal and Venmo apps that will include a new cryptocurrency feature as well as bill payment and QR code capability on top of near-field communication technology and PayPal’s Pay …

The four-week average purchase amount for contactless transactions made with a debit card is $20.53, lower by 49% from the $40.43 overall average for purchases made with debit cards, said PSCU, a credit union service organization, in its weekly Tracking Transactions Trends report.Nacha announced that Nivelo Inc., a specialist in payments security for …

The Western Union Co. reported third-quarter revenue of $1.259 billion, down 4% year-over-year. Peer-to-peer transactions in the quarter totaled 77.3 million, up 6%.MoneyGram International Inc. reported third-quarter revenue of $323.2 million, down 1% year-over-year on a constant-currency basis. Digital transactions accounted for a 27% share of all money transfers in the quarter.Amazon.com …

Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology business on Wednesday unveiled Scan to Order, which allows consumers to access a menu and pay for their meal by scanning a QR code at the table or the order window. The application reflects an emerging trend among restaurants to shift interactions between customers and …