The payments platform Early Warning Services LLC has been sued by the state of New York for allegedly failing to protect Zelle users from what the state charges were “massive amounts of fraud.” Zelle is EWS’s peer-to-peer payments network. EWS officials couldn’t be immediately reached for comment. Processor Jack Henry has launched Tap2Local, which …

Circle Internet Group Inc. announced a public offering of 10 million shares of its Class A common stock, with 2 million shares offered by Circle and the balance by current shareholders. Circle on Tuesday unveiled Arc, a payments platform aimed at major money flows. Payments-technology provider Alacriti Inc. said Beginnings Credit Union has adopted …

Online registrar and payments provider GoDaddy Inc. released its Smart Terminal Pro, a point-of-sale system for in-store use. GoDaddy said transactions from the terminal can be synced with a merchant’s online transactions for a consolidated view of their operations. Small business lender Credibly launched Dynamic Offers, a new feature in its Offer Calculator, that …

Shift4 Payments Inc. said it is working with Blue Origin, a space technology company, to enable customers to pay for space flights with cryptocurrency and stablecoins. Payments technology provider Thunes announced a deal with Ontop, a payroll and financial platform, to enable freelancers and remote workers real-time access to their earnings. Payments technology …

Fintiv Inc., a digital-wallet developer, has sued Apple Inc., alleging the iPhone maker stole mobile-wallet technology from Fintiv to further its development of Apple Pay. The case was filed in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Apple Pay debuted in October 2014. Fintiv at the time was known as …

Klarna AB announced its payments services are available at WooCommerce stores using a plug-in from Stripe Inc. The number of such stores is said to reach hundreds of thousands. Valiify, a loan-origination platform, is working with payments firm Payfinia to use Payfinia’s PaymentXchange platform. Crypto wallet Bitget has launched its stablecoin-backed Mastercard in Brazil, with …

NCR Atleos Corp. said convenience store chain Casey’s joined its Allpoint ATM network. Casey’s has more than 2,900 locations. In related news, NCR Atleos said it will provide “thousands” of new ATMs to FCTI Inc., an ATM owner-operator and subsidiary of Seven Bank Ltd.. FCTI is the sole ATM operator in U.S. 7-Eleven …

Payments provider Electronic Merchant Systems acquired Paysley, an omnichannel payment platform. Terms were not disclosed. EMS also recently invested in Payment Nerds and Pet Payments, and acquired Peel Payments in April. Processor FIS Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $2.6 billion, up 5% from the same period last year. The company’s banking solutions unit took in $1.8 billion, up …

The July report from the Fiserv Small Business Index increased to 149, up one point from June. Year-over-year sales increased 3.6% and transactions grew 3%. Consumer spending increased from June, but their foot traffic into small businesses was nearly flat, Fiserv said. NewtekOne Inc. and its banking unit, NewTek Bank N.A., launched a …

Payments platform Blackhawk Network Inc. is working with Fold Holdings Inc., a financial-services company specializing in Bitcoin, to widen distribution of the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, launched in May. More online merchants are expected to begin offering the card in coming weeks, the parties say. Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) has launched Global …