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Eye on POS: Verifone’s Move Against Skimming; SUNMI’s Multifunctional POS
Verifone Inc. announced early Thursday it has been awarded a U. S. patent on technology that protects point-of-sale terminals and unattended payment devices from card skimming. The move comes as estimates indicate skimming losses grew 5% last year, reaching approximately $1 billion in the U.S. market. In skimming attacks, bad …
Read More »Early Warning Lawsuit Dismissal Denied other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/23/26
A New York state lawsuit filed against Early Warning Services LLC and its Zelle peer-to-peer platform can continue, a judge ruled this week. Filed in August, the suit alleged Zelle failed to protect users from fraud. Zelle intends to appeal, Reuters reported. Forty-five percent of U.S. households expect to use a buy now, pay …
Read More »2026 May Become an Ominous Year for ID Theft; The Number of Victims Already Exceeds 2025’s Total
Qu Pay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/26
Restaurant point-of-sale system maker Qu released Qu Pay, a service that combines payment processing, guest identity, order intelligence, and capital access into a single platform. Restaurant chain Roy Rogers was among the first to adopt Qu Pay. MNEE Pay, a stablecoin payment platform found that 62% of U.S. stablecoin holders have converted …
Read More »NMI Debuts Its Smart POS Terminal; MagTek Pairs with Star Micronics on Access Tokens
Payments provider NMI has added to its point-of-sale terminal lineup the Axium SmartPOS, which works across merchant types. In related news, MagTek Inc. says it will provide digital access tokens, which replace keys and passwords, for Star Micronics devices. Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says the new terminal uses POS equipment maker …
Read More »Samsung’s Card and Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/26
Samsung Electronics America launched its Samsung Galaxy Card, a Visa card embedded directly in the Samsung Wallet and the electronics company’s first credit card product in the U.S. market. The card carries no annual fee and offers 5% cash back on Samsung purchases online or in-store. Fiserv Inc. announced it will be …
Read More »Eye on POS: Datacap’s SureTap Debuts; Global POS Transactions to Top $41 Trillion by 2031
Datacap Systems Inc. is entering the softPOS arena with its new SureTap point-of-sale application, with which merchants can use their own devices. Any new transactions made with the application will contribute to the other bit of Monday’s POS news. The total value of global POS transactions are forecasted to reach …
Read More »A-Comm’s Agentic Prep and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/20/26
A-Comm Technologies Inc. said its draft A-Comm Evidence Protocol for agentic commerce is available for public comment through Aug. 14. The protocol supports a record of evidence to establish the validity of AI-initiated consumer transactions. Software-testing platform Testlio said of all the high- to medium-severity software issues reported in its 2026 Software Quality …
Read More »FIS Adopts AI Tool to Scrutinize Software and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/17/26
Payments processor FIS Inc. said it has adopted Project Glasswing, a system from Anthropic that relies on AI to detect and fix security weaknesses in software. As part of the initiative, FIS is also testing Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model to scan its operating systems. Payments platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced a number of …
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