Authvia’s Sinch Relationship and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/19/25

Authvia, a platform for conversational commerce and payment by text, will work with Sinch, developer of cloud-based customer communications, to allow businesses to offer mobile-payments capability within messaging platforms such as SMS and WhatsApp.
Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it is expanding its processing capabilities in the travel industry through an alliance with UATP, a worldwide technology network for travel companies.
The fintech marketplace PayToMe.co has been invited to join the AWS Strategic Startups Team at Amazon.com Inc. Through the membership, PayToMe will receive technical support from Amazon Web Services.
Global Payments Inc. has launched an update to its brand identity and logo. The move follows Global’s acquisition of FIS Inc.’s majority interest in the giant processor Worldpay.
PDX Global, which develops technology for cryptocurrency transactions, said its PDX Beam payments platform has begun hosting the $TRUMP token, a meme coin launched in January shortly before the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Capital One Financial Corp. said it closed on its $35.3-billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services on May 17, a day sooner than originally announced.
ATM and payments firm Hyosung America has promoted Chris King to chief revenue officer. He was formerly senior vice president of sales, having joined the company in 2023.

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