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Payments-as-a-service and other “as-a-service” technologies have emerged in recent years to package the technology and expertise needed for fintechs to expand their reach and expertise in payments. Now acquiring-as-a-service is stepping onto center stage with news that Fiserv Inc. has agreed to support payments for merchants using Trust Payments Ltd. …

Luma Health Inc. debuted LumaPay, which allows patients to pay medical bills via text messages.U.S.-based payments provider FreedomPay said it is working with Network International to provide digital-payment capability to the hospitality industry in the Middle East and Africa region.Canada-based Kapsch TrafficCom announced it has now manufactured 100 million toll-payment transponders, which are used in …

To expand its iGaming business and revitalize its digital-wallet business, Paysafe Ltd. on Monday announced it is increasing the wagering limit for high-stakes online gamblers using its Skrill USA wallet to fund their iGaming accounts.  The feature is expected to appeal to high rollers who make five- and six-figures wagers. …

Cryptocurrency-based payments platform Wirex listed a new stablecoin, NXUSD, on its platform and added support for it to its digital wallet.In related news, Asia-based crypto-investment platform Bit.Store said it is extending a partnership with crypto-based payments provider Alchemy Pay to add mobile wallets and domestic instant-transfer capabilities to Bit.Store alongside existing credit card and …

The explosive growth in e-commerce has not been contained within national borders, which creates a market for processors capable of handling cross-border payments. PingPong Payments, a specialist in this market, early Friday announced an acquiring agreement with Europe’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, that the U.S.-based processor expects will reinforce its …

Payments provider Nuvei Corp. said it has agreed to process payments for luxury-tour operator Scott Dunn.Payments-technology provider Verifone Inc. opened registration for CommerceNow 2022, a virtual digital-commerce conference scheduled for June 22-23.EPayResources, a payments advisory service, named Jeff Foote incoming president effective June 1. He succeeds current president Laura Steele, who is expected to …

As the buy now, pay later trend moves upstream to higher-ticket markets, the assumption of bigger debt loads brings with it a need to communicate more closely with consumers. Point-of-sale credit, which took off in e-commerce during the pandemic, is reaching markets like health care, and on Wednesday a customer-communication …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …

In a move to streamline its payment options for enterprise clients in the United States and Canada, Belgium-based omni-commerce logistics provider Radial Inc. is rolling out Adyen for Platforms, Adyen NV’s end-to-end payment solution for peer-to-peer marketplaces, on-demand services, and crowdfunding platforms.  Adyen for Platforms is aimed at enabling platform …

Digital alternatives to the long-time money-transfer services from The Western Union Co. and MoneyGram International Inc. are developing fast, a fact underscored by an announcement Tuesday by Paysend Group that its user count in the U.S. market now stands at more than half a million, up by two-thirds over the …