Wednesday , October 21, 2026

Kevin Woodward

Kevin's role at Digital Transactions is to write news and features stories for publication on the Web site and in the magazine. He also oversees the digital editorial aspect of the site and the Digital Transactions News daily newsletter.

Klarna’s App Drops in Across Borders; Synchrony Adds BNPL to CareCredit

With headquarters in Sweden and operations in 26 countries, Klarna AB is dropping the e-commerce border constraints, at least within its app with a new service called Consumer FX. On Wednesday, Klarna says app users will be able to shop at any participating Klarna merchant in the world and pay …

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AI’s Democratizing Bent Is Quickly Affecting Fraud Rates and Perpetrators

A new classification of criminal has quickly emerged. One that identity verification and fraud prevention firm Socure Inc. labels the AI-Fluent Fraudster. In a new report, “From the Frontline: Fraud’s Napster Moment,” Socure explains why this new classification reflects the burgeoning impact of artificial intelligence. Not only is AI making …

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Fiserv Makes its Commerce Hub Available Globally

Fiserv Inc. is bringing global availability to its Commerce Hub, which allows enterprise-size merchants to manage payments via a single link to Fiserv, the processor says. First offered in beta testing in 2022, Commerce Hub offers users a single integration for onboarding, APIs, reporting, and operational controls for Fiserv merchant services. …

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PAX Enlists Wink’s Face and Palm Checkout at the Point of Sale

Point-of-sale terminal maker PAX Technology Inc. says it is enabling a deeper integration of Wink’s biometric checkout technology into many PAX POS devices. The integration means merchants that use the PAX PxRetailer and PxDesigner applications will be able to add Wink’s biometric enrollment and checkout capabilities to their PAX devices. …

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Square Injects AI and a Larger Display into its Kiosk POS Device

A little more than two years since introducing its Kiosk product for restaurants, Square has revised the device by making it larger and adding artificial intelligence features to its ordering system. Announced Wednesday, the updated Kiosk moves away from a tablet-like appearance, which relied on the restaurant operator providing an …

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As BNPL Matures, Splitit and Zip Diversify Their Products

As the modern, online-based buy now, pay later market has matured, the type of products from BNPL providers has diversified. Splitit USA Inc. will launch the Splitit World Mastercard credit card as a white-label offer for financial institutions while Zip Co Ltd. intends to debut Zip Cash, a same-day cash …

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AmEx’s Next Step for Agentic Commerce Is a Framework; Forter’s Agentic Verification Move

With at least two AI agents available that can make payments on behalf of users, payments companies are preparing for a larger role for agentic commerce. American Express Co. Tuesday published a framework for trusted agentic commerce, something it hopes could be part of a larger standard for the payments …

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ISO Deposyt Joins the Square Reseller Ranks

Independent sales organization Deposyt has joined the reseller ranks for Square, the acquiring unit of Block Inc. Tempe, Ariz.-based Deposyt says merchants with the ISO’s agents can now use Square’s platform and receive support from Deposyt. That means local help, Deposyt says in a statement, instead of a support queue. …

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Eye on BNPL: equipifi Tweaks BNPL Decision Tool; Zip Taps Google Cloud for Product Testing

With the U.S. buy now, pay later market predicted to increase to $423.08 billion in volume by 2031, according to ResearchandMarkets.com, BNPL providers are busily updating and developing their products. Among them are equipifi Inc., with a tweak to its decision utility, and Zip Co Ltd. enlisting Google Cloud as …

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Fiserv Claims Another Clover Score

Visitors to Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, home field of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and college football’s University of Miami Hurricanes, are now tapping and dipping their credit and debit cards at Clover Sport point-of-sale terminals. Fiserv Inc., which owns Clover, says 1,020 Clover Station Duo POS terminals and integrated scanners …

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