E-Commerce

The climb in same-day automated clearing house volume continues as 403 million of these payments were made in 2026’s first quarter, a 23.6% increase from the same quarter a year ago. Started in 2016 for credit payments only, same-day ACH volume has steadily grown, especially with the 2017 addition of …

Processor Repay Holdings Corp. said it has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to buy Repay’s outstanding equity for $4.80 per share in cash. The share price stood at $4.11 at market close on Friday. The company said it will review the offer. The processor Nayax Ltd. said it will …

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced its Mastercard-branded Bybit Card has reached 3 million users a little more than three years after its introduction. The card enables users to spend both fiat and digital currencies. The Cost of Bills Index from bill-payment platform doxo indicates a wide gulf between the most and least expensive states, …

Early Warning Services LLC, provider of Zelle and Paze, launched Certos, a suite of products to help financial institutions counter fraud and expand financial access in the U.S. banking system. Digital-currency platform Binance has introduced Binance Chat, a feature in its app that enables cryptocurrency transfers, messaging, and other functions. MegPrime, a …

Bill-payment platform InvoiceCloud introduced its Billing Experience, which it says relies on AI throughout billing and payments operations. The peer-to-peer payments service Zelle named 10 MBA students as recipients of the Zelle Community Development & Entrepreneurship Scholarship, which was open to MBA students at five historically Black colleges and universities. PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Venmo P2P payments …

As the number of U.S. consumers who have heard nothing at all about artificial intelligence continues to drop, organizations are preparing for the expected infusion of AI into everyday life. Payments companies are no exception. American Express Co. is releasing a software-development kit called Agentic Commerce Experiences to help consumers …

SoFi Bank N.A. has enlisted Galileo Financial Technologies LLC to offer real-time send and receive capabilities every day, including weekends and holidays, through FedNow. As a result, SoFi customers will be able to move money between their accounts at different banks in seconds, instead of waiting for ACH transfers to …

Already known for its payment-processing services to merchants, Payroc LLC has added Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union, with its more than 100,000 members, as a payment-processing client. Announced Monday, the partnership sees Tinley Park, Ill.-based Payroc serving the credit union’s business clients with point-of-sale systems, online payments, electronic invoicing, and other …

A partnership between Visa Inc. and insurance-technology firm Neat will allow cardholders in Europe to use new insurance services, including digital claims processing. Repay Holdings Corp. released a statement defending its $372-million deal to acquire Kubra Data Transfer Ltd., announced March 31. The statement responds to objections from Repay investor Veradace Partners, which …