Circle Internet Group Inc. is working with Matera Inc., a developer of banking technology, in a move aimed at speeding adoption of stablecoins by individuals and companies, the two firms announced early Wednesday. In the collaboration, Matera will integrate its Digital Twin real-time ledger with Circle’s platform to support routine …

As cryptocurrency such as stablecoins inch toward mainstream acceptance, some platforms are starting to adapt slogans borrowed from the established world of payments. In the latest example, a new San Francisco-based company called NeverPay announced early Friday a program called Buy Now, Pay Never, which it says will let users …

Ever since the card industry launched technology that lets merchants process transactions through an off-the-shelf mobile device, companies have worked to refine the idea further. Now, consumers can look forward to making remote purchases with a tap on their phone’s screen when they see something they want, according to payments …

Cannabis remains a federally illegal drug in the United States, but various states have acted over the past decade to legalize it and sales continue to grow fast enough that the market remains potentially lucrative for processors and banks. An example of how a major financial institution has entered this …

The big processor Worldpay said early Tuesday it will work with BVNK, a stablecoin-technology company, to provide to Worldpay clients what the companies say will be “nearly instant global payouts” in stablecoins. The service will be available to clients in the United States and Europe starting in the second half …

Ticketing is set for rapid growth, and payments firms are jockeying to get a piece of the action. Affirm Inc. announced early Tuesday it will offer its buy now, pay later option for lift tickets sold through Cali Pass at more than 20 ski resorts, six of them in California. …

The big card networks have worked for several years to exploit the growing business of transactions based on cryptocurrency, and the latest development emerged early Thursday with an announcement that Mastercard Inc. is looking to enable acceptance of stablecoin-backed cards at the more than 150 million merchants worldwide that accept …

Verifone Inc. announced Wednesday it will work with Stripe Inc. to enable Stripe’s payments services on Verifone point-of-sale devices. The move brings e-commerce giant Stripe further into the business of card-present processing and represents Verifone’s latest move to collaborate with major e-commerce payments players, following a recent agreement to provide …

The massive transaction processor Worldpay is coming to Global Payments Inc., and Global’s top management couldn’t be happier about it as analysts continue to study the $22.7 billion transaction announced last month. “We are so incredibly excited about the Worldpay acquisition,” said Global’s chief executive, Cameron Bready, in an early-morning …

Cryptocurrency remains far from mainstream payments, but it keeps edging closer in the United States and worldwide. Further evidence emerged early Friday with news that the money-transfer platform MoneyGram International Inc. has launched MoneyGram Ramps, an application programming interface aimed at easing crypto-based transfers. Simultaneously, a crypto app called Bitget …