Fraud & Security

Onfleet, a delivery management software platform, said its new partnership with Shopify Inc., an e-commerce and point-of-sale platform, integrated Shopify online orders with Onfleet’s platform. Rentvine, a software platform for rent payments and other property-management functions, raised $74 million in growth capital from Mainsail Partners. Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region are adopting …

The ever-shifting attacks from online criminals has prompted Sift to launch ThreatClusters, a tool to detect similar fraud patterns across industries to better identify risk patterns. San Francisco-based Sift says traditional fraud-detection models too narrowly focus on a single organization’s data or apply insights too broadly across diverse industries. It …

Affinity Plus, a credit union, announced it has added a real-time payment service based on FedNow and The Clearing House Payments Co.’s RTP network. Ark Labs said it has closed on a $2.5-million funding round led by Tim Draper, a venture capitalist. The startup says the funding will help it as …

Ransomware is a sobering item on every organization’s list of things to worry about. New data shows it might be more problematic than ever as the average ransomware demand reached $1,571,667 in the second quarter, more than double the average in the first quarter, according to “Q2 2024 Cyber Threat …

U.S. Bank has acquired Salucro Healthcare Solutions LLC, a 20-year-old provider of payments and billing technology for the health-care industry. Terms were not announced. The bank first invested in Salucro in 2022 and has sold its services through Elavon, the bank’s payments entity, as a product called MedEpay. Relay Payments, a …

Processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $559.9 million, up 4.7% from the same quarter last year. Revenue for the 12-month period came to $2.22 billion, up 6.6%. Net income for the quarter totaled $101 million, a 3.4% increase; for the year ended June 30, $381.8 million, up 4.1%. …

Affirm Inc. said it will work with Hotels.com to allow consumers to book rooms and pay over time. The move builds on Affirm’s existing partnerships with Expedia Group. Shopping-app installs increased 61% in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, according to Adjust’s shopping-app insights report. myKaarma, …

Interac Corp., Canada’s national debit network, said 69% of Gen Z Canadian adults have embraced the mobile wallet, while 63 % prefer to leave their physical wallet at home for short trips, according to a recent survey. Gen Z’s use of mobile wallets outpaces all other generations including Millennials (60%), …

Flexa, a digital-currency platform, has launched Flexa Components, a program aimed at easing wallet-based point-of-sale payments with cryptocurrencies. In related news, gift card platform Raise said it will accept cryptocurrency in its Raise App, used by 6 million consumers, according to the company. Payments-technology provider Sionic has launched a fraud-detection and mitigation service aimed …

U.S. third-party developers soon will have new capabilities to access the secure element piece of Apple Inc.’s iPhone when iOS 18.1 eventually is released, a move that could herald further app development and cement Apple’s position among mobile-wallet providers. Apple, without fanfare, revealed this long-desired access Thursday in a simple …