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Square, the point-of-sale unit of the payments provider Block Inc., said early Wednesday it is plunging head-first into AI in an effort to build business for its client merchants. The company said it has adopted an app for OpenAI Group’s ChatGPT and a plugin for Anthropic’s Claude technology to help …

Visa Inc. has taken steps to make smart phones a more readily available way for merchants, especially micro-size ones, to digitally accept payments with updates to Visa Pay, Visa Accept, and Visa Direct. With Visa Accept, announced in April 2025, Visa makes it easier for these small sellers to get …

The summer travel season has arrived, promising big volume uplifts for payments processors. But wonky payments, checkout letdowns, and fraud fears could lead to less volume than travel companies expect, according to a pair of travel reports released Tuesday. So far, demand looks strong. Some 91% of consumers are planning …

Payments platform Repay Holdings Corp. reported it has received a revised, unsolicited and non-binding offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to acquire the company’s outstanding shares at $5.25 per share, in cash. Repay says its board is reviewing the offer. The proposal follows an offer in April from Forager at $4.80 per …

Contractors enrolled in the Sherwin-Williams Pro+ service now have access to Square’s business management, invoicing, and payment-acceptance services via the Sherwin-Williams Digital Alliance Program. This program offers professional painters, contractors, and designers in the Pro+ service access to a variety of business tools. Square is the latest addition. Others include …

Square, the point-of-sale and acquiring arm of Block Inc., is ready for a sweet treat with Ladurée Canada’s decision to use Square for all of its POS operations at each of its Canadian locations. The pastry shop had been using a different system for its retail locations than for its …

Bluefin Payment Systems Inc. said Wednesday it is working with the point-of-sale technology company Landi Global to launch security gear that communicates directly with processors. With the new design, other participants in a transaction—including merchants, gateways, and independent software vendors—will not be required to rework their payment flows, the companies …

Landing the top-of-wallet spot remains a coveted and enviable location for card issuers, and its online counterpart—card-on-file—is no less sought after. That’s what processor and banking services provider Fiserv Inc. is working on with Strivve Inc. to help issuers get more of their cards stored as card-on-file. Announced Wednesday, the …

The American Arbitration Association, working with Integra Ledger and other companies, announced the launch of the Legal Context Protocol for agentic commerce. The participants say the protocol constitutes an open standard for legal terms, consent, and dispute resolution for transactions performed by AI agents on behalf of people and organizations. Fraud prevention …