Person-to-Person Payments

Mitek Systems Inc., provider of remote deposit capture and fraud-prevention technology, says revenue for fiscal 2022 grew 20% to $143.9 million from fiscal 2021’s $119.8 million. Much of the growth came from more demand for the company’s fraud-control offerings. San Diego-based Mitek is a leading vendor of remote deposit technology. …

Members of the U.S. military are reporting problems with digital payments apps more frequently than the general population, and peer-to-peer payment apps account for more of those complaints than any other type of payments technology, according to data released Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB reported receiving, …

Jack Henry & Associates has launched PayrailzFraud Monitor, a real-time fraud-monitoring technology for payments. The cloud-native solution, which Jack Henry describes as an enhancement to its Payrailz platform, uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics to detect payments fraud as the fraud is occurring, with a scope including peer-to-peer and …

The global investment firm KKR has agreed to purchase up to 40 billion euros ($43.7 billion) in loan receivables generated by PayPal Holdings Inc. in its buy now, pay later programs in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The transaction is said to include “substantially” all of the European BNPL loan portfolio …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking at creating a rule to define so-called larger companies in the consumer-payments industry, according to a notice the regulator posted on Tuesday. The rule if established would clarify the CFPB’s supervisory authority with respect to nonbank payments companies, lending more impetus to a …

As proponents and adversaries wrangle over the newly resurrected Credit Card Competition Act, a market-research firm has raised by more than one-third its estimate of how much the bill could save U.S. merchants. A year ago, the firm, Atlanta-based CMS Payments Intelligence Inc., calculated the bill would result in $11 …

Apple Cash users will be able to set up weekly, biweekly, or monthly Apple Cash payments in the iOS 17 iPhone software coming this fall, Apple Inc. announced. Users also will be able to present digital IDs stored in Apple Wallet to businesses, such as for age verification. More than 96% …

Some 80% of U.S. consumers say they have used a peer-to-peer payment service at least once, while two-thirds report having used a mobile wallet in the past year, according to the 2023 State of Payments report from card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. The study surveyed 4,091 consumers in February, including 2,013 in the …

JPMorgan Chase & Co. late on Friday said it had resolved an issue that was generating duplicate online transactions and fees on customers’ checking accounts. The bank said it was issuing refunds or reversing transactions. At least some of the transactions had been generated through the Zelle peer-to-peer payments platform, though …

[Updated with new information over the weekend] An unknown number of Chase online-banking customers experienced duplicate Zelle debits to their accounts on Friday, while most anecdotal evidence suggests payees received only one payment. Zelle, the online peer-to-peer payment service, is integrated into Chase’s mobile app and online site. Early Warning …