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October, 2026

• 2 October

  Surcharging Rules are Multiplying, and ISVs Are in the Middle

  

  Surcharging compliance, once the sole domain of card brands, has spread into a patchwork quilt of state regulations that is making software providers and their payments partners feel the squeeze. The issue has little to do with the card brands, which altered their rules in 2013 to allow surcharging on …
• 2 October

  A Checkout for Stablecoins Emerges, As Does Bitcoin on the Installment Plan

  

  Exodus Movement Inc. has launched Exodus Checkout, which allows businesses to accept dollar-denominated stablecoins. The rollout is starting in Argentina, with plans to expand across Latin America. The launch is taking place in partnership with DGO, the streaming platform for DirecTV in Latin America. The move comes as stablecoins—digital currency …
• 2 October

  NYC’s Click to Cancel Rule In Effect and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/2/26

  

  Consumers in New York City have a new option for canceling their online subscriptions with new rules issued by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani becoming effective Thursday, Oct. 1. The click-to-cancel rules require subscription providers to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up. A similar federal …
• 1 October

  Eye on Cards: ConnexPay Adds Mobile Wallet Support; 23% Have More Than Three Cards

  

  The United States is one of, if not the, most credit card-centric market so companies do all they can to meet consumers where they want to interact. That includes mobile wallets, which ConnexPay LLC, a payout specialist, is doing. It’s added virtual card support for mobile wallets, enabling them to …
• 1 October

  Stablecoins Get a Boost As a New Fiserv Platform Goes Live

  

  Fiserv Inc.’s digital-asset platform went live on Thursday with Roughrider Coin, a stablecoin from Bank of North Dakota intended to ease money movement among banks in that state. The development comes after Fiserv announced in June last year it would build the platform to address growing interest among financial institutions …
• 1 October

  FastSpring Enables Cash App Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs 10/1/26

  

  E-commerce payments provider FastSpring announced it has introduced Cash App Pay as a payment method for its checkout. Block Inc. launched Cash App Pay on Square in 2021 and extended it to external sites the next year. Grocery chain The Kroger Co. launched its Kroger Rewards World Elite Mastercard, a credit card offering rewards good for …

September, 2026

• 30 September

  Eye on E-Commerce: Many Eye BNPL Payment This Holiday Season; Etsy Renews Seller Payout Deal

  

  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 …
• 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 …
• 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., …
• 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 …