Mobile Wallets

Banking infrastructure provider Increase said it will use services from Spade to enable real-time merchant data for card transactions to appear on statements provided to consumers. FIS Inc. also said it would use Spade to provide clearer debit card descriptors. PAR Technology Corp. updated Bridg, its identity resolution and shopper …

Exodus Movement Inc. has launched Exodus Checkout, which allows businesses to accept dollar-denominated stablecoins. The rollout is starting in Argentina, with plans to expand across Latin America. The launch is taking place in partnership with DGO, the streaming platform for DirecTV in Latin America. The move comes as stablecoins—digital currency …

The United States is one of, if not the, most credit card-centric market so companies do all they can to meet consumers where they want to interact. That includes mobile wallets, which ConnexPay LLC, a payout specialist, is doing. It’s added virtual card support for mobile wallets, enabling them to …

Fiserv Inc.’s digital-asset platform went live on Thursday with Roughrider Coin, a stablecoin from Bank of North Dakota intended to ease money movement among banks in that state. The development comes after Fiserv announced in June last year it would build the platform to address growing interest among financial institutions …

E-commerce payments provider FastSpring announced it has introduced Cash App Pay as a payment method for its checkout. Block Inc. launched Cash App Pay on Square in 2021 and extended it to external sites the next year. Grocery chain The Kroger Co. launched its Kroger Rewards World Elite Mastercard, a credit card offering rewards good for …

The persistent need to provide the latest payment-acceptance tools and the pressure to keep an acquirer’s brand front and center often exist in parallel. North, a Troy, Mich.-based acquirer, is marking its launch of Embedded Checkout by North while competitor Kurv renews its sponsorship of the Cleveland Browns. North says …

Bank of America Corp. said its transaction volume flowing on the RTP network, an instant payment service operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, increased 48% from January through July compared with the same period in 2025. Much of that is attributed to RTP’s transaction limit increase to $10 …

A federal judge has ruled that a case brought by three financial institutions against Apple Inc. can proceed as a class action. The ruling, issued Wednesday by Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, certifies the plaintiffs as a class while dismissing Apple’s …

American Express Co. announced its cards are now accepted at more than 190 million merchant locations globally, including 20 million added so far this year. Beyond its longtime base in hotels, restaurants, and airlines, AmEx says it is now accepted at an estimated 800-plus transit authorities globally. Chase said it has begun …

Checkout.com launched direct acquiring in the United States under its Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank charter in Georgia. Mastercard Inc. announced Mastercard Wallet Pay, a set of technologies enabling interoperability and encouraging innovation among wallets for contactless and online payments. Some 4.3 billion persons globally now use digital wallets, a number expected …