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Square, Block Inc.’s point-of-sale payments unit, has partnered with AI-based restaurant-technology platform provider MarketMan to launch an inventory-management application for restaurants. The AI-based application provides restaurants with real-time visibility into ingredient usage, tracks inventory levels, automates purchase orders, and helps restaurants better manage their relationships with suppliers to reduce waste and …
April, 2026
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3 April
Famous Labs Taps AI for Speedy E-Commerce Site Building
Retailers looking to quickly set up an e-commerce site with integral payments acceptance can now use Famous.ai, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to do so. Launched by Palm Beach, Fla.-based Famous Labs, the service enables business owners to design an online store using plain-language descriptors. The end result, Famous …
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3 April
Chime Unveils Chime Prime and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/3/26
Chime Financial Inc., a banking-services fintech, unveiled Chime Prime, a rewards platform for customers who use Chime as their primary checking account. Users must receive at least $3,000 each month in qualifying direct deposits to be eligible for rewards, which include 5% cash back on certain spending using the Chime …
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2 April
The AI Upload: 44% Say AI Will Manage Payments; Visa Readies for AI-to-Business Commerce
As artificial intelligence continues to work its way into more facets of commerce, consumers and businesses may not be ready to go all in just yet. That day may come, however, if a report from Visa Inc. and another from Aevi prove accurate. First, Aevi, a Germany-based payments platform, found …
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2 April
Sift Fraud Rate Steady and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/2/26
Fraud-detection service Sift said its Sift Global Network saw transaction volume increase 18% in 2025, though payment fraud attempt rates held at about 3.25%, despite new fraud opportunities arising from new payment methods emerging in the market. The company credits better transaction monitoring and controls. The digital financial-services provider SoFi Technologies Inc. has launched SoFi …
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1 April
Elavon And Liberis Expand Small-Business Funding to Canada
Elavon Inc., the merchant-services subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, has expanded its relationship with embedded-finance platform provider Liberis US Inc. to offer its Quick Capital service to merchants in Canada. The expansion will enable small and medium-size businesses in Canada to access funding through Elavon’s merchant portal. The move is expected …
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1 April
A Year into VAMP, Visa Issues New Dispute Resolution Tools
Visa Inc. released six new or updated dispute-resolution services, a year after acquirers became subject to the then-new Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program. Known as VAMP, the program, according to Visa, consolidated five fraud and dispute programs and reduced 38 distinct remediation processes into one program. According to Oscar Bello, Chargeback …
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1 April
CARD91’s VerifyIQ Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/1/26
A fintech startup called CARD91 launched VerifyIQ, an AI-based identity-verification tool for card issuance, account opening, and other applications. BitRail LLC, a provider of digital wallets and payment technology, said it has added new services in partnership with the processor PaymentLock Inc., including branded online checkout and pay-now buttons, a virtual terminal, …
March, 2026
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31 March
Choosing the Right Payment Processing Partner: A Checklist for Software Platforms
After everything you’ve invested in building your platform, the last thing you need is a payment processing partner that slows you down. For integrated software vendors (ISVs), payments aren’t just another feature or add-on. Your payment processor becomes a direct extension of your product, your brand, and the experience you …