Apple Inc. and Klarna AB are launching a new lease program called Apple Upgrade for Apple devices that sees consumers apply for a Klarna account. Consumers will use the Klarna app to monitor their Apple Upgrade account. Initially rumored last week, the now verified program offers users 12- and 24-month …

Business-to-business payments were one of the first use cases for instant payments when the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC debuted in 2017. As more businesses and consumers want to use such services, the use cases are evolving, with digital wallets—like PayPal and Venmo—now being the largest …

Payments provider Kurv is applying the notion of all-in-one access not just for its merchants, but for its sales agents, too, with the release of Kurv Agent. The online portal contains several tools that agents might have had to access one-by-one. Among the suite of tools is the ability to …

Payments provider NMI has added to its point-of-sale terminal lineup the Axium SmartPOS, which works across merchant types. In related news, MagTek Inc. says it will provide digital access tokens, which replace keys and passwords, for Star Micronics devices. Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says the new terminal uses POS equipment maker …

Datacap Systems Inc. is entering the softPOS arena with its new SureTap point-of-sale application, with which merchants can use their own devices. Any new transactions made with the application will contribute to the other bit of Monday’s POS news. The total value of global POS transactions are forecasted to reach …

With demand for hotel rooms forecasted to pick up this year and next in the United States, hospitality point-of-sale specialist Mews is adding multicurrency processing for hotel operators in the United States and Canada. Already made available 14 months ago to European hotels, the multicurrency service enables international travelers to …

Everyone has bills to pay, and two payments companies are making moves to make that chore as easy as possible. Repay Holdings Corp. is working with SBT, or Solutions by Text, to enable financial-services providers to offer payment via text messages. Separately, InvoiceCloud Inc. is working with public-sector software specialist …

JetBlue Airways Corp. is embarking on a unique twist to its buy now, pay later payment method by tying its loyalty program and embedded financing from ClarityPay close together. Using ClarityPay’s service, which makes custom point-of-sale lending options available to a merchant’s customers, the program will be able to offer …

A newly released standard for QR code payments could make it easier for consumers and merchants to use instant payments, says the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. X9 is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains national and international standards for the financial-services industry. The new standard, officially called X9.150, …