Global Payments Inc. announced it has launched its Genius processing platform in the United Kingdom, starting with quick-service and fast-casual restaurants. Genius for restaurants, which launched in May, and Genius for Retail consolidate 16 point-of-sale products into a platform that is marketed internationally. Mastercard Inc. announced it is working with Stripe, Google, and …

Felix Payment Systems Ltd. launched what it says is the industry’s first deployment of a Windows-based softPOS solution. The deployment came in collaboration with Nebraska Furniture Mart and technology company HP Inc. SoftPOS allows merchants to accept contactless payments on an ordinary mobile phone. Celerant Technology Corp. released version 2.8.2 of its point-of-sale technology, …

FlightLogger, a provider of software for flight training, has chosen BlueSnap Inc. as its payments provider globally. Gross proceeds to Circle Internet Group Inc. from its recent initial public offering came to $1.2 billion, a total that includes an agreement by underwriters to purchase an additional 5.1 million shares of Class A common stock …

Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. said they will work together to develop new features to the recently introduced Mastercard One Credential, a digital payment service that supports multiple payment methods that launched in February. In related news, PayPal said it is adding new capabilities to its Venmo social payments platform, including limited time …

PayPal Holdings Inc. said will release a second wave of advertisements with actor Will Ferrell to promote its checkout services, PayPal Pay Later, its buy now, pay later service, and a sweepstakes that will cover, for 1,000 winners for 100 days, up to $100 of their transactions made with PayPal. PayPal launched the …