The payments platform Wirex Ltd. has launched Wirex Travel, a travel-booking utility offering discounts and cashback to users paying with a Wirex card. Nayax Ltd. has agreed to embed its payments technology within products from N-and Group, starting with the latter’s automated self-service commerce machines. Payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc. has launched Ambient, a …

President Trump issued an executive order requiring a move to electronic processing for all federal payments and receipts “by digitizing payments to the extent permissible under applicable law.” The order specifically rules out the creation of a central bank digital currency. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim rule that removes the requirement …

Two U.S. banks, Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank, executed what they say is the country’s first tokenization via blockchain of U.S. dollar demand deposits held at a bank, with the resulting transfer and redemption of stablecoins for a customer. The banks say the test carried low transaction costs and fast settlement. …

Payments platform Blackhawk Network announced it will work with Exchange Solutions, an offers service, to develop loyalty programs for businesses. An American Express Co. and Forbes Insight survey found that 73% of consumers choose a credit card as their preferred payment method followed by debit card, 56%, and cash, 50%. The survey canvassed 2,507 …

Advanced Executive Sales LLC, a point-of-sale and e-commerce payments platform, and its affiliate Neon Bloom Inc. said they will work with software developer Genwin LLC to boost transaction revenue and reduce dependence on third-party software. Nadcab Labs, an India-based wallet developer, introduced new services aimed at allowing users to manage …

Nayax Ltd. has launched what it calls its State-of-Charge feature for EV Kiosk, a service that lets users pay for EV charging while capturing session details separately on a mobile device by scanning a QR code. Klarna AB has agreed to offer payments options, in including pay in full and buy now, …

Fiserv Inc. has acquired CCV, a payments provider operating in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, in a deal aimed at speeding the deployment of Fiserv’s Clover point-of-sale platform in Europe. Terms were not disclosed. Lightspeed Commerce Inc., a payments provider specializing in hospitality, launched an AI-based product that lets clients build …

Bank processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. extended its work with Mastercard Inc. to now offer Mastercard Move, the card brand’s portfolio of money transfer products, through Jack Henry Transfers. This is part of Jack Henry’s previously announced partnership with Moov to enable banks and credit unions to offer digital payment services to consumers …

The Independent Community Bankers of America said its ICBA Payments subsidiary is working with Mastercard Inc. to offer upgraded and enhanced card and payment services for 1,400 community banks. Mastercard will manage all cardholder communication and marketing while ICBA Payments will move its sponsored card programs to Mastercard at no cost and …

Order.co, a business-to-business payments service, announced a number of enhancements, including real-time transaction tracking and what are said to be more robust security measures. Payments provider Shape Technologies said it will work with PXP, a technology platform, to help independent sales organizations, independent software vendors, and payment facilitators offer services that would …