Continuing its focus on developing consumer payments, tapping new business flows, and providing value-added services, Visa Inc. late Thursday posted a strong start to its 2025 fiscal year. Speaking to equity analysts, Visa chief executive Ryan McInerney highlighted Visa’s recent deal with X, formerly Twitter, to power the social-media platform’s …

Despite many financial institutions lagging behind when it comes to the adoption of full send-and-receive capabilities for real-time payments, that trend is expected to reverse itself starting in 2025, says a report from Q2 Holdings Inc., a provider of digital-banking solutions. As more financial institutions add full send/receive capabilities for …

A bill was introduced late Tuesday in the Illinois House of Representatives seeking to repeal the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Margaret Croke, chairperson of the House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee, is the latest twist in an ongoing battle over the IFPA, which became law …

2024 was the year of the mega-data breach, with six breaches accounting for 85%, or 1.4 billion, of the 1.7 billion breach notices sent to victims in 2024. That’s according to The Identity Theft Resources Center’s annual Data Breach report, released early Tuesday. At least 100 million breach notices were …

Bold Commerce Inc., a developer of e-commerce checkout software, has added two integrations to OpenCart and Gravity Forms to enable small and mid-size businesses using those platforms to accept any PayPal payment option, including Fastlane and Venmo.   OpenCart is a free, open-source platform for building and managing online stores. Gravity Forms …

Merchants are increasingly levying surcharges on purchases made with credit cards to help offset processing fees, a new study from J.D. Power finds. Some 34% of merchants surveyed are adding surcharges for credit card transactions, the study says. The study also found that flat-rate pricing lends merchants greater impetus to …

The Maryland legislature held a hearing late Tuesday on a bill prohibiting interchange from being charged on sales tax and gratuities linked to credit and debit card transactions. The bill, introduced by Delegates Todd Morgan and Brian Crosby, is the latest in what is expected to be a flurry of …

Agilysys Inc., a provider of hospitality solutions, is implementing 13 integrated software solutions at Kiva Dunes, a golf resort located in Gulf Shores, Ala., intended to optimize per guest revenue, automate administrative tasks, and improve the guest experience. Agilysys’ applications, which includes point-of-sale software, will eliminate repetitive administrative tasks across …

Debit cards remain the preferred payment for online sports bettors, with 42% of bettors saying they use debit cards to fund their accounts, according to Paysafe Ltd.’s annual All the Ways Players Pay report. It is the third consecutive year debit ranked as bettor’s preferred payment method. Digital wallets were …

American Express Co. reached an approximately $230 million settlement with the Department of Justice late Wednesday over allegations the card company engaged in deceptive marketing practices. The DoJ claims that AmEx’s deceptive marketing practices for its credit card and wire transfer products violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement …