Issuing/Originating

Visa Inc. unveiled Digital Emergency Card Replacement, a service that works on behalf of card issuers to replace lost cards with digital replacements, using text or email. Cardholders can store the replacement card in a digital wallet. Elavon launched Elavon Cloud Payments Interface, an application programming interface aimed at easing digital and …

WeGetFinancing has partnered with SensePass, a provider of alternative payment solutions, to provide a buy now, pay later solution for high-ticket items. WeGetFinancing is a BNPL gateway operated by Emerging Payments Technologies Inc. Merchants on the SensePass platform can now offer BNPL financing for purchases of up to $15,000, with …

The Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. said it has received approval for a retail-services license from the central bank of the United Arab Emirates, laying the groundwork for an expansion into the UAE market. Fast-food chain Long John Silver’s said it is working with multiple technology vendors to update its digital and in-store ordering experience …

Paze, the online checkout platform backed by some of the nation’s biggest banks, is barreling through a state-by-state rollout that could culminate in nationwide coverage by late summer or early fall, according to James Anderson, the platform’s general manager who has spearheaded the project since Early Warning Services LLC announced …

American Express Co. early Friday announced it is acquiring Tock, a restaurant-reservation application, from Squarespace Inc. for $400 million, and Rooam, a contactless-payment platform for restaurants, bars, music venues, and arenas, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2014, Tock provides reservation, table-management, and event ticketing capabilities to 7,000 restaurants, wineries, …

Apple Pay Later, the buy now, pay later product from Apple Inc. released just over a year ago, is shutting down. The move comes after installment-payment specialist Affirm Inc. confirmed it would be part of Apple Wallet when the tech giant’s annual software updates for iPhones and computers emerge this …

With the judge in the massive credit card interchange litigation apparently insisting on a trial, a new and unsettling element of uncertainty now hangs over the nearly 20-year-old case, in which merchants allege anti-competitive behavior by the big credit card networks in setting interchange fees. The latest development comes nearly …

EBay Inc. is recruiting Venmo as a payment option, the big e-commerce marketplace announced early Thursday. The move, which comes about a week after eBay announced it will no longer accept American Express cards effective Aug. 17, is part of a strategy to add alternative payment options that appeal to …

Men have supplanted women as the primary buyers of gift cards, says a report from Blackhawk Network. The shift is attributable to men taking on more household responsibilities, such as shopping and gifting, the report says. Blackhawk has been conducting the survey for nearly a decade. Types of gift cards …

Payments platform Dash Solutions has expanded an agreement with Visa Inc. to include a capability for Dash users to send real-time payments to cards, bank accounts, and mobile wallets using Visa Direct, Visa’s faster-payments platform. The payments fintech Bread Financial said its Comenity Capital Bank will issue Saks Fifth Avenue’s World Elite Mastercard and …