Cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay Inc. said it completed an integration with Wix, an e-commerce platform, to enable BitPay’s Bitcoin and crypto payment processing as a payment option.Splitit USA Inc. said Discover cardholders can use the installment payments with their cards. Diners Club International and other alliance cards can be used, too. Splitit uses …

Payments provider Nuvei Corp. said it will offer its U.S. merchant clients access to Visa Direct, Visa Inc.’s real-time push-payment network, for near real-time payouts.Ecrid Inc., a startup credit bureau that includes a bill-payment capability, announced it has filed for an initial public offering expected to raise $20 million.Payments provider Usio Inc. said the …

A September survey of 850 information-technology professionals around the world by security-software provider Hornetsecurity Group found more than 9% saying their organization had paid a ransom to recover data after a ransomware attack. Some 15.2% said their organizations don’t perform regular data backups.Parkmobile LLC, whose mobile app enables reservations and payment for …

Purchase scams, in which consumers pay for goods that never arrive, was the number-one fraud type in the second quarter in terms of card-fraud attempts, beating out social-engineering frauds, according to fraud-prevention firm Feedzai. The top city for overall fraud attempts was Las Vegas, with fraud up 411% in the quarter …

Retail spending, except for automotive and gas, increased 5.4% in September year-over-year, Mastercard Inc. said in its latest SpendingPulse report. E-commerce sales were up 11.5% over last year for the same period.Sila Inc., a fintech software platform, has combined forces with Arcus Inc., a payments-technology firm, to allow businesses to make payments …

AppsFlyer, a marketing measurement platform, said e-commerce retail app installations increased 55% on Android devices and 32% on iOS devices in 2021 in its latest “State of eCommerce App Marketing” report. In-app spending is up 35% and could increase to 42% by November.Payments-technology provider GK Software said it has completed an installation …

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., dropped its plans to offer banking services to consumers, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Google announced in November it intended to debut Plex, a mobile-first bank account integrated into Google Pay.Payments provider Park Place Payments said it will pay $500 to clients that drop the service within the …

Payments provider Payroc LLC announced a deal with PayTomorrow that will enable merchants, especially those selling high-ticket durable goods, to offer installment payments in stores, online, and via phone.Zuza LLC said it is providing its BloomPOS system to Payroc. Aimed at salons, spas, and gyms, the technology enables such functions as appointment scheduling …

Processor Fiserv Inc. said it will open a new office building in New Jersey that will include 428,000 square feet of space and accommodate approximately 3,000 employees.In related news, Visa Inc. said it will open a new office in Atlanta next year. The company expects the new space to accommodate approximately 1,000 employees over …

Thirty-nine percent of consumers would ditch traditional banking for peer-to-peer and social media app payments, found a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers from GoCardless, which provides account-to-account payment services. Younger consumers are much more inclined than older consumers with 54% of Gen Z, the youngest, and 56% of Millennials, willing to …