Buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay Ltd. expanded its points-based Pulse Rewards program to all users. The company claims 17 million users in North America.Rival BNPL specialist Klarna AB announced it will offer financing to client merchants through business-finance platform Liberis Ltd.Rectangle Health, a payments provider specializing in doctors’ offices, is working with DoctorLogic …

Slice, which provides an ordering and payment app for independent pizzerias, added Slice Payments as an in-store payment platform. Slice Payments can be used with Slice Register, its point-of-sale service, or as a standalone option.Splitit Inc., a U.S. buy now, pay later provider, said it will integrate its installment-payment platform with tabby, …

Global payment transaction volume authenticated with EMV 3-D Secure 2.0 increased 1,667% in the first quarter year-over-year, according to Outseer’s latest quarterly fraud and payments report. The same type of volume authenticated with the previous version of EMV 3-D Secure increased 59% for the same period. Outseer is an authentication services provider.Payments …

Buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay Ltd. said it is now available through its app to customers of Amazon, CVS, Dell, Kroger, Macy’s, Nike, Target, Walgreen’s, and other major brands.EVO Payments Inc. has added automated clearing house processing to its PayFabric gateway. EVO’s ACH processing can be integrated into a merchant’s Web site …

Repay Holdings Inc. announced its acquisition of Kontrol Payables, an accounts payable automation provider, for up to $11 million.Cryptocurrency-based payments processor GreenBox POS announced the launch of a pilot for its Coyni stablecoin token. Among other features, Coyni offers instant settlement as well as transaction deletions and reversals.Cryptocurrency processor Flexa Inc. said it will be …

Payments provider E-Complish announced it acquired an outstanding interest in Regal Technologies LLC, which provide automated clearing house and other payment services.Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will process transactions for BetMGM, an online gaming and sports-betting platform.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. said it is working with the Foundation for California Community Colleges to …

Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems NV Corp. has acquired Clique Payments Inc., a provider of cloud-based software, for undisclosed terms. The deal will allow APPS to extend its integrations to include QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Xero, Sage, and other programs. The company supports more than 20 payment gateways.MoneyGram International Inc. said it has raised $97.6 million …

Credit union service organization PSCU released its June edition of the PSCU Payments Index that found purchases made with debit cards in the entertainment category increased 236% in April over April 2020 and by 208% for credit cards.Cardtronics plc said CVS Health is enabling the ATM operator’s Allpoint network of surcharge-free ATMs at …

Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. closed on its $503-million cash-and-stock acquisition of BillingTree, an 18-year-old payments-technology provider. The deal, the largest in Repay’s history, was announced May 10.NCR Corp. said it expects to close its $2.5-billion acquisition of ATM-network specialist Cardtronics plc on June 21. The merger agreement was announced in January.Freight-payments provider PayCargo received a $125-million Series …

American Express Co. said its Kabbage unit now offers Kabbage Checking to U.S. small businesses. AmEx also said it now offers Kabbage Funding to small businesses with lines of credit ranging from $1,000 to $150,000.Global Payments Inc. has launched a point-of-sale application that operates on commercially-available, off-the-shelf mobile phones, reported The Paypers …