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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.

PayPal’s BNPL Crosses into Canada While Venmo Debuts Rewards

It’s a busy day for PayPal Holdings Inc. and its payments services. Five years after launching PayPal Pay in 4 in the United States, PayPal now offers the buy now, pay later product in Canada. PayPal also said Venmo, its social-based money movement service, launched Stash, a rewards program for …

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Affirm’s Results Boost Its BNPL Ranking

Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Holdings Inc. says Amazon.com Inc. extended by five years its deal with Affirm to offer installment-payment services, an option first offered in 2023. The move comes as Affirm posted $933.3 million in revenue for its 2026 fiscal first quarter. Affirm, in a shareholder letter, …

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Nuvei Adds Visa Direct for Account

Faster payments continues to be among the more advanced payment options coming from acquirers and processors. Now, Nuvei Corp. is among the first to integrate Visa Direct for Account, the processor says. Announced Thursday, the integration means clients on the Nuvei platform can use Visa Direct for Account to send …

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Toast Adds 7,500 Locations in the Third Quarter

Toast Inc. is coming on strong when it comes to adding new locations for its point-of-sale system, with 7,500 net new locations added in the third quarter. That brings it locations total to 156,000 globally as of Sept. 30. It added 8,500 locations in the second quarter and more than …

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Paze Eyes More Expansion As It Adds Partnerships

Paze, the online checkout service from Early Warning Services LLC, may usher in a new phase for the service in 2026. That’s the suggestion from Eric Hoffman, chief partnerships officer at EWS. “2025 was a big year in building partnerships and we’re excited to see the fruits of those efforts,” …

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PayPal and Google’s Agentic Commerce Pairing Supports Merchant Controls

As agentic commerce develops, payments and technology companies are teaming up to ensure this next permutation of e-commerce is available to merchants and consumers. PayPal Holdings Inc. and Google Cloud are the latest examples with the announcement of a service that combines Google Cloud’s Conversational Commerce agent with PayPal’s payments …

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Eye on BNPL: Splitit Adds Debit Cards as BNPL Funding Source; Affirm Expands Worldpay Partnership

Buy now, pay later providers continue to make inroads in payments, with Splitit Payments Ltd. integrating a service to make it easier for banks to offer their customers installment plans at checkout. Meanwhile, Affirm Holdings Inc. expanded how it works with processor Worldpay LLC by integrating its BNPL service into …

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PayPal Teams with Commerce for BigCommerce Payments

Already known for online payments, PayPal Holdings Inc. is prepping another online-acceptance service, this one for merchants using the BigCommerce e-commerce platform. Announced Monday, the new service will be embedded into the BigCommerce platform under the BigCommerce Payments moniker. It is expected to launch in the United States in 2026, …

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Eye on Agentic Commerce: Mastercard Touts Agentic Commerce Trust; Walmart Shoppers Can Use ChatGPT For Purchases

The artificial-intelligence boom in payments is rushing on, with two major players going further along the AI commerce road. Mastercard Inc., having announced Mastercard Agent Pay earlier this year, has launched its Agent Pay Acceptance Framework. This service begins with registering and verifying AI agents before they are allowed to …

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As International ACH Volume Grows, Nacha Readies IAT Rule Changes

Nacha members have approved five rule changes meant to boost the use and efficiency of international automated clearing house transactions. International ACH transactions totaled $270.96 billion in value in 2024 on 120.99 million payments, Nacha says. Announced Tuesday, the changes address clearing up what is an international automated clearing house …

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