E-commerce technology company New Generation released Kepler, an agentic commerce platform for retailers. Kepler has a suite of tools to help merchants structure, analyze, and present their product data in formats that both humans and artificial intelligence engines can understand, New Gen said. The Pix real-time payments network in Brazil is likely to surpass …

The Federal Reserve announced its FedNow real-time payments network has raised its transaction limit to $10 million from $1 million. The tenfold increase is expected to enable more transactions for such usages as corporate treasury and payroll, vendor payments, and real-estate transactions. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a release saying it may not …

PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR Catering, a service to help restaurants build and manage their catering operations. Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit has launched a service that lets merchants accept bitcoin and manage digital assets in tandem with fiat currency. The service, which is charging no fees for the first year, includes …

Research released by processor FIS Inc. indicates almost 75% of consumers would be open to trying stablecoins if the digital currency were offered by their bank, whereas 3.6% profess comfort with unregulated providers. The research surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. consumers. Digital financial-services platform SoFi Technologies Inc. has launched SoFi Crypto, a service allowing consumers …

Processor Priority Technology Holdings Inc. said it has received a preliminary, non-binding take-private proposal from an investor group led by Priority’s chairman and chief executive, Thomas Priore. The proposal envisions buying the shares the group does not already own at a price ranging from $6 to $6.15 each. The stock was trading …

Upward Financial, a provider of payments and other financial technology, announced Mastercard Inc. will provide embedded financial technology to Upward’s clients to enable them to launch Mastercard-branded card programs in a matter of weeks. Upward also announced an $8-million seed round co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund. …

Payments-technology platform Adyen NV introduced two new point-of-sale terminals, the S1E4 Pro, a mobile device, and the S1F4 Pro, aimed at countertops. The devices will be available for order in the first quarter next year. Processor Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported September-quarter revenue of $319 million, up 15% year-over-year, on a 22% jump in gross …

Shift4 Payments Inc. executive chairman and founder Jared Isaacman was again nominated by President Trump to serve as the NASA administrator. An earlier nomination of Issacman to that role was withdrawn by Trump in May. U.S. Bank launched Split World Mastercard, a credit card that enables automatic no-fee, no interest equal monthly payments …

E-commerce platform Miva Inc. launched MivaPay, developed with PayPal Holdings Inc., to make it easier for merchants to accept payments. Video-game commerce company Xsolla updated its Web Shop and Buy Button services. Payments provider Usio Inc. said it processed 16.2 million transactions in the third quarter, a record volume. Gaming payments specialist Pavilion Payments said Barton’s Club 93 …

The Fiserv Small Business Index remained unmoved at 148 in October from September. Both year-over-year sales and transactions were up in October, up 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively, but this was the slowest annual sales growth rate since February, Fiserv Inc. said. Consumers pulled back on their spending at restaurants and other discretionary …