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 …

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 …

Point-of-sale technology provider Finix announced client businesses can now build and deploy custom Android applications for POS terminals managed by Finix, which says the capability gives merchants broader control over ordering, checkout, and post-payment functions. Vanco, a payments provider for churches, schools, and nonprofits, said it is working with church-technology platform ACS …

Scooter’s Coffee, a drive-through chain with more than 900 locations in 32 states, is using restaurant-payments specialist Olo to run its digital-ordering service, Olo announced. SumUp has launched U.S. POS Plus, a subscription-based point-of-sale technology offering for small café and restaurant businesses. Square, the merchant services arm of Block Inc., said its sellers …

Processor NMI said it has expanded its NMI Business Capital program, offering new term loans and starter offers that ISOs, software companies, and software-as-a-service companies can offer merchants. U.S. consumers now expect AI agents to conduct 15% of their transactions, up from 9% a year ago, while 45% of Americans have used …

InComm Payments said Sam’s Club, a unit of Walmart Inc., will use its InComm Generated Offers service to create personalized digital offers that are authenticated and redeemed in real time at the checkout. Banking services provider Finzly said it received certification for request for payment transactions on the RTP network, an Early Warning …

In a proposed settlement, the payment platform Corpay Inc. agreed to pay $100 million to the Federal Trade Commission to resolve FTC allegations that the company had used false marketing and unfair billing practices. The proposal is subject to final approval from the FTC after a period of public comment. Payroc World …

Quill Bank announced it has launched its Acquiring Line of Business unit to serve payment facilitators, ISOs, ISVs, and fintechs, and has named payments veteran Deborah Camm senior vice president and head of acquiring. Alchemy, a technology developer for agentic commerce and onchain transactions, announced an integration with Mastercard Agent Pay …

Digital-payments platform Input 1 will work with OneShield, a technology provider for the insurance industry, to allow insurance companies to use Input 1 as an integrated service with OneShield. Guesty, a management platform for short-term rentals, announced it has closed on its acquisition of Smily, a developer of property-management technology. Both systems …

American Water, said to be the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the U.S., has adopted VXconnect from software developer VertexOne. VXconnect offers a mobile app by which customers can manage payments. Toast announced it has signed Kung Fu Tea for point-of-sale payments processing and related technology. Kung Fu Tea operates 330 …