Consumer Direct ACH Payments — 2025
Added to FedACH and EPN network volumes is an estimated 7.00 billion transactions processed in-house by financial institutions when the recipient and the payor of an ACH item are customers of the same financial institution.
Badge Opens Access to Apple and Google Wallets
Badge has raised $17.1 million in capital since its founding in 2023. A $13.8-million Series A round in December 2025 was led by TTV Capital, with participation from Stripe, Synchrony Ventures and Infinity Ventures.
Visa Partners with Amenify
Cardholders will earn Amenify Cash when they use their Visa
card to pay rent. Those rewards could offset any service fee
property managers impose to cover interchange fees they pay.
Affirm Adds Fiserv for Debit Buy Now, Pay Later
Financial institutions connected to Fiserv’s EPOC debit card processing platform will be able to embed Affirm’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in the mobile apps they offer their cardholders. Affirm announced a similar deal with FIS in February 2025. Fiserv, Visa DPS and FIS are the top three third-party processors in the US for […]
Visa and Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q 2025
For the first nine months of 2025, debit, credit and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide with Visa and Mastercard brands generated $17.136 trillion in purchase volume.
Investments in Merchant Processing, Acquiring—2025
The largest deals were the $190-million investment in Dojo, a UK-based processor with 140,000 customers, and Flatpay in Denmark, which provides POS terminals, processing support and a payment gateway.
Stock Market Results by Payment Processors in 2025
The 40 largest publicly traded payment processors, mostly those that support merchants but including some that also support issuers, are featured here.
Walmart Opposes Merchant Settlement with Mastercard, Visa and Top Card Issuers
Walmart would prefer going to trial versus accepting the out-ofcourt settlement. The retailer states the proposed settlement “ignores the best possible relief that the class stands to obtain if the pending antitrust claims (which have already survived summary judgment) are vindicated at trial.”
FreedomPay and Nuvei Form Global Partnership
Multinational, enterprise-size merchants are the prospective customers for an in-store and digital commerce payment service that unites Nuvei and FreedomPay. The companies are integrating via Nuvei’s T2A protocol.
Global Brand Card Transactions Projected Worldwide — 2030
Asia–Pacific is the top region for global network cards. Purchase transactions are projected to reach 518.56 billion in 2030, up 35.4% from 2025.