Mobile Commerce

Paysafe Ltd.’s chef executive early Tuesday pointed to progress in the processor’s growth plan and outlined moves aimed at bolstering both the company’s product line and its stock. A new digital wallet aimed at U.S. small businesses will launch before year’s end, while the company’s board authorized a $50-million share-repurchase …

Zelle, the person-to-person payment service from Early Warning Services LLC, said it will launch a consumer education campaign video series this month to help educate consumers how to spot and avoid financial scams, specifically imposter scams. Zelle, in a statement to Digital Transaction News, also said most Zelle transactions—99.9%—are without any …

Banks in Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, have been issuing refunds to consumers duped by fraudsters into sending money using the network, according to a report Monday by Reuters.  The reimbursements, which the banks have reportedly been paying out since June 30, represent a …

Fanatics Betting & Gaming, which launched its first retail sports-betting location in January and its mobile sportsbook in May, will use the card-payment and alternative-payment methods offered by Paysafe Ltd. Announced Monday, the integration will enable U.S. bettors on the Fanatics platform to make deposits and receive payouts in a …

Payments platform Klarna AB added a service in the U.S. market that enables “creators” to open customized online storefronts. PCI Pal, a provider of compliance technology for the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, said it is working with Zoom Video Communications Inc. to launch its services with Zoom Contact Center and Zoom …

Unattended payments and software specialist Cantaloupe Inc. boosted its roster of customers in its fiscal 2024 first quarter, which helped increase the company’s revenue to $62.7 million, up 8.5% from $57.8 million in the 2023 first quarter that ended Sept. 30. Malvern, Pa.-based Cantaloupe said the number of active customers …

Bitcoin Depot Inc. looks to expand the installation of its cryptocurrency kiosks in a new deal with Cord Financial Services LLC. Separately, RocketFuel Inc. will adopt Ripple Payments for its payment-products suite. Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, which recently expanded the footprint of its BDCheckout cryptocurrency digital-wallet funding program, says it will …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau late Tuesday said it is expanding its efforts to increase oversight of large, non-bank technology firms with a proposed rule that would subject companies that issue digital wallets to the same regulations as those that cover wallets from financial institutions. The proposed rule, which would …

The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Florida reached a settlement with Chargebacks911 in a lawsuit they filed in April alleging the company and its owners use multiple unfair techniques to prevent consumers from winning chargeback disputes. The settlement would prohibit them from providing chargeback mitigation services to high-risk clients that use affiliate …

FIS Inc. is selling a majority stake in its massive Worldpay transaction-processing operation, but that doesn’t mean the company is ditching the payments business, its chief executive made plain early Tuesday. “We have not moved totally away from that,” Stephanie Ferris told equity analysts during an early-morning call to review …