Eyewear Retailer Adopts Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/25

Affirm Inc. said it will offer its installment-payment services to customers of New Look Vision Group in Canada. The company operates 475 stores in Canada and the United States.
Payments platform Payroc announced it has agreed to acquire LedgerPay Inc., which does business as PayiQ. With the acquisition, Payroc says it will gain direct connections to all major credit and debit card networks. The deal is expected to close by Sept. 30. Pricing terms were not announced.
The Centre Area Transportation Authority in Pennsylvania will launch token-transit mobile validators Aug. 1, allowing riders to pay fares with their smart phones.
Real-time payments technology company Tech Mahindra said it has joined the J.P. Morgan Payments System Integrator Program.
The shopping platform Rakuten has launched its Rakuten American Express card in the U.S. market. The card carries no annual fee but offers cash-back rewards.
Nathaniel Short has joined Electronic Merchant Systems as chief revenue officer. Short was formerly a senior vice president at Paysafe.
Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. has appointed Adam Selipsky to its board of directors. Selipsky formerly was chief executive of Amazon Web Services.
Subscription platform Recurly appointed Eric Steele chief financial officer. Steele formerly was CFO at Paytronix.

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