Peoples Bank apparently likes what Deluxe Corp. has been doing for the Marietta, Ohio-based bank because it added Deluxe’s merchant services to its roster of services. The bank placed a part of its promotional business with Minneapolis-based Deluxe in January and added checks in March. Merchant services, under the One …

Just in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season, merchants are ready with new e-commerce checkout options. A hardware cooperative is adding the buy now, pay later option from Affirm for in-store use. Brands Dearfoams and Baggallini now offer Buy with Prime, the Amazon.com Inc. online checkout service. Oak Brook, …

Embedded payments and embedded finance have taken on an almost viral adoption within the payments industry, and the latest to tweak their services is processor Worldpay Inc. with its new Embedded Finance Engine. In related news, Fiserv Inc. says it will acquire StoneCastle Cash Management in a bid to better …

Payment processor Adyen will tap the expertise of analytics and consultancy firm TSG to help its merchants tailor payments applications to their needs. In related news, Valor PayTech is teaming with 4LeafLabs to create what it calls an affordable point-of-sale service for small businesses. Adyen,  a Netherlands-based processor initially known …

Landing a coveted merchant account is a top goal for many banks and payment technology firms, but banks may be at a disadvantage. It can cost up to 2.3 times more, on average $496, for a financial institution to onboard a merchant for payment services, as a paytech may spend …

Artificial-intelligence tools continue to find their way into the payments system. Two companies, Seon and Sigma360, are the latest to incorporate AI into new products. Austin, Texas-based Seon Technologies Ltd. says its new AI suite can help reduce manual review times on transactions by up to 50%. It does this by …

Consumer-advocacy organization Consumer Reports on Tuesday issued its “Fairness By Design Playbook” with expectations it can help fintechs build consumer trust. The new guide starts with the Consumer Reports thesis that what it calls fair design is not just beneficial to consumers, but can help organizations create sustainable financial products …

Travel-payments specialist CellPoint Digital is launching a platform to tie into a new retailing model quickly being adopted by the travel industry. In related news, Navan Inc., an expense-management platform, is readying for a public stock offering. London-based CellPoint Digital says its new One Source Orchestration platform is tailored to …

Acquirer Payroc is teaming with point-of-sale technology maker PAX Technology Inc. to make it easier for independent software vendors to use services from each company. And, PAR Technology Corp. launches PAR Games, a tool to drive loyalty and personalized interactions for merchants. PAX says the new collaboration with Payroc, called …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service, appears on track for a banner year with a record 2 billion transactions processed in the first six months of 2025, a 19% increase from the 2024 first half. The dollar amount of these transactions increased more, reaching nearly $600 billion, up 23% from $481 …