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Payments provider i3 Verticals Inc. posted fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $96.4 million, a 13% increase from $85.3 million for the same quarter a year ago ended Sept. 30. Quarterly income of $3.4 million reversed a $4.4 million loss last year. For the full year, i3 Verticals had a loss of $2.7 million, …

Payments platform Klarna AB added a service in the U.S. market that enables “creators” to open customized online storefronts. PCI Pal, a provider of compliance technology for the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, said it is working with Zoom Video Communications Inc. to launch its services with Zoom Contact Center and Zoom …

Digital-banking software provider Alkami Technology Inc. said it has enabled access for client banks to open-banking network Plaid via an application programming interface. Lightspeed Commerce Inc., a specialist in payments processing for the hospitality industry, launched “Luminaries,” a planned series of interviews with the leaders of client businesses, starting with the corporate …

Bitcoin Depot Inc. looks to expand the installation of its cryptocurrency kiosks in a new deal with Cord Financial Services LLC. Separately, RocketFuel Inc. will adopt Ripple Payments for its payment-products suite. Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, which recently expanded the footprint of its BDCheckout cryptocurrency digital-wallet funding program, says it will …

AppTech Payments Corp., a specialist in business-to-business and business-to-consumer payments, has agreed to acquire Alliance Partners LLC and its FinZeo money-movement software. With the deal, expected to close Oct. 31, AppTech will become a payment facilitator, a company that allows merchants to accept payments on the company’s merchant account. Terms …

Payments platform Klarna AB announced a series of new services, including Shopping lens, which enables shoppers to take a picture of an item in their surroundings to find out where to buy it on the best terms. The service uses artificial intelligence to render the item in a search term. Technology consultancy Thoughtworks said …

U.S.-based network-management company Transaction Network Services said its technology will manage connectivity for Spain-based Euro Automatic Cash, a network of 1,500 ATMs. Tiptap, a donation platform, said it will enable Visa member financial institutions to offer customers a platform to make small donations to community charities while they are performing routine banking …

The Federal Reserve issued a set of market practices, or a kind of blueprint, as part of an effort to introduce standards for a request for payment function for bill pay on the regulator’s FedNow real-time payments service, which launched nationwide in July. Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit launched Tap to Pay on Android …

Varo Bank entered the peer-to-peer payments fray with Varo to Anyone, which allows Varo accountholders to send funds to anyone who holds a U.S. debit card. Varo says the service carries no fee. Mitek Systems Inc. announced it has agreed to offer its biometric-based identity verification technology to complement the credit-reporting agency Equifax Inc.’s …

Bitcoin Depot Inc., a Bitcoin ATM operator, has expanded the footprint of its BDCheckout program to more than 400 retail locations in Iowa and Louisiana. BDCheckout enables consumers to fund digital wallets with cryptocurrency at checkout through Bitcoin Depot’s network of merchants. Consumers can access BDCheckout at 246 convenience stores …