Transaction Processing

The United States has become buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB’s largest market by revenue, the company announced Tuesday. BNPL use blossomed during the pandemic and continues to find favor as inflation concerns push consumers to make value-based spending decisions. With 8 million monthly active users of the Klarna …

The average U.S. household spends $29,459 per year on bills, amounting to 42% of income, according to the “2023 U.S. Bill Pay Market Size & Category Breakout Report” from bill-pay processor doxo. Mission Lane, a fintech providing access to credit and debit products to more than 2 million consumers, said it …

NCR Corp. has expanded its agreement with Walgreens Co. to provide ATM services to nearly all Walgreens stores in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NCR already provides ATM services to an unspecified number of Walgreens locations through its Allpoint ATM network. Walgreens operates 9,021 stores …

With the launch of the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payment service expected by mid-year, payments players are lining up clients to take advantage of the service. The latest is Pidgin Inc., a startup payments platform specializing in supporting financial institutions. The Atlanta-based company early Tuesday announced that Community Bankers’ Bank …

Payments provider PayJunction released an updated version of its developer toolset to enable software companies to integrate account-to-account bank transfer connectivity within their platforms. Equipifi, a white-label buy now, pay later provider, said customers of credit union ACU of Texas can now use BNPL as a payment method with their existing debit …

Vetsource, a provider of technology, pharmacy, and business services to veterinary practices, has added payment processing capabilities to its platform. In addition to supporting credit and debit cards, e-wallets, and online and automated clearing house payment-processing options, Vetsource says its new service will enable veterinary practices to offer payment methods …

The leading digital currency Bitcoin hasn’t returned to the values it enjoyed early last year, but it appears to have rebounded from the beating it—and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole—took in the wake of the sudden collapse in November of the major trading platform FTX.com and the bankruptcy in …

Early Warning Services LLC, operator of the Zelle peer-to-peer payments network, is celebrating a year just passed in which both dollar volume and transactions processed rose at double-digit rates. But the company also has its eye on promising markets like small businesses and on countering charges from U.S. Senators about …

Entrust Group, an IRA administrator, said it is working with Stripe Inc. to ease credit card and automated clearing house payments for client contributions. Block Inc.’s Cash App will support a cash-giveaway promotion for Moe’s Southwest Grill on Feb. 24, with the total payout expected to be $25,000. U.S. Bank launched its Business …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, reported Thursday that consumers and businesses sent 2.3 billion in payments totaling $629 billion through the network in 2022. On a year-over-year basis, transaction volumes through Zelle increased 26%, and total transaction value increased 28%. Small businesses continue to be …