Grocery-delivery and store pick-up platform Instacart is partnering with ChatGPT to offer shopping and checkout within a ChatGPT conversation. The deal will enable Instacart users to shop at more than 1,800 grocers directly within ChatGPT and complete purchases in real time during a ChatGPT conversation. The partnership with ChatGPT builds …
Read More »Circle Working with Bybit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/8/25
Circle Internet Group Inc. said it will work with Bybit Fintech Ltd., a cryptocurrency exchange, to expand the availability of Circle’s USDC stablecoin within Bybit’s system. Payments provider Charge1 Gateway announced technology improvements in fraud prevention, gateway security layers, and onboarding processes for merchants. RentRedi launched a Spanish-language version of its RentRedi Tenant App, …
Read More »Atomic’s Bill Payment App Opens to Banks and Fintechs
The potentially lucrative bill-payment market has a new entrant to help banks and fintechs capture some of these transactions. Dubbed PayNow, the new service from Atomic FI Inc. can help banks and fintechs drive engagement and loyalty with their customers, it says. Launching initially with a mobile and Internet provider, …
Read More »Klarna Challenges Rewards Card Issuers; Affirm Adds Pacsun to its Merchant Network
Seeking to provide an alternative to rewards credit cards, Klarna AB has expanded its Premium and Max membership programs in the United States. Klarna’s membership program is a monthly fee-based service that offers consumers such rewards as cashback, exclusive deals, and lifestyle rewards, as well as airport lounge access and …
Read More »Nayax Expands in EV Charging With Its Lynkwell Deal
Nayax Ltd. early Thursday said it has acquired Lynkwell, a U.S.-based technology developer for electric-vehicle charging stations. The $25.9-million, all-cash deal comes as Nayax looks to capitalize on the growth of EV charging as a payments market, particularly in the United States. “We are opening the door to a more …
Read More »RTP Tops $1.3 Trillion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/4/25
The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC said its RTP instant payments network topped $1.3 trillion in total payments in 2025 through November, up 428% from 2024. TCH said RTP transactions account for 98% of all bank-to-bank instant payments. PAR Technology Corp. announced Abelardo’s Mexican Fresh, a restaurant chain with more than 50 …
Read More »OneDine Signs California Pizza Kitchen for Payments Tech at 100-Plus Locations
California Pizza Kitchen has signed with restaurant-technology provider OneDine LLC to deploy its platform in more than 100 CPK locations in the United States. The deal is a reminder that restaurant point-of-sale and management technology is one of the hottest acquiring markets in digital payments. OneDine’s platform, which the company …
Read More »Fi911 Launches ResolveLab and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/3/25
Fi911, a provider of chargeback prevention and risk management, launched ResolveLab, a service it says is aimed at resellers and payment facilitators looking to block chargebacks and control risk. Okta Inc., a provider of identity technology, reported third-quarter revenue of $742 million, up 12% from the same time last year. …
Read More »Eye on Hospitality: Shift4 Lines up Liberty Sports Group; SpotOn’s POS System at Adalina Prime
Sports-and-entertainment consultancy Liberty Sports Group says it will work with Shift4 Payments Inc., enabling the point-of-sale and payments specialist to be its exclusive technology partner. In related news, SpotOn Transact LLC says Adalina Prime, a new steakhouse from the well-known Adalina restaurant in Chicago, will use its POS technology. New …
Read More »Block Notes 10% BFCM Uptick and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/2/25
Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping generated a 10% rise year-over-year for Block Inc.’s Square, Cash App, and Afterpay payments properties, to 124 million transactions, the company reported. Payments processor Nuvei Corp. announced it is expanding a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to enable its core payment processing APIs to run on Microsoft Axure and use Azure AI to …
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