News

October, 2026

• 14 October

  As BNPL Matures, Splitit and Zip Diversify Their Products

  

  As the modern, online-based buy now, pay later market has matured, the type of products from BNPL providers has diversified. Splitit USA Inc. will launch the Splitit World Mastercard credit card as a white-label offer for financial institutions while Zip Co Ltd. intends to debut Zip Cash, a same-day cash …
• 14 October

  NCR Voyix Signs Sbarro; Clover Hits 5 Million Shipments

  

  NCR Voyix Corp. announced early Wednesday it has reached a multi-year deal with Sbarro to provide the pizza chain with its point-of sale-technology, along with Voyix Pay, a payment-processing service. The agreement covers almost 300 corporate-owned and franchise locations in the United States. Sbarro operates more than 800 stores in …
• 13 October

  AmEx’s Next Step for Agentic Commerce Is a Framework; Forter’s Agentic Verification Move

  

  With at least two AI agents available that can make payments on behalf of users, payments companies are preparing for a larger role for agentic commerce. American Express Co. Tuesday published a framework for trusted agentic commerce, something it hopes could be part of a larger standard for the payments …
• 13 October

  Rain Launches a Wallet Strategy, And Thredd Looks to Stablecoin Card Settlement

  

  The stablecoin platform Rain announced early Tuesday it is offering non-custodial stablecoin wallets that stand behind Rain’s cards, making the cards usable at 175 million merchant locations around the world, the New York City-based company says. Founded five years ago, Rain became a Visa principal member in 2024, following up …
• 13 October

  Visa’s Next Step in China and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/13/26

  

  Visa Inc. said the People’s Bank of China has approved the global payment network’s Application to Prepare, a step toward the establishment of a domestic bank-card clearing institution in China. Visa’s goal is to establish processing for domestic payments in that country. Euna Solutions, a technology provider for the public sector, …
• 9 October

  ISO Deposyt Joins the Square Reseller Ranks

  

  Independent sales organization Deposyt has joined the reseller ranks for Square, the acquiring unit of Block Inc. Tempe, Ariz.-based Deposyt says merchants with the ISO’s agents can now use Square’s platform and receive support from Deposyt. That means local help, Deposyt says in a statement, instead of a support queue. …
• 9 October

  Block Wrestles With an FTC Inquiry Into Cash App

  

  The Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether Block Inc. stopped short of assisting Cash App users whose accounts had been frozen or deactivated, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Block, the parent company of the point-of-sale technology platform Square and the financial technology Cash App, froze or deactivated Square accounts holding funds …
• 9 October

  Moomoo Adds Mobile Wallet Funding Option and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/9/26

  

  Investment platform Moomoo announced an expansion of its account-funding services to enable investments using Apple Pay and Google Pay. The service relies on an existing collaboration with Visa and Checkout.com that enables Moomoo users to make real-time deposits for investments in stocks, cryptocurrencies, exchange-traded funds, and other options. Vancouver, British Columbia-based BTQ Technologies …
• 8 October

  Eye on BNPL: equipifi Tweaks BNPL Decision Tool; Zip Taps Google Cloud for Product Testing

  

  With the U.S. buy now, pay later market predicted to increase to $423.08 billion in volume by 2031, according to ResearchandMarkets.com, BNPL providers are busily updating and developing their products. Among them are equipifi Inc., with a tweak to its decision utility, and Zip Co Ltd. enlisting Google Cloud as …
• 8 October

  The Solana Blockchain Looks to Mainstream Payments With a Samsung Link

  

  The Solana Foundation said Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay will support stablecoins on Solana’s blockchain, enabling U.S. wallet users to send money cross border using Circle Internet’s USDC stablecoin starting the last week of this month. There are 82 million active Samsung Galaxy mobile devices in the U.S. market and …