October 21, 2025
Debit Cards, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Person-to-Person Payments, Point-of-sale, Radio Frequency Technology, Transaction Processing
Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Holdings Inc. expanded its partnership with retailer Wayfair Inc. to include in-store transactions. Wayfair initially adopted Affirm in 2016 for online checkout. First Internet Bank adopted Zelle, a peer-to-peer payment service, for its business customers. Payment orchestration platform Gr4vy Inc. completed an integration with the new Mastercard Merchant Cloud, a payments platform …
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October 20, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Mobile Commerce, Real-time Payments, Transaction Processing
Worldpay Inc. will operate as the exclusive processor for the grocery company Kroger under an agreement announced early Monday. The agreement embraces in-store, online, and mobile transactions for Kroger, which operates more than 2,700 stores across 35 states. Worldpay is in the process of being acquired from FIS Inc. by Global Payments …
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October 17, 2025
Acquiring, ATMs, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, Point-of-sale, Real-time Payments, Transaction Processing
The Federal Reserve said the number of participating organizations in FedNow, its real-time payments service, recently surpassed 1,500. Euronet Worldwide Inc. said it will use the digital asset technology from Fireblocks to integrate stablecoin technology into its global payments infrastructure. Point-of-sale technology developer PAX Technology Inc., based in China but a prominent supplier in …
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October 16, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Pricing
Processor FIS Inc. said it will soon release Smart Basket, technology designed to automatically optimize rewards and payment methods at checkout. Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. reached a proposed settlement of $199.5 million in a class action lawsuit a group of merchants filed almost 10 years ago, Reuters reported. The settlement still requires …
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October 15, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
E-commerce specialist Global-e said Shop Pay’s one-click checkout is now available for its merchants using the Shopify platform. C-store chain Circle K has partnered with Car IQ, a vehicle-based payments platform, to launch Circle K Pro Digital +, a U.S.-based payments service for fuel, tolls, and other vehicle-related payments. Payroc announced it has enabled …
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October 14, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Fraud & Security, Kiosks & Ticketing Machines, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Prepaid Cards, Transaction Processing
Mastercard Inc. unveiled Merchant Cloud, a payments platform aimed at easing the way for businesses to conduct commerce globally while entering new markets and adopting new end-user technologies. Block Inc. said it will work with food-delivery service Grubhub to overhaul restaurants’ ordering systems by integrating with Square’s point-of-sale platform and adding Cash …
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October 13, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Issuing/Originating, Mobile Commerce, Person-to-Person Payments, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing, Vending
Klarna Group plc said it will support the AI-based Agent Payments Protocol from Google Inc. The technology allows shopping agents to find and buy products according to criteria set by consumers. Xplor Pay announced a partnership with Gatemaster Technology, a point-of-sale and ticketing software provider, that sees Gatemaster customers gain access to …
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October 10, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Fraud & Security, Kiosks & Ticketing Machines, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Prepaid Cards
Advisory firm Deloitte issued a report that forecasts authorized push payment fraud in the United States could conservatively swell to $12.4 billion in losses or more aggressively to $18.2 billion by 2028 from the 2024 tally of $8.3 billion. Payroc World Access LLC has closed on its acquisition of BlueSnap Inc., a payments-orchestration and …
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October 9, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Electronic Bill Payment, Fraud & Security, Law and Regulation, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing
New research from Datos Insights found that credit and debit cardholders globally made 1.1 trillion purchases worth $45.5 trillion in 2024. Buy now, pay later provider Splitit launched its Agentic Commerce Partner Program, an invitation-only effort to bring card-linked installment payments to autonomous shopping agents. Some 86% of restaurant operators are comfortable with the …
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October 8, 2025
Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallets, Point-of-sale, Radio Frequency Technology, Transaction Processing
The processor Worldpay said it will offer commercial and business customers of East West Bank access to point-of-sale, e-commerce, and loyalty technology under a new agreement. FIS Inc. has agreed to sell Worldpay to Global Payments Inc. in a deal that is expected to close in the first half of next year. Block Inc. has …
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