Visa Inc. has invested an undisclosed sum in Lisnr Inc., an 8-year-old startup whose technology enables mobile payments via sound waves. The fresh investment follows an initial funding Visa made in the company a year ago.Century Business Solutions said its EBizCharge payment service is certified for the Sage Intacct Marketplace to be …

In a year in which a fearsomely spreading virus has shut down many businesses and wrecked some, merchant-services provider Square Inc. has had to lean more heavily than ever on the other part of its business—the 7-year-old peer-to-peer payment service Cash App. And in the quarter ended Sept. 30, Cash …

PayPal Holdings Inc.’s top executives late Monday laid out what chief executive Dan Schulman called “a fundamental overhaul” of the company’s PayPal and Venmo apps that will include a new cryptocurrency feature as well as bill payment and QR code capability on top of near-field communication technology and PayPal’s Pay …

Processor Global Payments Inc. reported adjusted net revenue of $1.746 billion for the third quarter, down 4% year-over-year on a combined basis. Global acquired processor TSYS Inc. last year.FIS Inc. reported total third-quarter revenue for its merchant-processing unit of $1.02 billion, up 44% year-over-year. The lift comes chiefly from the acquisition of the …

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced a service that allows account holders to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their account. The company also said it will make cryptocurrency available as a funding source for purchases at the 26 million merchants worldwide that accept PayPal.Payments provider FIS Inc. said it added pharmacy chain Walgreens …

China has historically pioneered the evolution of money. From the ancient use of cowry shells as commodity money, the standardization of bronze coins around 1000 B.C., leather-made promissory notes during the Han dynasty, or the introduction of paper currency around the seventh century, China has shown the way. It should then come …

PCI Pal, whose services enable businesses to collect payments in accordance with the PCI Security Standards Council data-security rules, announced a link-up with payments provider Stripe Inc. to allow Stripe clients to more quickly deploy PCI Pal’s technology.Paya Inc. said UtilityBilling.com, a subscription billing and payment platform, integrated Paya’s processing service.PlusPass, …

Adyen NV said it has become the primary payments provider for Columbia Sportswear Co., an apparel retailer.Fireblocks Inc. announced it will supply wallet and network-infrastructure products as its client Revolut Ltd. launches new cryptocurrency services for its 13 million global users.Fraud-prevention technology provider Feedzai Inc. reported a strong first half as fraud attempts rose …

Shopify Inc., an e-commerce payments and marketplace platform that accounts for more U.S. e-commerce sales than any other company besides Amazon.com Inc., is adding a gateway that will allow consumers to pay for products from Shopify online stores using a choice of digital or fiat currencies. The so-called hybrid service …

Consumers appear to like using their mobile wallets for payments, with PSCU, a credit union service organization, reporting a 70.3% increase in the use of debit cards for the week ending Sept. 20 over the week ending Sept. 22, 2019. Credit card use in wallets was up 50.4%.Some 76% of small-business owners will …