PCI Pal has launched a passkey customer authentication service that it says allows merchants to verify customer identity at the start of a transaction. Fraud prevention specialist Scamnetic rebranded its IDeveryone Payment Protection division as PayVerify. Integrated Research launched Iris for Card Payments, AI technology that it says assists payments companies in detecting transaction …

MoneyGram joined the Solana blockchain system and is part of the Solana Developer Platform. MoneyGram launched its MGUSD stablecoin earlier this month. Stablecoin blockchain Plasma launched Plasma One, an everyday stablecoin-spending capability, in its mobile app. KuCoin’s KuCoin Pay, a payments service based on cryptocurrency, said it is expanding its payments offering, based on recognition of …

MassPay, a payment platform enabling businesses to send payments globally, said it has integrated three new services via agreements with providers—account name inquiry, account validation services, and bank account and name validation. Young Kim, a U.S. Congresswoman from California, has proposed the Strengthening Transaction Oversight and Preventing Payments Fraud Act, aimed at allowing …

U.S. Bank’s Elavon processing unit said it has expanded its All-In-One payments service across North America for in-store, mobile, and online transactions. The service relies on a partnership with POS device provider Castles Technology. ACI Worldwide Inc. warned that fraud indications it has seen in relation to prior major tournaments are emerging as …

PayIt, a payments provider for state and local governments, launched PayIt Smart Works, a slate of AI-enabled functions for back-office operations, including consolidation of payment, banking, and remittance data. Banking-technology provider Mercury launched Mercury Command, an AI-based platform enabling users to make payments and conduct other financial business via natural-language command. Sutton …

PAR Technology Corp. said it has signed Pizza Factory for its PAR POS, PAR Ordering, and other PAR technologies to be installed at all of the restaurant chain’s 110 stores. Zip Co Ltd. announced it intends to support Stripe Inc.’s Shared Payment Tokens for checkout via AI agents. Pacific Gas & Electric is …

The Knot Worldwide, a marketplace for wedding technology, said it added Venmo as a payment option on its Wedding Registry, allowing users to send money as gifts via bank account, debit card, or Venmo balance. Venmo is a unit of PayPal Holdings Inc. Glia, an AI provider for banks, unveiled Glia AI Outreach, a …

JetPay, a payments platform specializing in charter flights, has agreed to work with fiat and stablecoin payments platform Nuvion to speed cross-border payments for bookings. Xplor Technologies, a payments-technology provider, announced it has acquired Bitlancer, a developer of software for payroll and other functions aimed at fitness businesses. Bank of …

Mastercard announced Agent Pay for Machines, a system for the initiation, orchestration, and settlement of payments conducted at high speed between AI agents. The network is collaborating with more than 30 companies on the initiative, including Adyen, Global Payments, Stripe, and BVNK, a stablecoin platform it has agreed to acquire for $1.8 …

Fraud-prevention specialist Feedzai announced Feedzai IQ Score, an AI-native scoring service to measure fraud risk for banks. Braid FI, which develops payments technologies for banks, announced an agreement with Koard, a specialist in in-person payments, to help financial institutions offer tap-to-pay capability on mobile phones. Xplor Pay, an embedded-payments technology provider, has …