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Online shoppers spent a record $257.8 billion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, a 6.8% increase from the same period in 2024, according to Adobe Analytics. Over the same period, daily e-commerce spending totaled or surpassed $4 billion on 25 days, compared to 18 in 2024. Cyber Week, the five …
January, 2026
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7 January
Eye on POS: Clover’s Biometric Move; NCR Voyix Readies Applications Suite
Clover, the point-of-sale system from Fiserv Inc., is embarking on an identity-based utility with an integration with biometric-payments company Wink. Announced Wednesday, the integration involves much Clover POS equipment to accept biometric authentication to complete a transaction. Fiserv says the integration with Plano, Texas-based Wink is initially available to quick-service …
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7 January
Jack in the Box Ready with Qu and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/7/25
The Jack in the Box Inc. restaurant chain has completed the installation of the Qu POS Inc. commerce platform in its 2,100-plus locations in 15 months, Qu said. Qu announced the Jack in the Box win in 2024. PayPal Holdings Inc. launched its Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, aimed at providing merchants with data …
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6 January
Tower Payments Launches New Solution for Online Nicotine Pouch Sellers
Tower Payments, a high-risk merchant payment processor, launched a service for e-commerce sites selling nicotine pouches that restores credit card processing in the wake of a sudden account closure by the merchant’s existing processor. The service uses underwriting teams experienced with merchants selling synthetic and tobacco-derived nicotine products to guide …
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6 January
COMMENTARY: Stablecoins and Cards: Why the Either/Or Debate Misses the Point
The stablecoin hype is real. The pitch sounds irresistible: instant settlement, lower costs, fewer intermediaries. So, will the world move on from cards to stablecoins? Nope. Why not? Because it’s more nuanced than that. Stablecoins and cards aren’t competing for the same job. Rather, they solve different problems in the …
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6 January
SBT Nabs TPP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/6/25
Solutions by Text LLC announced its acquisition of payments platform Triple Play Pay. Solutions by Text said the deal will help its compliance efforts, create a faster merchant onboarding experience, improve security and controls, and make more application programming interface codes available to merchants. Terms were not disclosed. Point-of-sale technology supplier Signature …
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5 January
Digital Transactions 2025 Top 10 Countdown
A recap of the top 10 posts on DigitalTransactions.net in 2025. #1 Eye on AI: Worldpay Adds AI Safeguards; Pushpay’s Approach to AI [Aug. 14] As artificial intelligence use builds in the commercial world, its manifestations in consumer-facing payments applications continue to emerge. The latest developments include processor Worldpay using Trulioo’s …
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5 January
The North Year That Was
The definitive 2025 recap of everything payments. As December fades to January, it’s time to look back at the past year’s big events. A lot happened. Kendrick kicked it at the Superbowl, Katy Perry got shot into space, skinny jeans brought back a Y2K fit, and a scrappy little bot …
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5 January
Nayax And Autel Get Set to Embed Payments in 100,000 EV Chargers
Nayax Ltd., a fintech that among other services provides payments-acceptance technology for electric-vehicle chargers and other self-service scenarios, on Monday expanded its footprint in EV charging Monday through a partnership with Autel Energy, a provider of EV chargers. The deal calls for Nayax to embed its payment technology into an …
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5 January
Fiserv’s December Index Notes a Modest Increase in Small Business Sales
Days after the end of the 2025 holiday shopping season, Fiserv Inc. notes modest gains in its monthly Small Business Index, with a one-point increase to 144 in December from November. Fiserv notes consumers shopping at small businesses tended to focus on the essentials and selective discretionary spending. That slight …
