News

October, 2026

• 23 October

  Sezzle Joins BNPL Rivals in Seeking a Bank Charter

  

  Joining a trend building in the buy now, pay later payments sector to gain more control over their operations and offer more diversified services, Sezzle Inc. reported Thursday it has filed an application with the Comptroller of the Currency to charter a national bank to be known as Sezzle Bank …
• 23 October

  AmEx Keeps a Tight Rein on AI As It Posts Record Revenue

  
• 23 October

  Viewpost’s Hospitality AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/23/26

  

  Payments provider Viewpost has agreed to work with Birchstreet, a provider of hospitality-industry technology, to include AI-enabled embedded payments for hospitality customers. Oak View Group, operator of a network of live-entertainment venues, will offer its employees earned-wage access service through Payactiv throughout Oak View’s U.S. operations, involving more than 40 …
• 22 October

  More Fraudsters Exploit Trust and Manipulate Credit Reports, TransUnion Says

  

  A new global fraud study from a leading credit-reporting agency ties a growing amount of fraud to compromises of trusted identity-verification systems, rather than from false identities used to open credit card accounts, bank accounts, and other starting points of fraud. The study also reveals a boom in fraudulent manipulation …
• 22 October

  How Bojangles Is Using AI to Serve Drive-Through Traffic

  

  For some restaurant chains, innovation is coming in force to the common drive-through, with the latest example emerging early Thursday with the chicken-sandwich operator Bojangles’ announcement that it is extending an agreement to deploy an AI-based drive-through ordering technology from Tel Aviv-based Hi Auto Ltd. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bojangles, which operates …
• 22 October

  Fresha And Adyen and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/22/26

  

  In the “In Other News” section of Wednesday’s issue of Digital Transactions News, Boost Payment Solutions was misidentified as Boost Payments. Digital Transactions regrets the error. Fresha, a booking and payments platform for beauty and wellness businesses, said its Fresha Capital offering for shops has lent more than $20 million …
• 21 October

  Klarna’s App Drops in Across Borders; Synchrony Adds BNPL to CareCredit

  

  With headquarters in Sweden and operations in 26 countries, Klarna AB is dropping the e-commerce border constraints, at least within its app with a new service called Consumer FX. On Wednesday, Klarna says app users will be able to shop at any participating Klarna merchant in the world and pay …
• 21 October

  COMMENTARY: What Credit Cards Taught Us About Winning Trust in Agentic Shopping

  

  It’s hard to imagine today, but there was a time when typing a credit card number into a Web site felt risky. In the 1990s, most consumers preferred driving to a store to shopping online. E-commerce user interfaces were clunky, the connection was slow, and the security of card information …
• 21 October

  Evervault’s AI Token Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/21/26

  

  Data-encryption platform Evervault launched Browser Tokens, a service for agentic-commerce developers to allow AI agents to conduct transactions without exposing payment cards, passwords, or other sensitive personal information to the agent or browser provider. Loyalty and customer marketing platform Wildfire Systems released its “Agentic Commerce’s Wallet Problem” report that found just 5% …
• 20 October

  AI’s Democratizing Bent Is Quickly Affecting Fraud Rates and Perpetrators

  

  A new classification of criminal has quickly emerged. One that identity verification and fraud prevention firm Socure Inc. labels the AI-Fluent Fraudster. In a new report, “From the Frontline: Fraud’s Napster Moment,” Socure explains why this new classification reflects the burgeoning impact of artificial intelligence. Not only is AI making …