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October, 2026

• 1 October

  Eye on Cards: ConnexPay Adds Mobile Wallet Support; 23% Have More Than Three Cards

  

  The United States is one of, if not the, most credit card-centric market so companies do all they can to meet consumers where they want to interact. That includes mobile wallets, which ConnexPay LLC, a payout specialist, is doing. It’s added virtual card support for mobile wallets, enabling them to …
• 1 October

  Stablecoins Get a Boost As a New Fiserv Platform Goes Live

  

  Fiserv Inc.’s digital-asset platform went live on Thursday with Roughrider Coin, a stablecoin from Bank of North Dakota intended to ease money movement among banks in that state. The development comes after Fiserv announced in June last year it would build the platform to address growing interest among financial institutions …
• 1 October

  FastSpring Enables Cash App Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs 10/1/26

  

  E-commerce payments provider FastSpring announced it has introduced Cash App Pay as a payment method for its checkout. Block Inc. launched Cash App Pay on Square in 2021 and extended it to external sites the next year. Grocery chain The Kroger Co. launched its Kroger Rewards World Elite Mastercard, a credit card offering rewards good for …

September, 2026

• 30 September

  Eye on E-Commerce: Many Eye BNPL Payment This Holiday Season; Etsy Renews Seller Payout Deal

  

  As consumers ready for the holiday shopping season, many are making budgets a priority, according to new PayPal Holdings Inc. data. Meanwhile, Etsy, a popular e-commerce site for crafted goods, renewed its seller payout deal with Payoneer. PayPal says its 2026 Holiday Shopping Survey, which canvassed 2,005 U.S. adults in …
• 30 September

  AppZen Launches Autonomous Cards for AI-Based Payment Controls

  

  How common will agentic payments become, and how fast? Predictions vary, of course, but tech companies are releasing new advances in the autonomous technology almost daily. In the latest example, AppZen early Wednesday unveiled Autonomous Cards, intended for corporate card programs. According to the San Jose, Calif.-based company, the new …
• 30 September

  Consumers Balk at Three and other Digital Transactions News briefs 9/30/26

  

  Two-thirds of consumers walk away from a payment process that requires more than three steps, according to “The Competition for Consumer Payments,” a report from Datos Insights sponsored by SBT, a payments platform specializing in regulated industries. Datos surveyed 2,000 U.S. consumers in the second quarter for the report. 934 Ltd., …
• 29 September

  Eye on Acquirers: North Debuts Embedded Checkout; Kurv Renews Its Cleveland Browns Sponsorship

  

  The persistent need to provide the latest payment-acceptance tools and the pressure to keep an acquirer’s brand front and center often exist in parallel. North, a Troy, Mich.-based acquirer, is marking its launch of Embedded Checkout by North while competitor Kurv renews its sponsorship of the Cleveland Browns. North says …
• 29 September

  Toast Offers a C-Store POS System for Fuel and In-store Sales

  

  Toast, known for its point-of-sale payments technology for restaurants, has launched Toast Fuel to support convenience stores in accepting payments in-store and at the pump. The expansion, which includes both retail and foodservice transactions, will enable all payments to be handled on a single platform, Toast says. C-stores sell an …
• 29 September

  BofA RTP Volume up After Limit Increase and other Digital Transactions News briefs 9/29/26

  

  Bank of America Corp. said its transaction volume flowing on the RTP network, an instant payment service operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, increased 48% from January through July compared with the same period in 2025. Much of that is attributed to RTP’s transaction limit increase to $10 …
• 28 September

  FIS Targets Clearer Debit Descriptors to Potentially Ease Chargeback Rates

  

  Processor and core banking services provider FIS Inc. is taking a step to make it easier for debit card users at banks and credit unions to understand debit card transactions on their statements. It’s a move that could reduce chargeback inquiries. Developed with Spade, a New York City-based transaction data …