E-Commerce

Payroc World Access LLC announced the acquisition of Bluestone Payments LLC, an independent sales organization founded by Linda Rossetti. Rossetti will remain Bluestone president and take on the executive vice president, strategic initiatives, role at Payroc. Terms were not disclosed.Payments processor Nuvei Corp. said its Nuvei Technologies Inc. unit has been approved by …

Online grocery sales, which stood at $58.36 billion in 2019, will reach $89.22 billion in 2020, forecasts eMarketer Inc., a New York City-based research firm. That’s a 53% increase. The prediction comes as many states re-institute store capacity limits and urge individuals to leave their homes only as necessary.  “Amid …

Point-of-sale technology provider CardFlight Inc. said more than 20,000 new merchants so far this year have installed the company’s SwipeSimple software, bringing the total to 70,000. The technology lets merchants accept mobile as well as in-store payments.Square Inc. released Square KDS, software that displays restaurant order tickets from various points of origin, including point of …

Unattended payments provider USA Technologies inc. said it received approval from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC to relist its common stock, which it expects will happen Nov. 19 under the USAT ticker. The stock was delisted in early 2019 following an accounting probe.American Express Co. has slated its Small Business Saturday promotion for …

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the latest to join the buy now, pay later trend with “My Chase Plan,” which allows holders of Chase consumer credit cards to pay off purchases over time with no interest. A monthly fee applies.Debit card use in mobile wallets soared 58.6% for the week ending …

Visa Inc. has invested an undisclosed sum in Lisnr Inc., an 8-year-old startup whose technology enables mobile payments via sound waves. The fresh investment follows an initial funding Visa made in the company a year ago.Century Business Solutions said its EBizCharge payment service is certified for the Sage Intacct Marketplace to be …

With a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic surging and bringing with it the fear of another nationwide lockdown, merchants can expect to see a minimum 20% to 30% increase in holiday e-commerce sales in 2020, compared to 2019, says ACI Worldwide Inc. The Naples, Fla.-based payments provider Thursday said …

As cross-border transfers become a priority with merchants and processors across multiple payment methods, the risk of fraud losses multiplies. That pressure has led Rapyd Financial Networks Ltd. to launch a feature aimed at detecting fraudulent transactions across the company’s network, which operates in more than 100 countries and supports …

Card-present and card-not-present transactions for small businesses in the CardFlight Small Business Report for Nov. 11 held steady from the week prior. Card-present transactions stood at 14.6% of sales, compared to 12.9% the week before. Card-not-present transactions were at 38.4%, compared with 37.2% a week earlier.MerchantE, a provider of technology to merchants …

Point-of-sale installment lender Afterpay Ltd. has agreed to provide its buy now, pay later service to customers of Gap Inc., including its Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Afterpay’s buy now, pay later service enables consumers to make four interest-free installment payments. The retailer is paid in full, …