Financial-technology provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc. said it will acquire Payrailz, a provider of digital-payments technology, including real-time peer-to-peer payments capability. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close by the end of the month, were not disclosed.Payments platform BlueSnap has agreed to support KeyBank’s U.S payments gateway for e-commerce transactions by middle-market …

Restaurant-technology provider ParTech Inc. announced it has acquired Menu Technologies AG, an omnichannel ordering platform serving international restaurant brands. Terms were not disclosed.The Western Union Co. expanded its integration of Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time payment service, to its U.S. network, enabling consumers to send or receive funds directly to their eligible Visa debit …

Forage Technology Corp., a payment processor specializing in SNAP EBT acceptance for grocers, said it raised $22 million in Series A funding led by venture capital firm Nyca with participation from PayPal Ventures, EO Ventures, and the founder of Instacart, a grocery delivery provider.Infinicept, an embedded payments specialist, launched Infiniport, its …

MoneyGram International Inc. said its MoneyGram Online digital service had second quarter revenue of $53.3 million, up 13% from $47 million in the same quarter in 2021. Its overall revenue of $329.6 million in the quarter, was up slightly from $329.3 million revenue in the 2021 second quarter. MoneyGram posted a …

Mastercard Inc. said July retail sales increased 11.2% from July 2021. E-commerce sales were up 11.7% and in-store sales increased 11.1% for the same period.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. reported $340 million in revenue for its June quarter, up 13% year-over-year.In related news, ACI’s Speedpay will integrate with the Vindicia platform from technology firm Amdocs …

North American Banking Co. said it can offer customers instant payments to and from any financial institution linked to The Clearing House Payments Co.’s Real Time Payment network. The new service relies on NABC’s ExcheQ application and technology from Open Payment Network.Payments provider Waitr Holdings Inc. announced it will provide stadium ordering to …

American Express Co. launched American Express Global Pay, a digital payment service to enable U.S. businesses to make domestic and international business-to-business payments. Eligible U.S. AmEx Small Business cardholders can fund payments from their business bank accounts to suppliers in more than 40 countries with a dozen currencies.RevoluGroup Canada Inc., a payments-technology provider, …

Regpack, a payment management platform, said NYLA Talent, a network of more than 100 entertainment industry professionals and organizations, adopted its service to automate and digitize its payment processes.Early Warning Services LLC has opened a new headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. Owned by seven of the nation’s biggest banks, Early Warning is …

PayGround, a payments fintech specializing in health care, completed a $5.5-million funding round led by FCA Venture Partners and Lewis & Clark Ventures. The financing follows a $4-million seed round for PayGround last year.Chargebacks911 said its partnership with FIS Inc.’s Worldpay unit now includes Disputes Deflector, a set of chargeback and …

Daystar Payments has launched as a payments processor aiming to sign 1,000 independent sales organizations by the end of 2023, with a focus on attracting minority-owned businesses.Weave, a provider of customer-communication technology, launched a buy now, pay later platform for health-care providers. The company introduced a payment-processing platform in late 2019.The Strawhecker Group, …