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Paytrie AB Inc., a platform for buying and selling stablecoins, is joining the Circle Payments Network in what it says is an effort to expand the reach of stablecoins to consumers in Canada. The deal, which builds on Paytrie’s support for USD Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the United States …

Nuvei Corp. is adding the Paze digital wallet as an option for its merchants just as the much-anticipated fourth quarter nears. Paze is the online wallet from Early Warning Services LLC that is meant to expedite the checkout process for e-commerce businesses. Montreal-based Nuvei, privately held since last year, joins …

Payments-orchestration platform Ixopay said it has integrated J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform, allowing Ixopay clients to integrate J.P. Morgan Payments’ offering into their payments services through Ixopay’s application programming interface. Aiwyn Inc., which provides payments and practice-management technology for accounting firms, announced it has acquired QuickFee’s U.S. payments business. Terms were not …

UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …

Instant Financial is tapping virtual card payments to make it easier for employers to pay their workers quickly and securely with its Virtual Paycard. In related news, U.S. Bank is marketing a new embedded service, U.S. Bank Payroll, to help small businesses better manage their payrolls. Atlanta-based Instant Financial says …

Payroc said it will begin processing Sept. 1 for merchants using Cinfed Credit Union under a new agreement with the financial institution, which serves members in Southwest Ohio. Digital-asset platform Fireblocks Inc. launched Fireblocks Network for Payments, aimed at enabling stablecoin-based transactions in more than 100 countries. Sola Security, a cybersecurity firm whose …

VikingCloud, a cybersecurity and PCI-compliance company, is collaborating with Fiserv Inc. to make Mastercard Inc.’s Compliance and Validation Exemption Program available to small and mid-size businesses. Announced earlier this year, Mastercard’s C-VEP exempts eligible merchants from complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and validating their PCI-DSS compliance …

Euna Solutions, a provider of payments software to the public sector, launched Storefront Pro, e-commerce software aimed at easing purchases through existing procurement channels. Equifax Inc. has launched Identity Proofing, aimed at helping online merchants and financial institutions in verifying customer information during transactions and onboarding processes. Nasdaq Verafin and BioCatch announced …

The credit-scoring company FICO may be poised to unveil this fall new models that include buy now, pay later data, but some payment experts contend it could take years before there is widespread adoption by BNPL lenders. That, in turn, could significantly limit the effectiveness of the new models in …

Money-transfer platform Thunes is working with blockchain-based payments provider Ripple Labs Inc. to offer broader reach for payouts and increased streamlining for money transfer globally, the parties said. Visa Inc. said it will work with Ample Earth, a fintech focused on climate issues, to incorporate sustainability information in digital banking apps and loyalty …