Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments service from Early Warning Services LLC, began a multi-city financial education training roadshow with Consumer Action, a consumer protection and financial awareness organization. Payments-technology provider Alacriti said Citizens Business Bank launched real-time payments services based on Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub. The services involve connections to FedNow and the …
Read More »A ‘Choppy’ Market Recovery and Timing Issues Lead Fiserv to Trim a Forecast
Fiserv Inc. early Wednesday reported $10.65 billion in revenue for the first half of 2025, representing a 7% increase from the first six months of 2024, but it was a revised projection for revenue growth for the whole year that drew the attention of equity analysts on a group call …
Read More »Corpay’s Alpha Group Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/23/25
Corpay agreed to acquire Alpha Group International plc for $2.2 billion. Alpha Group provides technology to manage cross-border foreign exchange. Fraud prevention and identity verification specialist Socure released its Dispute Abuse Score, a service designed to predict the likelihood individuals will abuse dispute processes. TD Bank’s Merchant Solutions unit agreed to use Fiserv Inc. technology, …
Read More »Eye on POS: GrabScanGo’s Easy Self-Checkout; Uncle Sharkii Picks Square; Verifone Enables Brazil’s Pix Acceptance in U.S.
It’s a busy time in the point-of-sale arena as three vendors—GrabScanGo, Square, and Verifone—note new products, customers, and features. GrabScanGo, the product name for GSG AveriGo LLC, says it has made its self-checkout platform a plug-and-play installation. Cerritos, Calif.-based GrabScanGo says the self-checkout platform, already in use in hotel brands such …
Read More »Eyewear Retailer Adopts Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/25
Affirm Inc. said it will offer its installment-payment services to customers of New Look Vision Group in Canada. The company operates 475 stores in Canada and the United States. Payments platform Payroc announced it has agreed to acquire LedgerPay Inc., which does business as PayiQ. With the acquisition, Payroc says it will gain …
Read More »Clover PracticePay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/25
Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology unit announced it is entering the health-care market with Clover PracticePay. Clover worked with Rectangle Health, a developer of payments software for the health-care industry, on the launch. Mastercard Inc. and American Airlines said they have agreed to extend a longstanding agreement under which Mastercard supports a cobranded …
Read More »Congress Passes The GENIUS Act Without a CCCA Amendment
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the GENIUS Act, a bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, giving the nascent digital currency a boost as a mainstream payment option. The GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins) Act is intended to provide a legal structure for stablecoins and enhance …
Read More »Clover Notes Selling Its 4 Millionth POS Device
In the almost 15 years since its debut, Clover, the point-of-sale system from Fiserv Inc., has reached 4 million devices sold, Fiserv says. Acquired by First Data Corp. in 2012, Clover started in 2010 as a point-of-sale service with hardware and software. Now, its devices and software are part of …
Read More »American Express’s Rise in Billed Business and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/18/25
American Express Co. reported a 7% year-over-year rise in billed business in its June quarter, to $416.3 billion, while revenue increased 9% to a record $17.9 billion. But net income sank 4% to $2.89 billion. For the year’s first half, billed business rose 6% to $803.7 billion. Net income was static …
Read More »Peter Piper Pizza Rolls Out SoundHound’s AI Ordering Platform
SoundHound AI Inc. announced late Wednesday that the restaurant chain Peter Piper Pizza has begun rolling out its AI ordering system. The chain, which operates more than 120 locations in the United States and Mexico, is starting the rollout across its 41 restaurants in Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The …
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