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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 …
September, 2026
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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 …
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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., …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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28 September
A Judge Rules an Apple Pay Fee Case Can Move Forward As a Class Action
A federal judge has ruled that a case brought by three financial institutions against Apple Inc. can proceed as a class action. The ruling, issued Wednesday by Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, certifies the plaintiffs as a class while dismissing Apple’s …
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28 September
Apple Pay Fee Suit Gets Class Action Status and other Digital Transactions News briefs 9/28/26
American Express Co. announced its cards are now accepted at more than 190 million merchant locations globally, including 20 million added so far this year. Beyond its longtime base in hotels, restaurants, and airlines, AmEx says it is now accepted at an estimated 800-plus transit authorities globally. Chase said it has begun …
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25 September
Sony’s New Patent Could Enable Tap-to-Pay With PlayStation Controllers
Near-field communication technology that has found its way into almost every credit and debit card could also be used to enable video gamers to pay for new games and movies with a tap of the card against a Sony PlayStation controller, according to a recent patent by the electronics giant. …
