E-Commerce

Digital-payments platform Kasheesh, which allows consumers to split purchases between debit, credit, and prepaid cards for online purchases, has introduced a one-time-use Visa card to its mobile wallet that can be used at physical stores. The feature, called Mobile Wallet Dashboard, allows users to add their Kasheesh account to their …

While Stripe Inc. did not experience what it terms the “breakneck” growth it enjoyed in 2020 and 2021, the e-commerce payments giant still processed more than $817 billion in total volume in 2022, up 26% from the previous year, the financial services and software-as-a-service company told customers in its annual …

Insurance-industry payments specialist ePayPolicy launched Payables Connect, which it says automates reconciliation, creation, and payment of due payables. Technical-standards provider Global Platform said it will offer a seminar in Brussels April 26 on security for digital wallets offering eID. MSP Recovery Inc., which offers a product called LifeWallet to help providers manage medical …

Payment processor Euronet Worldwide Inc. on Wednesday announced a new fraud-monitoring service called Skylight the company says will enable analysts to write rules for monitoring suspicious transactions without needing to change software coding. The cloud-based service comes from Euronet’s epay division and runs on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Amazon.com Inc.’s …

Participants in the new SmartCharge New York electric-vehicle charging program in the New York City area can receive cash back to their PayPal or Venmo accounts if they charge their vehicles during low-demand hours. The program is overseen by electric utilities Con Edison and Orange & Rockland, which are working with ev.energy, …

PayPal Holdings Inc. has added four new features to its payment service for small online businesses that are expected to increase conversion, reduce declines and the risk of fraud, and provide greater transparency into processing costs. PayPal’s small business customers will now be able to offer Apple Pay at checkout, …

Finix Payments Inc. released its payments service for merchants that want to use embedded payments. Its first product was geared to software platforms. The new segment provides payments processing while enabling the merchant to control their customers’ online and in-person shopping experiences. Aeropay, a cannabis industry payments provider, said it and Onfleet, …

PayPal Holdings Inc. says it is now the preferred payments partner of Ticketmaster, the big and often controversial multi-national ticketing business owned by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. The deal announced Monday is a boon for PayPal’s Braintree merchant-processing unit, which will become Ticketmaster’s main processor. Monday’s announcement essentially is an …

POSaBIT Systems Corp. strengthened its position in the cannabis-payments processing market with the $7.5 million acquisition of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hypur Inc., a provider of payment and compliance solutions to high-risk merchants, including cannabis dispensaries, CBD retailers, and merchants that accept cryptocurrency. POSaBIT says the acquisition will provide it with a …

Coinhub said it recently secured placement of its Bitcoin ATMs at more than 1,000 gas stations and stores. Parthenon Capital announced it has closed on its $415 million acquisition of Pavilion Payments, previously known as Global Payments Gaming Solutions. The deal was announced in February. Global Payments will continue to process for Pavilion. …