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E-commerce platform Wix.com Ltd. looks to make it easier for its merchants with stores to accept physical payments with the debut of Tap to Pay on Android. The technology, coming from Stripe Inc., means merchants can accept contactless payments with a regular Android smart phone and no additional hardware. Tap …

Some 90% of businesses are “concerned” about whether they will be able to meet a March 2025 deadline for compliance with PCI DSS 4.0, a newly updated payments-security standard, according to a survey from payments-security firm Bluefin and S&P Global Market Intelligence. The survey was conducted during the second quarter and included …

Buy now, pay later specialist Zip Co Ltd. said it is working with Primer, a payments and commerce provider, to expand and optimized its payments stack. The troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX is seeking to reclaim millions in payments it made to celebrities and sports personalities prior to its November bankruptcy filing. Merchant services provider PayBright named …

Though not as credit and debit card friendly as some industries, the legalized cannabis industry continues to create opportunities for payments companies. Among the latest developments are the release of POSaBIT Systems Corp.’s latest point-of-sale system and a new program from Organic Payment Gateways. Bellevue, Wash.-based POSaBIT says its POSaBIT …

Infinicept, a provider of embedded payments, Tuesday introduced Launchpay, a payment facilitator (Payfac)-as-a-service model for software companies not yet ready to become full-scale payment facilitators. Payment facilitators allow customers to accept electronic payments using their platform through a master merchant account. Examples of Payfacs include Block Inc.’s Square merchant-processing unit …

Otto, a business and payments platform for veterinary practices, announced a $43-millon Series B equity-financing round. The company, formerly called TeleVet, now claims more than 8,000 clinics. Nexo introduced its Nexo Card, a Mastercard-branded card that allows holders to use as either a credit or debit card on each transaction, with …

Debit cards are the most widely used form of payment, while credit cards rank a distant third, a new study from J.D. Power says. Some 78% of consumers use debit cards at the point of sale, followed by cash (74%) and credit cards (66%), according to the survey. Other forms …

ATM owners are charging consumers a record high $3.15 per transaction for making out-of-network withdrawals, up slightly from $3.14 a year ago, according to Bankrate.com. The new high is also the 22nd time in the last 25 years that out-of-network fees levied by ATM owners have hit a new high. …

Students at Loyola University Maryland are the first to use Amazon.com Inc.’s Just Walk Out technology in a Grubhub partnership. The tech enables students, faculty, and staff to shop and walk out with their purchases billed within the app. Funding sources can be a meal plan, account balance, or credit …

Shift4 Payments Inc. has expanded its stadium-pay domain by signing a deal with the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues to provide payment processing at the Enterprise Center, the team’s arena, and the adjacent Stifel Theater. Shift4 will also provide software for the Blues’ loyalty program, mobile wallet, and ordering …