Acquiring

Visa Inc. said it made the first-ever use of its Tap to Confirm and Tap to Activate technology for issuing banks in collaboration with fintech Keyno and Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) Ltd. Visa said instead of using one-time passcodes, call center verification, or other processes, cardholders can confirm their identity or activate …

This order probably won’t fit in the drive-thru. Processor Global Payments Inc. says it will provide more than 2,400 corporate and franchised locations of  Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants with its Genius point-of-sale technology. Announced Monday, the deal makes Global’s Genius POS systems the exclusive payment-acceptance devices in these restaurants. …

Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit introduced Square for Drive-Thru, developed in partnership with The Howard Company and Nanonation, the system combines order capture, kitchen operations, and customer handoff, according to Square. PayPal Holdings Inc. formed a new multiyear partnership with the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks as a sponsor and exclusive digital ticket …

Competition among point-of-sale system providers shows no signs of weakening among two top companies. Square, the acquiring arm of Block Inc., reported a 13% increase in its payment volume for the first quarter, while competitor Toast Inc. says its gross payment volume rose 22% year-over-year. Square’s first-quarter performance comes on …

FIS Inc. is counting on its tie-in with the AI developer Anthropic to pay dividends across several fields, starting with the battle against fraud, the company said early Friday. “The first target is financial crime,” said FIS chief executive Stephanie Ferris early Friday. “The [AI] agent will reduce investigation time …

Point-of-sale system and services provider PAR Technology Corp. posted $124 million first-quarter revenue, a 19.3% increase from $103.9 million in the 2025 first quarter. Part of the increase is attributed to a 15% year-over-year increase in quarterly subscription service revenue. It had a quarterly loss of $16.2 million, narrower than the year …

A Colorado bill that would eliminate sales tax as part of the interchange fee calculation has moved to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk for review following passage Wednesday in the Colorado House. It passed a state Senate vote last week. Similar in some ways to the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, …

Point-of-sale technology provider NCR Voyix Corp. reported March-quarter revenue dipped slightly to $606 million compared to $612 million in the year-earlier period, led by a 6% slide in restaurant revenue, to $179 million. The company narrowed its net loss to $5 million from $17 million a year ago. Point-of-sale systems provider Aptos LLC said Boot …

One Fiserv Inc. business stood out in the processor’s first-quarter earnings. Clover, its point-of-sale system and services unit, saw a 12% increase in its gross payment volume from the same quarter in 2025. That is despite a 9% decrease in Clover’s first-quarter revenue from lower hardware and data and analytics …