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Stablecoins are coming to international disaster aid with the announcement Thursday that Ireland-based AID:Tech, a 5-year-old financial-services company specializing in relief distribution around the world, will work with Circle Internet Financial LLC to distribute aid via USD Coin, whose value is tied to the U.S. dollar. “Collaborating with AID:Tech to …

Merchant services provider LaCore Payment Technologies said it is now offering Sezzle Inc.’s buy now, pay later service to its merchants. Sezzle is integrated into LaCore’s gateway.Google Pay’s expected revamp may be delayed because of staffing issues, reported tech site ArsTechnica.com. Several Google Pay employees have left amid uncertainty about the transition to the …

Fiserv Inc. announced an integration between its Clover point-of-sale technology and the business-management platform Grubhub in an effort aimed at helping independent restaurants manage and fulfill online orders.Payments provider Fattmerchant Inc. said its Stax platform is working with TimeSolv, a firm-management service for law practices, to manage billing and invoicing, and process payments, …

As part of its strategy to be a leader in digital currencies, PayPal Holdings Inc. on Monday announced it will enable users in the United Kingdom to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency through their PayPal wallets. The move marks the first expansion of PayPal support for cryptocurrency outside the United …

Of 500 companies that process at least 500 online monthly transactions, 58% say their chargeback rates have gone up since March 2020, and of these, 45% say the biggest reason likely is delivery delays, according to a survey by fraud-prevention technology firm Kount, a unit of Equifax Inc.Payment processor EirthPay announced its launch. …

As part of its strategy to enable merchants to access direct debit payments through software they use already, GoCardless, a London-based provider of account-to-account payment solutions, is partnering with analytics and activation-platform provider Piano to deliver debit capabilities on the automated clearing house network to publishers and brands. The ability …

Boku Inc. launched what it says is the world’s largest mobile-payments network. The M1ST Payments Network reaches 5.7 billion mobile-payment accounts in 90 countries and offers more than 330 payment methods, the company says.Global payments provider Adyen NV said Just Eat Takeaway.com, an online food-delivery marketplace, will issue its prefunded Takeaway Pay Card …

With the popularity of the buy now, pay later alternative growing, especially for online purchases, PayPal Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it will no longer charge late fees for missed payments on its installment products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, effective Oct. 1. PayPal has already eliminated …

Carat, Fiserv Inc.’s digital payout service, has broadened the number of accounts payments can be sent to with the addition of PayPal Holdings Inc. and Venmo. Carat payouts already can be sent to a credit or debit card, via automated clearing house to a bank account, to a prepaid card, …

Visa Inc. rolled out its buy now, pay later application programming interface technology to allow merchants to integrate the BNPL functionality more quickly. Visa is working with payments provider i2c in the rollout.In related news, buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB announced it has launched in Poland with H&M, a Sweden-based clothing …