Pressure on Fiserv Inc. has mounted in recent weeks, and now an activist investor is calling on the big Milwaukee-based processor to divest assets that lie well beyond its two debit networks. In an open letter to Fiserv’s board on Thursday, Jana Partners Management LP urges Fiserv’s board “to take …
Read More »Western Union 2Q Revenue Flat and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/31/26
The Western Union Co. reported June-quarter revenue of $1 billion, flat with the year-ago result. Net income of $76.7 million was down 37%. Revenue from consumer money transfers totaled $866.1 million, down 2%; for the first half of the year, consumer-transfer revenue fell 3% to $1.71 billion. Setomatic Systems, a provider …
Read More »Another Banner Quarter for ACH Transactions
Same-day automated clearing house transactions continue to surge, reaching $1.3 trillion in value in the second quarter, says Nacha. That’s up from $980 billion in value in the year-ago quarter. That value came on 435.7 million transactions, a 29.3% increase from 337 million same-day ACH transactions in the 2025 second …
Read More »Mastercard Focuses on Gains in Crypto And Agentic Commerce
As payments executives wrestle with fast-moving trends in AI-driven commerce and in cryptocurrency, particularly stablecoins, card networks are gearing up to win more business in both markets. And network executives see those trends accelerating, creating opportunities to grab market share if they act fast. “Agentic commerce is the next evolution …
Read More »Lightspeed’s Revenue up 5.8% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/30/26
Point-of-sale platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. narrowed its first-quarter loss to $2.4 million from $49.6 million a year prior. Lightspeed reported its fiscal first quarter earnings ended June 30 with $322.7 million in revenue, up 5.8% from $305 million a year ago. In 2025, Lightspeed embarked on a two-pronged POS-based plan to improve its performance. …
Read More »Eye on Bill Pay: Language Options Could Hinder Online Bill Pay; Utility Bills Increase Almost 5%
Americans are now paying a median $363 per month for utility bills, or $4,361 annually, a 4.63% year-over-year increase, according to the latest doxoInsights 2026 Utility Report on electronic bill payments. And as utility bills grow, some are challenged to pay them online because of the absence of a language …
Read More »As Visa Looks to New Services, It Turns in a Positive June Quarter
Some Improvement for PayPal As a Stripe Takeover Offer Looms
Use Case Evolution Is One Factor in RTP’s Instant Payments Growth
Business-to-business payments were one of the first use cases for instant payments when the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC debuted in 2017. As more businesses and consumers want to use such services, the use cases are evolving, with digital wallets—like PayPal and Venmo—now being the largest …
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