Mobile Commerce

Shift4 Payments Inc. executive chairman and founder Jared Isaacman was again nominated by President Trump to serve as the NASA administrator. An earlier nomination of Issacman to that role was withdrawn by Trump in May. U.S. Bank launched Split World Mastercard, a credit card that enables automatic no-fee, no interest equal monthly payments …

Wireless carrier T-Mobile has partnered with Capital One Financial Corp. to issue a no-fee credit card that allows cardholders to use the card’s rewards toward the purchase of a new phone or accessories from T-Mobile, and also to pay their monthly bill. The new card was announced by both companies …

Global Payments Inc. early Tuesday heralded updates for its Genius point-of-sale technology as it celebrated a recent regulatory ruling that speeds up the company’s $22.7 billion deal for the processing giant Worldpay. “We now expect to close on Worldpay in the first quarter of 2026,” chief executive Cameron Bready told …

E-commerce platform Miva Inc. launched MivaPay, developed with PayPal Holdings Inc., to make it easier for merchants to accept payments. Video-game commerce company Xsolla updated its Web Shop and Buy Button services. Payments provider Usio Inc. said it processed 16.2 million transactions in the third quarter, a record volume. Gaming payments specialist Pavilion Payments said Barton’s Club 93 …

Restaurant point-of-sale provider Toast Inc. has further expanded its agreement with ride-sharing technology provider Uber Technologies Inc. to help restaurants in the United States and Canada better manage digital ordering, enhance the guest experience, attract new customers, and increase sales. New tools the two companies plan to create include customer …

The Fiserv Small Business Index remained unmoved at 148 in October from September. Both year-over-year sales and transactions were up in October, up 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively, but this was the slowest annual sales growth rate since February, Fiserv Inc. said. Consumers pulled back on their spending at restaurants and other discretionary …

The VerifiedX Foundation has launched Butterfly, a social-payment and commerce platform that allows users to send and receive VFX, the native VerifiedX cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, USDT, and USDC coins—instantly via text message, email, or any social-media handle. The new service combines the ease of the Venmo and Zelle peer-to-peer payments networks with the sovereignty of blockchain …

The fintech Atomic Financial announced its launch of PayDirect, a service that it says lets consumers view, manage, and pay bills directly from a bank or fintech app. Zip Co Ltd., a payments-app developer, announced it is working with Forage Technology Corp., a processor for government benefits, on a plan to waive …

Transactions, revenues and net income at Mastercard Inc. all increased by double digits in the third quarter ending Sept. 30 as consumer and business spending remained strong despite new tariffs and reports that consumers are feeling increasingly nervous about the economy. “We continued to see healthy consumer and business spending …

PayPal Inc. has agreed to provide its artificial-intelligence technology to enable product discovery and payments for merchants using Wix.com Ltd.’s commerce platform. Payment card manufacturer CPI Card Group Inc. agreed to integrate into its prepaid card program the SafeToBuy technology from Australia-based prepaid card technology provider Karta. The technology embeds critical data in …