E-Commerce

The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC announced three processors—Fiserv Inc., FIS Inc., and Jack Henry & Associates—will offer its real-time payment service to minority-owned depository institutions. The processors and TCH will jointly cover the onboarding fees for these financial institutions connecting to TCH’s RTP network.Datacap Systems Inc. said it will offer the digital …

Payments company Flywire Corp. has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered and their price range have not yet been determined. The action follows the company’s submission in March of a confidential draft registration statement for …

A processing failure has interfered with direct deposit of payroll for an undetermined number of businesses using Intuit Inc.’s QuickBooks payroll service. In response to numerous posts on Twitter about the incident, Intuit posted a link to the following notice: “Some payroll customers are reporting they have not received their direct deposit …

You wouldn’t always know it, listening to the top executives at Visa and Mastercard, but these two rival networks are still chiefly card networks. Thursday morning, Mastercard Inc. laid out for equity analysts an update on what it has called its “multirail strategy,” major moves into account-to-account money transfers, real-time payments, …

A survey from the Electronic Transactions Association and The Strawhecker Group found that 43% of small and mid-size businesses view digital payments as more important to their operations now than before the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey of 528 SMBs also found that 34% said they are experiencing an increase in contactless payments.InComm …

Everyone has heard of Amazon, but there’s less talk about Canada’s Shopify Inc., even though the fast-growing, Ottawa-based commerce platform now ranks second to Amazon in share of retail e-commerce sales, with 8.6% versus 39% for the Seattle-based giant, according to eMarketer. On Wednesday, Shopify issued an update on just …

FIS Inc. debuted FIS RealNet, a software-as-a-service platform that enables account-to-account transactions for businesses, consumers, and governments over real-time payment networks. Available now in the United States, the service will be available in the United Kingdom and Europe, with other markets to follow.Visa Inc. said it is extending fast-payout service Visa Direct …

Payments companies took a beating as the pandemic raged, but Visa Inc.’s top brass indicated Tuesday afternoon the big network has put the worst behind it. “We believe we are at the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” said chief executive and chairman Al Kelly as he pointed to …

Fiserv Inc. announced Tuesday morning it will enable QR code payments for consumers using PayPal or Venmo at merchants Fiserv processes for through its Clover devices or Carat omnichannel payment systems. Users of the PayPal or Venmo app will scan a QR code with their phone and can receive a …

Payment-technology provider for sports betting Mazooma said it now offers real-time payouts to bank accounts for the sports wagering and gaming industries because of a partnership with Fifth Third Bank N.A. The bank provides access to the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC. Processor Nuvei Corp. announced earlier this month its …