Acquiring

Ever since its 2021 acquisition of the payments-technology company Poynt Inc., the big Web registrar GoDaddy Inc. has been pressing steadily into a variety of payments markets. In its latest move, the company said early Thursday it will let businesses accept payments through a registered domain name. The new Payable …

Payments provider Nuvei Corp. closed on its previously announced $1.3-billion deal to acquire Paya Holdings Inc. Nuvei will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 results on March 8. Earlier this week, Paya released figures indicating its 2022 payments volume totaled $49.5 billion, with 2022 revenue of $282.7 million and net income of $8.3 million. Processor Evertec …

The United States has become buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB’s largest market by revenue, the company announced Tuesday. BNPL use blossomed during the pandemic and continues to find favor as inflation concerns push consumers to make value-based spending decisions. With 8 million monthly active users of the Klarna …

The average U.S. household spends $29,459 per year on bills, amounting to 42% of income, according to the “2023 U.S. Bill Pay Market Size & Category Breakout Report” from bill-pay processor doxo. Mission Lane, a fintech providing access to credit and debit products to more than 2 million consumers, said it …

NCR Corp. has expanded its agreement with Walgreens Co. to provide ATM services to nearly all Walgreens stores in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NCR already provides ATM services to an unspecified number of Walgreens locations through its Allpoint ATM network. Walgreens operates 9,021 stores …

Payments provider PayJunction released an updated version of its developer toolset to enable software companies to integrate account-to-account bank transfer connectivity within their platforms. Equipifi, a white-label buy now, pay later provider, said customers of credit union ACU of Texas can now use BNPL as a payment method with their existing debit …

Vetsource, a provider of technology, pharmacy, and business services to veterinary practices, has added payment processing capabilities to its platform. In addition to supporting credit and debit cards, e-wallets, and online and automated clearing house payment-processing options, Vetsource says its new service will enable veterinary practices to offer payment methods …

The leading digital currency Bitcoin hasn’t returned to the values it enjoyed early last year, but it appears to have rebounded from the beating it—and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole—took in the wake of the sudden collapse in November of the major trading platform FTX.com and the bankruptcy in …

The cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin of America announced users can pay their utility bills at kiosks operated by the company in Illinois and Texas by converting their virtual currency holdings into dollars at the machines. Samsung Electronics Canada launched a new version of its Samsung Galaxy S23 Series of mobile phones in that country, with …

Instances of card skimming were up in the United States in 2022, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified, a five-fold increase over 2021, and a more than three-fold increase in the total number of cards compromised, according to FICO (formerly Fair Isaac Co.). In addition, 3,000 unique financial institutions …