Thursday , December 25, 2025

Peter Lucas

AmEx Lends Its Restaurant Tech in a Deal With Toast

Toast Inc. has agreed to work with American Express Co. to leverage the online reservation capabilities of the Resy and Tock platforms, which are owned by AmEx, as well as Toast’s Digital Chits technology. That technology allows restaurant staff to view customer information on Toast devices. Both companies will also …

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CDK Launches SimplePay to Streamline Payments for Auto Dealers

CDK Global LLC, a provider of cloud-based software for auto dealerships and original equipment manufacturers, has launched SimplePay, a cloud-based payments solution for auto dealers. Austin, Texas-based CDK developed SimplePay to help dealers streamline payments throughout their dealerships, such as service, parts, and accessories purchases through a single platform. The …

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Ordr Lands a Stadium Pay Deal With the Orlando City Soccer Club

Major League Soccer franchise Orlando City SC has partnered with Ordr Technologies, an AI-powered payments platform for enterprise venues, stadiums, and teams, to process transactions at Inter&Co Stadium, the team’s home field. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Ordr will provide high-speed transaction processing with real-time analytics that will give Orlando City …

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Toast Brings Cellular Connectivity And An Intelligence Engine to Its Handheld Terminal for Restaurants

Toast Inc. early Thursday unveiled Toast Go 3, the latest version of its handheld point-of-sale terminal for restaurants. Toast Go 3 offers cellular connectivity, as opposed to Wi-Fi only, and includes ToastIQ, an intelligence engine intended to offer personalized recommendations. The addition of cellular connectivity will enable staff to use …

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Visa Looks to Stablecoins and Remittances to Fuel New Growth Opportunities

With consumer spending remaining resilient, stablecoins and remittances represent future growth opportunities, Visa Inc. chief executive Ryan McInerney told equity analysts during the network’s 2025 fiscal third-quarter earnings call late Tuesday. On the stablecoin front, McInerney said Visa is supportive of the recently passed GENIUS Act, which provides a regulatory …

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Darwinium Launches New Tools to Combat AI-Assisted-Fraud

Darwinium, a provider of cybersecurity software, has rolled out two new modules aimed at enhancing its digital-security and fraud-prevention platform. The modules detect criminals’ use of malicious AI agents to bypass a business’s fraud prevention defenses. The two new modules, called Beagle and Copilot, simulate malicious AI-based attacks to distinguish …

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PayPal Launches Pay with Crypto for Cross Border Transactions

PayPal Holdings Inc. early Monday launched Pay with Crypto, a cross-border payment option that instantly converts cryptocurrencies to stablecoins or fiat currencies. The new payment option provides merchants and consumers a unified platform that connects fiat and digital payments and supports more than 100 cryptocurrencies and crypto wallets, such as …

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Samsung Adds Installment Loans to Its Mobile Wallet

Samsung Electronics America is partnering with Splitit USA Inc. to offer installment payments to Samsung wallet users. The new feature will enable Samsung wallet users to make in-store purchases using an existing Visa or Mastercard card in their wallet and pay for the purchase over time. Samsung wallet users will …

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PayPal Enables Mobile Wallet Interoperability Globally With the Launch of PayPal World

PayPal Holdings Inc. early Wednesday launched PayPal World, a series of partnerships that will connect digital wallets outside the United States to its platform and enable interoperability with PayPal and Venmo wallets at the point of sale. PayPal World, which will go live this fall, will enable users to pay …

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PayPal Leverages AI to Roll Out Dynamic Real-Time Fraud Alerts

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced early Tuesday the launch of an AI-powered fraud-detection system that provides PayPal and Venmo users real-time alerts before a payment is made. The new feature, available to PayPal and Venmo users globally, is intended to protect users from sending payments that are not eligible for refunds, …

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