Real-time Payments

May, 2025

• 5 May

  ServiceMonster Payments Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/5/25

  

  ServiceMonster, whose software serves carpet- and window-cleaning providers, launched ServiceMonster Payments, a platform allowing service providers to process payments within the ServiceMonster desktop or mobile app. Payment finance platform Infini has launched its Global Card, a virtual card that offers yields on stablecoin balances and spending through such wallets as Apple Pay, …
• 2 May

  Crypto Operators Keep Chipping Away at a Merchant Acceptance Barrier

  

  Cryptocurrency remains far from mainstream payments, but it keeps edging closer in the United States and worldwide. Further evidence emerged early Friday with news that the money-transfer platform MoneyGram International Inc. has launched MoneyGram Ramps, an application programming interface aimed at easing crypto-based transfers. Simultaneously, a crypto app called Bitget …
• 2 May

  Priority Sports Goes Wild and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/2/25

  

  Priority Sports, a unit of the payments provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc., announced it has processed ticket sales since March for the Minnesota Wild, a National Hockey League team. A survey from Jack Henry & Associates Inc. found that 89% of financial institutions plan to add new payment services, including the FedNow real-time payments …
• 1 May

  EMS’s Latest Moves and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/1/25

  

  Electronic Merchant Systems, also known as EMS, said it has invested in Payment Nerds and Pet Payments, both of which have signed distribution agreements with EMS. The extent of the investment was not disclosed. Merchant services and check printer Deluxe Corp. reported $536.5 million in first quarter 20245 revenue, up 0.3% from …

April, 2025

• 30 April

  Walmart’s Pay by Bank Project Remains on Track for 2025

  

  A test this past September of a real-time pay by bank payments option inside the Walmart app indicates the service is on track for a broader debut in 2025, Digital Transactions News has learned. Speaking at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025 conference in New Orleans, Sarah Arnio, Walmart Inc. …
• 30 April

  Affirm’s AI Launch and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/30/25

  

  Affirm Inc. has launched AdaptAI, a promotions platform aimed at merchant clients and relying on artificial-intelligence technology. Business-software platform onPhase announced it will incorporate the Paymode business-payments feature from Bottomline Technologies Inc. Bluefin Payment Systems LLC has agreed to integrate its payment-processing platform and point-to-point encryption technology in C-Park, the parking-management software from Campus …
• 29 April

  The Request for Payment’s Promise for Real-Time Payments

  

  Request for payment on the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC has been a feature since the network launched 2017, but users’ increasing embrace of RfP is triggering more development of it. With real-time processing backing it, the RfP option allows billers and merchants to receive nearly immediate payment …
• 29 April

  OneCause And Stripe and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/29/25

  

  Shift4 Payments Inc. reported early Tuesday it logged volume of $45 billion for the first quarter, up 35% year-over-year, while revenue climbed 20% to $848.3 million and gross profit hit $240.7 million, up 37%. OneCause launched OneCause Payments, a payments platform for nonprofits that offers processing from Stripe Inc. and Deluxe Corp. …
• 28 April

  Early Warning Says Zelle Is Gaining Popularity With Small Businesses

  

  Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, continues to make steady inroads with small businesses, according to data released early Monday by Early Warning. About 7 million small businesses are enrolled in the network to make and receive payments, while the use of Zelle by consumers …
• 25 April

  Regulators Lighten up on Crypto, But Will That Really Matter?

  

  In keeping with Washington’s friendlier attitude toward cryptocurrencies, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Thursday pulled statements they had issued early in 2023 that had indicated a tougher stance on crypto regulation for banks. The regulators’ new approach, as indicated in a statement issued late Thursday …