Real-time Payments

May, 2025

• 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 …
• 25 April

  Truist First with RTP’s Alias-Based RFP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/25/25

  

  Truist Financial Corp. said it is the first financial institution to use an alias-based request for payment utility on the RTP network, the real-time payments service from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC. The service is available for both corporate and individual customers, Truist said. POSaBIT Systems Corp., a point-of-sale maker for cannabis …
• 23 April

  Klarna Added to eBay’s U.S. Marketplace and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/23/25

  

  The e-commerce giant eBay Inc. said it will widen its global partnership with payments platform Klarna AB to include the U.S. market, allowing the shopping site to roll out Klarna’s payments capabilities to ”millions” of eBay shoppers, eBay says.  PSQ Payments said it is available on the Shopify App store, making the service …
• 22 April

  Circle’s New Payments Network Solicits Banks for Cross-Border Stablecoin Settlement

  

  The stablecoin platform Circle Internet Group Inc. late Monday unveiled a payments network aimed at linking financial institutions and digital wallets for cross-border payments. The network, which will enable real-time settlement using what Circle calls regulated stablecoins, represents a major new thrust for the 11-year-old, New York City-based company into …