Domain-name registrar GoDaddy Inc. said an integration with the MuleSoft Agent Fabric from Salesforce Inc. is intended help companies pinpoint AI agents and establish their identity before they get access to companies’ sensitive data. Advent International said it has agreed to sell two payments companies, Newpay and Group Prisma, to Visa Inc. Terms …
Read More »Clip’s Tap to Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/19/26
Mexico-based payments-technology provider Clip launched a tap-to-pay capability for Android devices. The move follows Clip’s launch earlier this month of a new point-of-sale device, the Clip Total 3. Justt, a provider of chargeback management based on AI, said it will work with franchise-business advisor Ron Feldman to help franchise systems reduce chargebacks and disputes …
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A Global Survey Uncovers a Strong Following for Stablecoins
Research released early Tuesday argues stablecoins have made their move out of niche applications and into the mainstream of international payments, propelled by fast transactions and perceived security. That’s according to the “Stablecoin Utility Report” from stablecoin-technology provider BVNK, with research conducted by YouGov among more than 4,600 digital-currency users …
Read More »A Rapidly Growing Klarna Joins Google Pay in the U.K.
Klarna AB announced early Monday its pay-over-time service has become an available payment option in Google Pay in the United Kingdom, joining a list of payment services already operating through the wallet. The move represents a major geographic expansion of previous actions by the two companies. Last year, Google Pay …
Read More »Adyen’s Personalized Checkout Tweaks Payment Options
Any bump up in an e-commerce site’s conversion rate could ripple through the merchant’s financial results. Processor Adyen NV hopes its new Personalize checkout service can aid these rates by enabling merchants to customize payment options for individual shoppers. Adyen says Personalize, a part of its Uplift payment optimization suite, …
Read More »Pavilion To Acquire DiTRONICS and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/12/26
Gaming-transactions specialist Pavilion Payments said it has agreed to acquire payments and automation contracts, along with technology assets, from DiTRONICS Financial Services, a funds-access platform serving casinos. Terms were not announced. Knot, an app linking consumers, merchants, and financial institutions, said it will work with Fiserv Inc. to enable Lyft drivers to more easily …
Read More »Stripe’s Latest Venture Is a Partnership With Hong Kong’s PhotonPay
Technology from Stripe Inc. will support transactions for PhotonPay, a Hong Kong-based fintech processing online payments for more than 200,000 businesses globally. According to PhotonPay’s announcement, released early Wednesday, the addition of Stripe’s technology will widen its offering of payment methods as well as reinforce uptime, though the company did …
Read More »Automotive POS Gains Momentum As UpdatePromise Offers PayPal and Venmo
UpdatePromise, a software provider to automobile dealerships, said Tuesday it has agreed to integrate PayPal and Venmo to offer expanded payments capabilities in the service lane. The move comes as payments technology takes on increasing importance at dealerships looking to avoid snarled transactions while working out details with customers, the …
Read More »PayPal Gets a New CEO As It Looks to Sharpen ‘Execution’
PayPal Holdings Inc. early Tuesday announced it has appointed board chairman Enrique Lores president and chief executive, replacing Alex Chriss. Lores moves into his new position after more than six years as CEO at HP Inc. The company also reported December-quarter results in the face of a steep drop in …
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