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DailyPay Inc., a provider of technology for the fast-growing earned-wage access market, said early Thursday it will add a savings feature to its new DailyPay Visa prepaid card. The goal is to let users put aside earnings as they receive them, the New York City-based company says. The company says …

Cryptocurrency gateway Alchemy Pay said it now supports the BNB Chain blockchain ecosystem for developers working in the Web3 arena. Web3 is a vision of a blockchain-based web that includes cryptocurrencies, nonfungible tokens, and related entities. Co-branded credit card platform Cardless Inc. has appointed Joe Wold head of partnerships and Ailien Phan chief compliance …

Credit and debit cards from U.S. Bank are now ready to use with Paze, the online checkout platform, which comes preloaded with access to up to 150 million payment cards. Paze is in the midst of a national rollout as it seeks to give issuers an edge in e-commerce checkout. …

Merchants in the United States paid $224 billion in card-acceptance costs in 2023, the highest toll for merchants in any country in the world, according to payment consultancy CMSPI’s State of the Industry Report. Interchange fees alone accounted for $143 billion of that total. Since 2009, U.S. merchants’ like-for-like payment …

MyKaarma, a payments service for automobile dealers, said its surcharge service, myKaarma Surcharge, has achieved compliance with Honest Pricing Laws that have been enacted in several states, including California and New York. Surcharging allows merchants to add their cost of credit card acceptance to a bill when a customer presents a credit …

American Express Co. expects its pilot program enabling cardholders to add their payment information at participating online merchants will please cardholders and make for smoother checkouts. The pilot, announced Thursday, allows AmEx cardholders to add or update their card information and store it for use at a participating merchant through …

The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking into airline rewards programs with an eye on protecting consumers from potential unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive practices, the department says. Many consumers use cobranded airline credit cards to earn points in these programs, though the DOT’s focus is on rewards, not on card-issuing …

With cash back as a favored consumer reward, PayPal Holdings Inc. is broadening its use with the debut of PayPal Everywhere, a rewards program for consumers on the PayPal Debit Mastercard. Announced Thursday, the program includes stackable cash-back offers and personalized ways to manage spending. It enables PayPal Debit cardholders …

Ria Money Transfer said it is now the exclusive money-transfer provider at more than 200 U.S. PLS Check Cashers locations, a move that could expose Ria’s services to more than 3 million monthly PLS customers. Announced Tuesday, the deal enables Chicago-based PLS Financial Services Inc. to offer Ria’s money-transfer service, …

The general-purpose reloadable prepaid card market is expanding fast as audiences as diverse as the underbanked population and frequent business travelers adopt the products for their convenience and as alternatives or complements to bank accounts. Now the Serve Cash Back Card has earned a first-place finish in Javelin Strategy & …