Visa Inc.’s U.S. debit card payments volume of $767 billion in its fiscal second quarter increased 9.6% from $699 billion in the quarter ending March 31 a year ago. Its U.S. credit card payments volume of $704 billion was a 10.5% increase from $638 billion a year ago. For all regions, Visa’s …

Giant processor Fiserv Inc. said its revenue from its merchant business increased to $1.85 billion in the first quarter, a 12.1% increase from $1.65 billion a year ago. Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv said its two other segments—financial technology and payments and networks—also had revenue increases. Revenue for the financial technology business …

Payments-technology provider Ingenico launched its AXIUM Payment Experience, dubbed APEX, an app intended to make it easier for businesses to craft payments apps. U.S. payments provider InComm Payments introduced a new unit, InComm Payments Brazil Technology Ltda., to expand the company’s operations in Brazil. Embedded-finance specialist Maast launched a set of new technologies aimed at making …

Payments analysts looking for where the growth is can find it in the automated clearing house network and in debit cards. With respect to transaction volume, no U.S. payment system grew faster over the three years from 2018 to 2021 than the ACH, which posted a compound annual growth rate …

Web registrar GoDaddy Inc. continued its push into payments Monday by adding Apple Inc.’s Tap to Pay on iPhone to the GoDaddy Mobile App. The inclusion of Tap to Pay on the GoDaddy app will enable small businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone without a dongle. Merchants need …

With real-time payments quickly becoming a reality for the U.S. payments market, smaller financial institutions are scrambling to adopt the necessary technology. That in turn is creating opportunities for a wide range of technology companies. The fintech Go-Live Faster says it will launch what it bills as a solution that …

Square, the in-store and online commerce arm of Block Inc., says Square Subscriptions is in tests for Square Online users. The feature is one of nearly 100 updates the company announced Wednesday. Other notable features include Waitlists in Square Appointments and an integration with reservation provider OpenTable in Square for …

When you’re pressed for time, there’s probably a handful of neighborhood stores where you shop regularly. You can depend on them in those hurried moments, whether it’s the small retailer that stocks your favorite items, the local coffee shop that knows just how you like your coffee, or the mobile …

Cross-border payments fintech Higlobe Inc. said users can make payments in the United States from their Higlobe account with a new Visa prepaid card issued by Dash Solutions. POSaBIT Systems Corp., a payments platform specializing in the cannabis industry, said a previously announced agreement under which it would acquire MJ Platform, Leaf …

PayPal Holdings Inc. says it is now the preferred payments partner of Ticketmaster, the big and often controversial multi-national ticketing business owned by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. The deal announced Monday is a boon for PayPal’s Braintree merchant-processing unit, which will become Ticketmaster’s main processor. Monday’s announcement essentially is an …