E-Commerce

Underscoring the rapid growth of digital payments between individuals, the Zelle Network early Thursday celebrated five years in business with numbers showing it has processed more than 5 billion transactions worth almost $1.5 trillion. In that time, almost 1,700 banks and credit unions have added Zelle to their mobile apps, …

Block Inc.’s Square unit announced it has integrated accounting software from Sage into its point-of-sale software in Canada.A fintech called DailyPay launched a Visa-branded card called Friday that allows users to access earned pay before payday. The card is issued by The Bancorp Bank.Insurance-industry payments network ePayPolicy launched CheckMate, a facility that converts paper checks into …

Eight companies involved in the rapidly expanding industry of weaving payments capability into business software have announced an “Embedded Payments Bill of Rights” to stress ethical practices for the young industry. More companies will join these eight very soon, says Todd Ablowitz, co-chief executive and co-founder of Denver-based Infinicept, one …

Usio Inc. is jumping into the point-of-sale credit arena with its own service, which enables businesses to offer instant credit to customers without the risk of consumer lending. Announced Tuesday, the service enables merchants to offer POS financing without integration issues or credit concerns, Usio says. “Any business that deals …

A study of fraud losses in European countries by FICO indicates the United Kingdom cut losses by 49 million pounds last year, the most of any European country, according to the 2021 European Fraud Map from FICO, a predictive-analytics company.Checkout-technology provider Bolt launched Checkout Links, which it says enables consumers to check out …

Block Inc. has opened its Cash App wallet for payments to e-commerce merchants outside the Square seller network, TechCrunch reported.Health-insurance plan provider Gravie said it is expanding access for members of the plan to Gravie Pay, a buy now, pay later program for medical bills.Commerce Bank launched Commerce Connections Direct in conjunction with the fintech …

PayNearMe Inc. has added one more state for its iGaming and sports-betting processing business. The latest expansion, to Kansas, brings to 20 the number of states in which the payments and electronic billing platform provider has iGaming operations. The expansion also comes just as the collegiate football and National Football …

Grocers and home-improvement retailers may have something to take pride in. These two merchant categories are among the most improved in terms of managing their gift card programs. That’s the insight from the fifth 2022 Merchant Gift Card Omnicommerce Evaluation–U.S. Edition released by Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. The rankings of …

Fifty-four percent of sports bettors using mobile technology earn incomes of $100,000 or more but “many” are worried about the impact of inflation on their ability to make credit card payments in the future, according to research from TransUnion in its report, “Consumer Pulse Online Sports Betting Study.”In other research, some 59% …

Pet Supplies Plus, an operator or franchisor of more than 600 pet stores in North America, chose Adyen NV to process online and in-store payments.Plug’n Play Technologies, a provider of e-commerce technologies, said it has implemented a platform from Authvia that allows stores to request and receive payments via messaging, text, and chat services.Mercury …