The Electronic Payments Coalition’s attack this week against the Credit Card Competition Act calls out retailers Target Corp. and Walmart as greedy mega-corporate stores that stand to profit at the expense of consumers should the legislation pass. The aggressive tone of the EPC’s “high six-figure” campaign, unleashed this week, signals …

FundKite, a fintech that provides financing to small and medium-size businesses, has broadened its services with the launch of a payment-processing division. The move will enable FundKite to expand its services beyond offering capital to merchants by providing them with a one-stop processing and financing shop, the company says. In …

Tiptop Labs Inc., a payments-service provider, has launched a buy now, pay later program that allows consumers to trade in items for a credit toward a new purchase with select e-commerce merchants. The idea of applying trade-in value for a new purchase grew out of a trade-in-only app Tiptop launched …

Visa Installments, Visa Inc.’s buy now, pay later platform, received a huge lift Thursday with the announcement that Amazon.com will offer the payment option to Canadian consumers. The payment option, which is being marketed in Canada as “Installments enabled by Visa,” has until now been available only through 100 Canadian …

Merchants are looking forward to making their case now that a judge has rejected a proposed settlement of their two-decades-long litigation with Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. over transaction costs. Late Tuesday morning, Margo K. Brodie, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, issued a written …

WeGetFinancing has partnered with SensePass, a provider of alternative payment solutions, to provide a buy now, pay later solution for high-ticket items. WeGetFinancing is a BNPL gateway operated by Emerging Payments Technologies Inc. Merchants on the SensePass platform can now offer BNPL financing for purchases of up to $15,000, with …

American Express Co. early Friday announced it is acquiring Tock, a restaurant-reservation application, from Squarespace Inc. for $400 million, and Rooam, a contactless-payment platform for restaurants, bars, music venues, and arenas, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2014, Tock provides reservation, table-management, and event ticketing capabilities to 7,000 restaurants, wineries, …

Corpay Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire GPS Capital Markets LLC, a provider of cross-border and treasury management technology for businesses primarily in the United States. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in early 2025, were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, GPS Capital Markets provides corporate …

PatientPay, a payments provider for the health-care industry, has partnered with health-care processor Higher Standards Inc. to make its end-to-end billing and payment-acceptance billing solution available to Higher Standards clients. The partnership grew out of Higher Standards’ need for a technology partner that could provide billing and payment technology to …

Online grocery sales, which surged during the Covid pandemic as consumers avoided in-store shopping, continue to grow at a rapid pace, though the pandemic ended 13 months ago, according to the World Health Organization. Sales of groceries online, which include curbside pickup, increased 30% year over year in May, according …