News

August, 2026

• 17 August

  CardFlight Adds ACH Acceptance to its SwipeSimple POS App

  

  Automated clearing house payment acceptance is now available in the SwipeSimple point-of-sale app from CardFlight Inc., adding invoice and payment links to the mix. New York City-based CardFlight says ACH acceptance is immediately available to merchants processing with Nuvei Corp., which is providing the technology for it. Launched in 2014, …
• 17 August

  An eTip Integration With Toast Digitizes Gratuities for Restaurant Servers

  

  The gratuity platform for restaurants, eTip Inc., said it has integrated with the Toast Partner Ecosystem, allowing restaurants using Toast’s POS system to automate tip calculations and send tip sums directly to workers’ bank accounts. With the integration, eTip says it has widened its presence in the restaurant business with …
• 17 August

  Fiserv, Thunes Pair on Payouts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/17/26

  

  Clients of Fiserv Inc. will reach 12 billion bank accounts and mobile wallets for payouts in more than 140 countries through a collaboration between the processor and cross-border payments platform Thunes, the parties announced. Xsolla, which supports payments for videogame players, said it has added more than 15 local payment methods worldwide …
• 14 August

  Eye on Cards: Citi’s Kard Acquisition; Grandstand’s High-Roller Debit Card; Lithic’s Tie With Monavate

  

  Citigroup Inc.’s U.S. consumer-cards business says it will acquire card-marketing specialist Kard Financial Inc., while card issuer processor platform Lithic pairs with Monavate and online-gaming specialist Grandstand Ltd. issues a high-limit debit card. Citi, which has not disclosed terms of its deal, says New York City-based Kard provides personalized rewards …
• 14 August

  Western Union Wrestles With Hitches in Its $500 Million Intermex Deal

  
• 14 August

  Dealer Cash Picks PSQ Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/14/26

  

  PSQ Holdings Inc. said its PSQ Payments unit is a processing partner of Dealer Cash LLC, a collateral protection insurance and consumer lending provider to more than 100 automotive dealerships. Paysafe Ltd. announced a title partnership with Envision Racing, a team competing in Formula E events. The partnership will be known as Paysafe Envision …
• 13 August

  A Year In, Zelle tag Enrollment Surpasses 1 Million Small Businesses

  

  Just one year since its launch, the Zelle tag, a personalized identifier to make it easier for small businesses to accept Zelle payments, is in use with more than 1 million small businesses and has an average daily enrollment of 3,500 in the first two quarters of 2026, Zelle says. …
• 13 August

  Paysafe Looks to First Half ’26 Momentum for a Strong Finish

  

  Growth in iGaming helped drive overall payment volume for Paysafe Ltd. in the June quarter as the company recorded a 5% year-over-year rise in volume in its merchant-solutions unit, to $37.3 billion. The favorable results arrived as the company has “resolved matters that have hung over the company for some …
• 13 August

  Maverick Picks Findustry AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/13/26

  

  Findustry AI, an artificial intelligence platform specializing in payments, said its Chargeback Agent program is available for merchants processing with Maverick Payments. Chargeback Agent helps merchants automatically collect evidence from merchant systems, interprets card network requirements, builds the rebuttal, and submits responses, reducing the time to respond to a chargeback and potentially …
• 12 August

  Five Years Later, the Beneficial Ownership Rule Will End

  

  Created as part of the Corporate Transparency Act in 2021, a rule that required millions of U.S. small businesses to report their ownership structures to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, will officially end following a final rule from FinCEN. The original reporting rule, meant to combat money laundering …