payments

Frankfurt – November 03, 2026 -- Payments with Germany's girocard cost transit operators just under 1% of turnover on average, against 2.2% for international debit cards and 2.5% for credit cards, according to a Deutsche Bundesbank study cited in a new girocard public transport survey.

Fifty-two percent of riders would use check-in/check-out ticketing

The infas quo survey of 1,129 respondents, commissioned by girocard in September 2026, found that 52% would use a check-in/check-out system. Of all respondents, 36% would like to check in and pay with their girocard. In a mobility app, 47% would choose the girocard as payment method if it were offered.

The debit card is in a pilot phase for in-app payments. It can be integrated into check-in/check-out systems in future.

Macau – November 02, 2026 -- YeePay told the IATA Payment Services Forum that payment costs across the global aviation industry reach USD 22 billion a year, with transaction fees and operating expenses consuming nearly half of airlines' profit per passenger.

YeePay co-founder Yu Chen presents China's airline B2B payment model

Yu Chen, Co-Founder of YeePay, gave a presentation titled "China's Unique Airline B2B Order Payment Ecosystem" at the 2026 IATA WFS & WPS, held October 28-29 at the Galaxy International Convention Center. He covered industry challenges in the New Distribution Capability (NDC) era and compared airline payment models across global markets. He also outlined the wider potential of B2B order payments for aviation.

Manchester – October 17, 2026 -- HelloNation has published an article featuring Eric Miltner of PayPact in Manchester, New Hampshire, arguing that eCheck payments can speed collections and reduce manual work for local small businesses still relying on paper checks.

Paper checks slow cash flow and add error risk for New Hampshire businesses

Mailing, depositing and manual recordkeeping extend the payment cycle, according to the article. Contractors, medical offices, property managers and professional service firms are most exposed to delays from mail delivery, manual deposits or payment posting errors.

eCheck payments move through the ACH network, but the terms are not identical

An eCheck is the customer's payment method, drawing funds directly from a checking or savings account. ACH is the bank network that processes the transfer. The article stresses that the two terms are often used interchangeably but describe different things.

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- Mesh, a crypto payments network, has launched Link Chat, an AI-powered feature in Mesh Link that lets users start financial actions with a natural-language request such as "Deposit 50 USDC into my account." The capability is live and rolling out to partners.

Mesh plans to extend Link Chat across its product stack, including payments and additional transaction types.

Forrester data shows 31% of consumers use conversational AI for finance questions

Nearly one in three consumers (31%) across the United States, United Kingdom and Canada regularly use conversational AI to ask personal-finance questions and compare financial products, according to Forrester. Nearly a quarter (24%) of those users do so through tools outside their bank's app.

Completing a financial action still requires the right accounts, assets and payment rails to work together behind the scenes, the company said.

West Chester, Pa. – September 23, 2026 -- Track Rabbit has launched a new feature allowing event organizers to run registration and member management through its platform while collecting payment via cash, Venmo, PayPal, a personal card reader, or any other method of their choosing.

Grassroots organizers gain full platform access without merchant processing setup

The feature targets informal automotive gatherings such as cars-and-coffee meetups, club cruise-ins, local track days, and car shows, where organizers often collect a cash gate fee or a Venmo request rather than running transactions through a formal payment processor. Riders and drivers still complete registration and manage their information through Track Rabbit; only the payment step moves outside the platform.

New York – September 09, 2026 -- Rho now lets Rho Invoicing customers accept credit card, debit card, and Google Pay payments directly on invoices, adding to existing ACH and wire options within the same banking account.

Card payments carry a 2.9% plus $0.30 processing fee paid by the invoicing business

The fee is deducted from the payment before funds deposit into the business's account, while inbound ACH and wire transfers remain free. Payers are not shown a surcharge at checkout. Card payments apply only to USD-denominated invoices and are capped at a default daily limit of $10,000 across a business's invoices, with higher limits available on request.