Friday , October 30, 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.

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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Eye on Acquiring: Payroc’s Integration Essentials Targets Developers; LegitScript Expands Its Merchant Underwriting Tools

Onboarding merchants is a critical part of acquiring, and two companies are tailoring their efforts to make it as easy and safe as possible. Payroc WorldAccess LLC released its Payroc for Developers platform to help software companies, independent software vendors, and development teams expedite their Payroc integrations. Meanwhile, LegitScript updated …

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Surcharging Rules are Multiplying, and ISVs Are in the Middle

Surcharging compliance, once the sole domain of card brands, has spread into a patchwork quilt of state regulations that is making software providers and their payments partners feel the squeeze. The issue has little to do with the card brands, which altered their rules in 2013 to allow surcharging on …

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Eye on Cards: ConnexPay Adds Mobile Wallet Support; 23% Have More Than Three Cards

The United States is one of, if not the, most credit card-centric market so companies do all they can to meet consumers where they want to interact. That includes mobile wallets, which ConnexPay LLC, a payout specialist, is doing. It’s added virtual card support for mobile wallets, enabling them to …

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Eye on E-Commerce: Many Eye BNPL Payment This Holiday Season; Etsy Renews Seller Payout Deal

As consumers ready for the holiday shopping season, many are making budgets a priority, according to new PayPal Holdings Inc. data. Meanwhile, Etsy, a popular e-commerce site for crafted goods, renewed its seller payout deal with Payoneer. PayPal says its 2026 Holiday Shopping Survey, which canvassed 2,005 U.S. adults in …

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Eye on Acquirers: North Debuts Embedded Checkout; Kurv Renews Its Cleveland Browns Sponsorship

The persistent need to provide the latest payment-acceptance tools and the pressure to keep an acquirer’s brand front and center often exist in parallel. North, a Troy, Mich.-based acquirer, is marking its launch of Embedded Checkout by North while competitor Kurv renews its sponsorship of the Cleveland Browns. North says …

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