Transaction Fees news and trends

Payment Processors Adapt Strategies to Woo Main Street SMBs
B2B Payments // November 24, 2023

Small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMBs) on the main streets of the United States heavily rely on payment processors to facilitate their transactions. While PayPal and Square dominate the market, in the recent survey, Main Street Health in Q3 2023 from PYMNTS Intelligence and Enigma revealed that 85%...

1 in 6 Main Street SMB Retailers Are Considering Switching Payment Processors
SMBs // October 17, 2023

The competition in the payment processor market is fierce because of the success of incumbent leaders, as the majority of Main Street small to midsized business (SMB) retailers are satisfied with their current processors. However, there are opportunities to make a mark with lower transaction...

WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments
Commercial Payments // October 12, 2023

Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities to merchants using the WooCommerce platform. The partnership brings Veem’s B2B extension to the WooCommerce...

59% of Small Businesses Would Switch to Cheaper Payment Processors
SMBs // September 29, 2023

Small to midsized businesses (SMBs) on Main Street, U.S.A., view their payment processors favorably. With 85% of SMBs satisfied with their processor, those seeking to expand their client base must go above and beyond table stakes features and functionality to capture business from incumbents. In...

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Shared Payments Models Rewrite Economics of Commercial Cards

March 26, 2024
When it comes to business-to-business (B2B) payments, it’s easy to get blindsided by the staggering $100 trillion-plus annual transaction volume and miss the real action. It’s not about the money moving around; it’s about the current friction associated with workflows and data handling that set the stage for these payments. That’s where the magic — […]

1 in 6 Main Street SMB Retailers Are Considering Switching Payment Processors

October 17, 2023
The competition in the payment processor market is fierce because of the success of incumbent leaders, as the majority of Main Street small to midsized business (SMB) retailers are satisfied...

59% of Small Businesses Would Switch to Cheaper Payment Processors

September 29, 2023
Small to midsized businesses (SMBs) on Main Street, U.S.A., view their payment processors favorably. With 85% of SMBs satisfied with their processor, those seeking to expand their client base must...

Quick Reads
WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments

October 12, 2023
Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities to merchants using the WooCommerce platform. The partnership brings Veem’s B2B extension to the WooCommerce marketplace, allowing businesses to integrate payment collections into their checkout […]

FLEETCOR Agrees to Comply With Court Ruling in FTC Disclosure Practices Case

June 11, 2023
Payments company FLEETCOR says it has closed out a four-year legal battle with the FTC. The company announced Friday (June 9) that it had received a court order in a marketing practices and...

UK Regulator Fines Barclays $10.3M for Violating Card-Fee Rules

December 02, 2022
The U.K.’s payments regulator has fined Barclays 8.4 million pounds ($10.26 million). In a Thursday (Dec. 1) press release, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) said it imposed the fine in...

FedNow Says 2023 Fee Schedule Includes Discount on Credit Transfer Rate

November 10, 2022
The Federal Reserve has announced pricing for the FedNow Service, its instant payments system that is to be launched in the middle of 2023.  “To support widespread adoption of instant...