Competitive Strategies

In the first six weeks after The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC on Feb. 9 raised its real-time payments transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million, transactions of more than $1 million accounted for more than half the value of all real-time payments processed at Bank of America Corp., one of …

Friction when attempting to pay a past-due road toll online is the leading reason consumers don’t pay overdue tolls, not an unwillingness to pay, says a report from PayNearMe Inc. Among the key findings in the report from the Santa Clara, Calif-based fintech is that 39% of drivers reported difficulty …

Competition at the point of sale is just as tough behind the counter as in front. Two payments companies separately are launching new products they hope will give them an edge. PAR Technology Corp. released PAR Engagement, a portfolio of products meant to help enterprise restaurants win over more customers, …

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 …

OnePay, a New York City-based fintech, is partnering with Synchrony Financial to launch a credit card program for Walmart Inc. The program, which will debut in the fall, will offer a general-purpose Mastercard credit card and a private-label Walmart card. Walmart expects the deal to provide a better customer experience when …

Plaid Inc., the open-banking technology provider, will be the first Cross River Bank client to enable a much-desired request-for-payment function for real-time payments, Cross River announced Monday. As part of The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s RTP network, request for payment allows businesses to send a secure request for payment, …

PayPal Holdings Inc. has formed an integration with Selfbook, an AI-based booking application for hotels, allowing customers who check out with PayPal and Venmo to get access to savings on hotel rates, PayPal says. DealerLogix, a provider of scheduling and payments software for automobile service departments, said it has been certified …

NK Retail, a Sweden-based luxury department-store chain, is deploying Lightspeed Commerce Inc.’s NuORDER by Lightspeed B2B commerce platform. NuORDER by Lightspeed is aimed at helping retailers streamline wholesale buying and selling with features like virtual showrooms and order-management systems.  NK offers a broad selection of fashion, beauty, interior design, and …

As cryptocurrency such as stablecoins inch toward mainstream acceptance, some platforms are starting to adapt slogans borrowed from the established world of payments. In the latest example, a new San Francisco-based company called NeverPay announced early Friday a program called Buy Now, Pay Never, which it says will let users …

Fiserv Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the 49.9% share of Ireland-based AIB Merchant Services it doesn’t already own. The joint venture between the two companies dates back to 2007. CPACharge, an online payment service for accounting professionals from AffiniPay, has a new partnership with SafeSend, a service for tax …