Payments-technology developer Echelon Payments said it will expand into processing for non-profit organizations by working with Create.Payments, a payments provider specializing in that market. Nuvei Corp. said its partnership with Loop Global, an electric vehicle charging services company, now includes direct local acquiring capabilities for turnkey unattended EV charging terminals in Canada. Embedded-payments …

Payments processor Adyen NV said it is working with the luxury-goods retailer LVMH to unify the company’s payments systems across all of its brands. LVMH operates more than 1,000 stores globally. Payments processor Thredd announced it will support an expansion into the United States and Latin America by Reap, a provider of cards backed …

Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Inc. announced it is offering its services through Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay mobile-payments app for in-store transactions. Apple enabled Affirm for online transactions in 2024. In related news, the payments platform Klarna AB said it too is now available on Apple Pay for in-store purchases, in this case in the …

Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit launched a national marketing campaign featuring what the company calls a “refreshed brand identity” and a focus on local small businesses. Payments-technology provider Kuvasz Solutions and comforte, a provider of payments-data protection, said they are expanding their partnership to North America from their base in Latin America. Paysign …

Klarna Group plc, a Sweden-based buy now, pay later platform with major U.S. operations, said its initial public offering closed with 34.3 million shares outstanding at an IPO price of $40 per share. Klarna closed at $42.74 per share after the first day of trading Thursday. Alipay said its Alipay Tap! contactless-payment service …

Mastercard Inc. and Paytently, a payments-orchestration platform, announced they have collaborated on an open-banking initiative that will leverage Mastercard systems to let consumers make payments directly from their bank accounts at checkout. In related news, Mastercard said it has worked with NCR Atleos and ITCARD to allow cash withdrawals at ATMs using a …

Restaurant payments-technology developer PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR AI as part of its product line, along with Coach AI, intended to be intelligent assistants in restaurant operations. Point-of-sale terminal maker Verifone Inc. is working with Futurex L.P., a developer of data-encryption technology, to enable remote key injection through the Futurex CryptoHub platform, Futurex said. …

Payments-orchestration platform Ixopay said it has integrated J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform, allowing Ixopay clients to integrate J.P. Morgan Payments’ offering into their payments services through Ixopay’s application programming interface. Aiwyn Inc., which provides payments and practice-management technology for accounting firms, announced it has acquired QuickFee’s U.S. payments business. Terms were not …

UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …

Payroc said it will begin processing Sept. 1 for merchants using Cinfed Credit Union under a new agreement with the financial institution, which serves members in Southwest Ohio. Digital-asset platform Fireblocks Inc. launched Fireblocks Network for Payments, aimed at enabling stablecoin-based transactions in more than 100 countries. Sola Security, a cybersecurity firm whose …