Restaurateurs generally will seek any edge to persuade consumers to spend their dining dollars with them. Online-ordering platform Restolabs says it now offers independent restaurants similar services to those used by enterprise-level restaurants, which could potentially increase their online conversion rates. Meanwhile, Finix Payments Inc. released its mobile point-of-sale app …

Available beginning March 16, the CardFlight Inc. SwipeSimple App Marketplace will enable merchants to use curated applications to help run their businesses. In related news, fintech Jaris Inc. launched a merchant onboarding service with Aurora Payments as one of the first clients. New York City-based CardFlight says the marketplace for …

Travelers buying airfare direct from an airline have a new payment option that could ease some of the issues around funding that travel. UATP, a global payment network owned and operated by airlines, is working with Hands In, a specialist in split-payment enablement, to allow airlines to activate Hands In’s …

Business use cases for artificial intelligence tools continue to develop, with news from Mastercard Inc. and Stripe Inc. among the latest developments. Mastercard launched its Virtual C-Suite, a service to help small businesses use AI in lieu of a cadre of expensive executives, and Stripe is working with Wizard, an …

As U.S. consumers take to e-commerce for more and more of their shopping, so too are scammers eyeing vulnerable consumers. It’s so common that 71% of consumers have faced a scam or an attempted one. That’s according to Clutch, a Washington, D.C.-based rating and review platform, which says its survey …

ATM operator Bitcoin Depot Inc. is moving into the social-betting arena with the acquisition of Kutt, a peer-to-peer social-betting platform. Meanwhile, ECI Software Solutions Inc., a business-software and management-services firm, acquired fintech Drypowder to help modernize its financial services platform, including digital payments. Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, known for its cryptocurrency …

With a notable Papa John’s win already this year, PAR Technology Corp. looks to build off its 2025 momentum. The hospitality and restaurant point-of-sale specialist posted full-year 2025 revenue of $455.5 million, a 30% jump from $350 million in 2024. Referring to more detail during an earnings conference call Thursday, …

Stablecore, a company that helps banks and credit unions offer stablecoins and related digital-asset services, joined the Fintech Integration Network from Jack Henry & Associates Inc. in a bid to broaden stablecoin accounts, payments, and acceptance. Jack Henry’s Fintech Integration Network enables fintechs to offer their services to financial institutions …

Any bump up in an e-commerce site’s conversion rate could ripple through the merchant’s financial results. Processor Adyen NV hopes its new Personalize checkout service can aid these rates by enabling merchants to customize payment options for individual shoppers. Adyen says Personalize, a part of its Uplift payment optimization suite, …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service from Early Warning Services LLC, says U.S. consumers sent more than $1.2 trillion in payments using the service in 2025, a 20% increase from 2024. Zelle first surpassed $1 trillion in 2024. That comes on 4.2 billion transactions, a 16% increase from 3.6 billion transactions …