Leveraging tie-ins with sister companies to facilitate payments and converting fiat currency to cryptocurrency are some of the possibilities that lay ahead for XMoney, the digital wallet from social-media platform X, in the wake of its partnership with Visa Inc. Enabling Tesla charging stations to accept the wallet is an …
Read More »Moov Lands Trump Media Processing Deal And Supports Jack Henry’s Visa Direct Push
Payment processor Moov Financial Inc. will process payments for a particularly high-profile enterprise, the Truth Social platform and Truth+ video streaming service, both owned by President Trump’s Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. Announced Monday, the deal includes credit card, debit card, and ACH acceptance. Moov says the deal will …
Read More »RTP Passes 1 Billion Mark and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/3/25
The Clearing House Payments Co.’s Real Time Payments Network said it passed 1 billion cumulative payments on Friday. The network, operated by TCH since 2017, also set single-day records Friday for number of payments, at 1,592,419, and value, at $1.44 billion. New York City-based TCH is owned by 20 large commercial banks. President Donald …
Read More »Visa Touts Its X Money Deal As It Celebrates Results for Tokens, Credentials, And ‘Tap’ Services
Continuing its focus on developing consumer payments, tapping new business flows, and providing value-added services, Visa Inc. late Thursday posted a strong start to its 2025 fiscal year. Speaking to equity analysts, Visa chief executive Ryan McInerney highlighted Visa’s recent deal with X, formerly Twitter, to power the social-media platform’s …
Read More »COMMENTARY: It’s Not Payments, It’s Politics
In reconnecting with the payments industry after my Congressional run, one topic has come up in conversation more than any other: interchange regulations. Specifically, S.1838, the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 (CCCA), which takes a market-driven approach to driving down interchange fees. By enabling two credit card networks on …
Read More »Mastercard Addresses the Fate of Cap One’s Debit Cards
The pending $35.3-billion merger of Capital One and Discover has concentrated minds in the payments industry for nearly a year, but perhaps nowhere so much as at Mastercard Inc. That became apparent early Thursday as equity analysts quizzed the card network’s top brass about the combination’s potential impact on Mastercard, …
Read More »XMoney Signs Visa as Partner and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/28/25
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to have signed a deal with Visa Inc. for the card brand to be a partner in XMoney Account, the platform’s possible payments service, reported CNBC.com. Fuel discount platform GasBuddy launched its Pay with GasBuddy+ card issued by Fifth Third Bank N.A. bearing the …
Read More »C-Store Chain RaceTrac Deploys 10-4 by WEX for Cardless Fuel Payments
RaceTrac Inc., an Atlanta-based convenience store chain with more than 800 locations, is debuting cardless payments for truck drivers via the 10-4 by WEX app. The free app enables independent owner-operators to pay for diesel fuel without a physical card at the pump. Users upload their credit or debit card …
Read More »Chase on Track to Retain Acquiring Crown With Annual Volume Well North of $2 Trillion
New data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. signals the leading U.S. banking company is on track to retain its title as the nation’s largest merchant acquirer, with volume well in excess of $2.5 trillion flowing through its pipes. A note from a J.P. Morgan Payments spokesperson to Digital Transactions News …
Read More »Debit Cards, Real-Time Payments Favored by Online Sports Bettors, Paysafe Finds; Nuvei’s New U.K. Gaming Platform
Debit cards remain the preferred payment for online sports bettors, with 42% of bettors saying they use debit cards to fund their accounts, according to Paysafe Ltd.’s annual All the Ways Players Pay report. It is the third consecutive year debit ranked as bettor’s preferred payment method. Digital wallets were …
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