Walmart Tests Instant Payments with Fiserv
A proof of concept for instant payments settled in real time through links to the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service and RTP from The Clearing House network has just been completed.
Area of Interest: Merchant Acquiring
The Largest Merchant Acquirers Worldwide — 2023
Among the 150 largest acquirers, 71 processed over 1 billion transactions.
Asia–Pacific’s 38 Largest Merchant Acquirers — 2023
Spending was initiated by 54.28 billion transactions by the 6 global brand and 10 domestic-only card brands processed by these acquirers.
Fullsteam Software and Card Processing for SMBs
Fullsteam operates essentially as a white-label payment processor. After it purchases the company, Fullsteam embeds its own payment processing services and support into the business management software and then allows those companies to continue to operate under their own brands.
DOJ Sues Visa Over Debit
The civil lawsuit alleges that Visa engages in an illegal monopoly to inhibit competition in the debit card market.
Interoperability Proceedings for Apple Devices in the EU
Currently, Apple controls all features and functions tied to its hardware and software.
Newline by Fifth Third Supports Fintechs
Fifth Third decided to build a new API-based payment processing platform capable of delivering credit, debit and prepaid card products.
Interoperable Digital Wallets from Inrupt
The company provides a universal data infrastructure that developers can use to create their own multipurpose digital wallets. Also available, on a white-label basis, is the Inrupt Data Wallet, which is built on the company’s Enterprise Solid Server (ESS).
Latin America’s 50 Largest Merchant Acquirers — 2023
The LA&C region’s 10 largest Mastercard and Visa acquirers—Cielo, Rede, Getnet, PagSeguro, BBVA, Transbank, StoneCo, Payway, Banorte and Fiserv—each handled more than 1.00 billion transactions.
Slope B2B Payment Platform
Digitizing business-to-business payments is a significant opportunity for technology providers and payment processors.
