Automated Clearing House

The U.S. services industry is huge—more than 135 million Americans in the field, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—and ensuring they are paid is a key role for the payments industry. Two payments companies are helping with new services. Digital tipping platform eTip’s integration with Visa Direct allows …

Buy now, pay later platform Sezzle Inc. has sued Shopify Inc., alleging federal and state antitrust violations related to actions Sezzle says “stifle competition for [BNPL] service options on Shopify’s e-commerce platform.” The action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The Shopify platform will adopt a feature from …

Curve has launched Curve Pay on the iOS operating system for European consumers, becoming the first payments technology to use the iPhone’s NFC interface following Apple Inc.’s agreement with the European Commission to open that interface to competing services. U.S. Bank has issued a Visa debit card cobranded with Gonzaga University and aimed at …

Zoho Corp., an Indian multinational software company, is launching Zoho Payments in the United States. Zoho Payments is an embedded-payments solution that enables businesses to collect one-time and recurring payments from customers, online and within Zoho apps.  Billed by Zoho as an out-of-the box payment solution, Zoho Payments supports the …

SoundHound AI Inc. said of the 94% of U.S. consumers who use voice assistants while driving or have voice assistants available 77% would rather place their orders using an in-car voice assistant rather than wait in a traditional drive-thru lane. The survey, conducted by research firm Big Village, included responses from …

Affirm Inc. announced deals for its buy now, pay later service to be available at Mattress Firm and at Costco Wholesale. Mattress Firm says it is the largest mattress retailer in the U.S. market, with more than 2,200 locations. India-based Zoho Corp. entered the U.S. market with the launch of Zoho Payments, which supports cards …

Arborgold, a software provider for landscapers, launched Arborgold Payments, allowing users to process credit, debit, and automated clearing house payments within the Arborgold software. Tillo, a gift card and rewards platform, announced it has received an investment from Tenzing, a technology investor. The sum of the investment was not disclosed. …

Square says its Cash App Pay service can now be used to pay for Domino’s items. Square said this is one of the first restaurant partnerships for Cash App Pay, which enables users to use their Cash App balances to pay for purchases. Payments provider Clearent by Xplor launched Xplor Capital, an embedded finance …

Priority Sports, a unit of the payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc., announced it has processed ticket sales since March for the Minnesota Wild, a National Hockey League team. A survey from Jack Henry & Associates Inc. found that 89% of financial institutions plan to add new payment services, including the FedNow real-time payments …

Stripe Inc. will launch a stablecoin-based payments service aimed at businesses outside the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, its chief executive, Patrick Collison, announced on social media. The news follows last week’s announcement by Circle Internet Group Inc. of a cross-border stablecoin initiative. Payments fintech WEX Inc. launched WEX EV Depot, a service …