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With a Federal Reserve deadline hitting Wednesday for comments on decade-old debit card regulations, large merchants are firing some last-minute salvos in hopes of influencing the Fed to make major revisions to rules governing transaction routing and pricing. “[M]ajor banks and networks continue to interfere with competition for debit business,” …

Circle Internet Financial Inc., a provider of payments based on digital currencies, filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its effort to go public via a $4.5-billion buyout by a special purpose acquisition corporation.Bill.com said KPMG Spark, an accounting service for small and medium-sized …

The increasing digitalization of global economies, along with the unprecedented growth in online commerce, means that consumers and businesses are demanding more from payments. A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston notes that “consumers not only have higher expectations when it comes to online security, but they …

Apple Inc. said Apple Cash users can now send Instant Transfer payments to Mastercard Inc. debit cards, reported 9to5mac.com. The service had been compatible only with Visa Inc. debit cards prior to Thursday’s announcement. Apple also said it is charging a 1.5% fee for Instant Transfer transactions, up from 1%. Instant Transfer …

Mastercard Inc. said in its latest SpendingPulse report in-store shopping ballooned 15.5% in July over July 2020 and accounted for 81.9% of total retail sales, excluding automotive. E-commerce sales for the month were up 6.1% from last year, but up 77.7% from July 2019.Payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc. announced an expanded agreement with …

Data breaches declined sharply during the first half of 2021, says a report from Risked Based Security Inc. The number of publicly reported data breaches during the first six months of 2021 totaled 1,767, down 24% from the same period in 2020. At the same time, the number of sensitive …

Payments provider EVO Payments Inc. reported a 30% increase in revenue year-over-year to $122.2 million for the second quarter. For the first half of the year, revenue totaled $228.4 million, up 11%. The company processed 1.03 billion transactions for the quarter, up 35%.Feedzai Inc., an anti-fraud technology provider serving the payments industry, …

Fiserv Inc. released Clover Station Solo, a point-of-sale service for full-service restaurants. It provides tools to manage front-of-house tasks, payments, online ordering, and employee scheduling.Cloud-based point-of-sale system provider Appetize launched Appetize+, a subscription plan that bundles software, hardware, payments, and support in a single monthly fee. It launched Appetize Payments in May.Payments provider Lightspeed POS Inc. said …

Square Inc.’s acquisition of Afterpay Ltd. is expected to give Square a ready-made product in the hotly competitive buy now, pay later market that it can quickly plug into its consumer and merchant applications to make it an immediate force in BNPL.  Square on Sunday announced it was acquiring Afterpay, …

NCR Corp. said it will acquire LibertyX, a cryptocurrency software provider. Its software runs on ATMs and point-of-sale systems. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close later this year.EVO Payments Inc. said it acquired Anderson Zaks Ltd., a payment gateway based in the United Kingdom. Terms were not disclosed.Paysafe Ltd. said it …