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Digital wallets are taking on new meaning as merchants grapple with how to stay relevant with consumers’ preferred ways to pay. With the total number of digital-wallet users expected to exceed 5.2 billion globally by 2026, wallets benefit consumers and merchants alike, offering swift payments and convenience that expedite the …

FedNow, the impending real-time payment service from the Federal Reserve, was formally introduced to the merchant-acquiring industry Thursday at the annual Northeast Acquirers Association conference. Expected to launch in July, FedNow will enable participating banks to offer instant payments with a default limit of $100,000 per transaction and stretch to …

As the modern payments landscape has developed, digital wallets have become nearly impossible to avoid—not that consumers want to stay away. In fact, the recent decision by America’s largest banks to team up and create their own digital wallet points to quite the opposite. It’s easy to see why consumers …

The Federal Reserve’s planned launch in July of its FedNow service is widely expected to spur big growth in real-time payments in the U.S. market. That’s likely to happen, but the overall share of transaction volume for instant payments is expected to remain under 5% for at least the next …

Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it will provide payment acceptance services for the Baltimore Orioles at concession areas throughout the Major League Baseball team’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards stadium. Shift4 also will handle payments at Oriole Park merchandise locations through a deal with sports merchandising firm Fanatics Inc. Weave, a technology …

Apple Inc.’s newest financial product, a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later, has finally arrived. Launched Tuesday, Apple Pay Later was announced in June, but only now is it being made available, and just to a limited set of Apple Pay users. Apple says it will offer broader …

Losses to identity fraud fell 17% last year, to $43 billion, compared to 2021, thanks to beefed-up prevention at banks and credit unions and more active outreach by consumer-advocacy groups, according to the 20th edition of Javelin Strategy & Research’s Identity Fraud Study. Payments provider Paysafe said Greyhound Lines Inc. will use the Paysafecash …

Early Warning Services LLC, a fintech owned by seven of the nation’s largest banks, will launch its digital wallet with a pilot this summer followed by general availability in the fall, the top official in charge of the project said Monday. The new wallet, called Paze and aimed exclusively at …

Cybercriminals showed no signs of slowing down in 2022 as they employed a variety of schemes to defraud consumers, acquirers, card issuers, and merchants, according to Visa Inc.’s Spring 2023 Biannual Threats Report. Cryptocurrency was a prime target for cybercriminals. More than $3 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen through November …

Fiserv Inc. is partnering with Central Payments LLC, a provider of banking-as-a-service for fintechs and embedded-finance businesses, to enable fintechs to bring financial products and services to market faster. Central Payments will leverage Fiserv’s real-time card-processing and -issuance capabilities to enhance its Open CP Fintech API Marketplace, a banking-as-a-service platform …