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The e-commerce giant eBay Inc. said it will widen its global partnership with payments platform Klarna AB to include the U.S. market, allowing the shopping site to roll out Klarna’s payments capabilities to ”millions” of eBay shoppers, eBay says.  PSQ Payments said it is available on the Shopify App store, making the service …

Brightstar Credit Union will add real-time payments capabilities through processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. under a new agreement. The capabilities will include the Federal Reserve’s FedNow service and the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. RentRedi, a mobile app for rent payments and other landlord-tenant functions, introduced Chat 2.0, …

TDS Gift Cards wants to make it easier for merchants to use its gift card program while the First National Bank of Omaha is leveraging its issuing prowess to market MGM Rewards in a new credit card. TDS, a unit of New York City-based Ziff Davis Inc., says it is …

Providers of restaurant point-of-sale and management technology continue to enhance their offerings as restaurants remain one of the hottest markets in digital payments. Par Technology Corp. announced its POS Spring Release early Tuesday, aimed at helping restaurants improve customer convenience and streamline operating costs. Key features include support for contactless …

U.S. Bank is stepping up its efforts to entice merchants to use its business checking account with the ability to accept credit and debit card payments. Announced Monday, the U.S. Bank Business Essentials account enables merchants to accept card payments and be eligible for free same-day access to their funds …

U.S. merchants achieved higher performance scores for their gift card programs in 2025, according to Blackhawk Network’s eighth annual review of the programs. Staples Inc. led all merchants with a score of 104%, followed by Amazon.com with a score of 101% and Best Buy Co. Inc. at 99%. Cosmetics retailer …

Fintech Branch launched a payroll debit card tied to a digital bank account instead of a prepaid card, as many payroll cards are set up. Schwarzwald Capital said it has invested an undisclosed amount in Vesta Corp., a transaction-guarantee platform for card-not-present payments. Bitcoin transaction-verification platform Branta said it has worked with Amboss, a provider of …

PayPal Holdings Inc. said will release a second wave of advertisements with actor Will Ferrell to promote its checkout services, PayPal Pay Later, its buy now, pay later service, and a sweepstakes that will cover, for 1,000 winners for 100 days, up to $100 of their transactions made with PayPal. PayPal launched the …

Canadian payments provider Helcim Inc. is bringing next-business-day funding of digital payment receipts to small and medium businesses in the United States and Canada free of charge. The service, called Faster Deposits, will significantly speed up merchant access to digital payment receipts by days, the processor says. Most deposits take …

Online Asian grocer Weee! is adding SNAP/EBT acceptance to its site via a partnership with Forage Technology Corp. Inc. while financial services entity Synchrony Financial marks an integration with Adobe Commerce to offer its financial products on merchant Web sites. Fremont, Calif.-based Weee! says its agreement with Forage enables its …