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Restaurant payments and management-software provider Toast Inc. announced Monday that it is now an endorsed vendor for luxury hotel group Preferred Hotels and Resorts, and NCR Voyix Corp. reported an expansion of its existing relationship with Southern California grocery chain Stater Bros. Markets. Toast said it is now a member …
May, 2026
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4 May
April Small Business Sales up 1.1%, Fiserv Says
Small business sales, as tracked in the Fiserv Small Business index, were up 1.1% year-over-year in April, buoyed in part by a 2.8% increase in higher average tickets, finds the latest edition of the index. Released Monday, the index found the April increase in the average ticket was the highest …
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4 May
Tray’s Maple AI Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/4/26
Point-of-sale system provider Tray said it and Maple, an artificial intelligence voice platform for restaurants, completed an integration to make Maple’s technology available to restaurant operators using Tray. The Western Union Co. said it will use Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure company, to provide the infrastructure behind USDPT, Western Union’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. …
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1 May
Eye on Agentic Commerce: Experian’s Tool for Verifying Consumer, Agent Link; Kite’s Wallet Service for AI Agents
As payments companies, merchants, and consumers prepare for the growing use of artificial-intelligence agents in commerce, vendors, too, are getting ready for these independent, digital agents. Among the latest is Experian plc, best known as a credit-reporting agency, with its new Experian Agent Trust service and Kite AI with its …
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1 May
Crypto Meets AI in MoonPay’s New MoonAgents Card
It was only a matter of time before agentic commerce included transactions performed with digital currency. Early Friday, the 7-year-old New York City-based cryptocurrency platform MoonPay announced the launch of MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard that holders as well as AI agents can use to spend stablecoins at any e-commerce merchant …
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1 May
Loyyal Launches OfferPoint and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/1/26
Loyyal, a payments and loyalty platform operating internationally, introduced OfferPoint, a marketplace seeking to help banks and digital wallets boost card-based spending and consumer engagement. Collectly, a credit card and buy now, pay later specialist, said it is partnering with the fintech Sunbit to offer financing options to patients both …
April, 2026
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30 April
Three Months In, the New PayPal CEO Sparks a Sweeping Reorganization
Barely three months since taking over the top spot at PayPal Holdings Inc., Enrique Lores is heading up a reorganization of the venerable payments company. Announced late Wednesday following a CNBC report earlier in the day, PayPal says it will migrate to a three-business operating model. The three are checkout …
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30 April
Mastercard Eyes Data From Ventures in Stablecoins And AI
Like other international payments networks, Mastercard Inc. is wrestling with the impact of the conflict in the Middle East while at the same time adjusting to the ripple effects of agentic commerce and digital currency. Early Thursday, the company’s top executives took pains to assure the financial community that they’re …
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30 April
Shift4 Lines up Wrigley Field and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/30/26
Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will provide point-of-sale services at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team, and at Gallagher Way, the entertainment district adjacent to the ballpark. American Express Co. announced new and beefed-up benefits to mark the 60th anniversary of its gold card, including quintupled membership …
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29 April
Eye on Point of Sale: MoneyGram Adopts Stripe for Retail Locations; Lightspeed Divests Upserve
Stripe Inc. has notched money-transfer services as a customer category with MoneyGram’s adoption of the payment processor’s technology for its retail locations. Additionally, Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is selling Upserve, a hospitality point-of-sale platform it acquired in 2020. Dallas-based MoneyGram International Inc., which went private in 2023, says it will use …
