Acquiring

Gateway Funnel Pros, an alternative payment gateway specialist for merchants selling high-risk, regulated, or restricted products, has launched a payment gateway and merchant-account services for WooCommerce merchants selling health and wellness products, such as supplements, that some gateway providers may consider to be high-risk products. The integration will enable WooCommerce …

Transcore announced it has activated its Infinity tolling technology on the West Virginia Turnpike. The payments platform ePayPolicy announced Quotes and Invoices, a service intended to help insurance companies guide customers from an initial quote to invoice and payment. Payments-software provider Eastnets announced it has achieved compliance with the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act, …

Lightspeed Commerc Inc. launched Lightspeed Scanner, a service that lets sales associates process customers’ card transactions on an iPhone. MagTek said it is working with developer Vault to support Magtek’s DynaFlex II Go technology for mobile point-of-sale applications. Identity-verification specialist AU10TIX said its technology prevented an estimated $7.5 billion in fraud last year worldwide. …

Payments platform FreedomPay has partnered with Mastercard Inc. to provide businesses with a global payment gateway that it says streamlines sellers’ ability to connect with acquirers, enables them to accept a wider range of payment methods, and simplifies cross-border transactions. The partnership will provide access to more than 230 acquirers …

Magtek launched its Magensa Cloud Service eCommerce line of software, which it developed with PAAY, a provider of technology that authenticates consumer transactions. Payroc said it has combined its payment-processing capabilities with electric-vehicle chargers from EVMode and payment readers from UIC to offer a new EV charging platform. HTeaO, an iced-tea franchise, …

Adyen NV has introduced Uplift, an artificial intelligence-based payment optimization app that leverages data from Adyen’s processing platform to help merchants looking to boost conversions, streamline fraud management, and reduce payment costs. The app leverages data linked to global transactions on Adyen’s processing platform. The extent of payment data on …

Verione on Thursday unveiled a new line of payments devices that observers say represent a a sweeping effort by the 44-year-old company to establish a leading position in fast-moving markets like point of sale, mobile POS, and biometric authentication. The product launch includes a new set of point-of-sale devices available …

Payments platform Checkbook has acquired sureti, a provider of technology for the distribution of insurance payouts. Terms were not announced. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is asking for comment on implementing existing financial privacy law and how to address what it labeled intrusive data collection and personalized pricing. It also wants comment …

Opponents of the proposed Credit Card Competition Act expect the bill will be reintroduced in Congress, so the Electronic Payments Coalition launched a pre-emptive strike late Wednesday with a report detailing the bill’s potential economic impact. The study, conducted by Oxford Economics Research, claims the CCCA’s impact on the U.S. …

A state senator in Oklahoma has introduced the Bitcoin Freedom Act, a bill that would legalize payroll and vendor transactions in Bitcoin in that state. The move follows the state’s passage last May of a Bitcoin Rights bill. FV Bank, a digital financial institution, has expanded its stablecoin offerings with an integration …