Saturday , January 3, 2026

Competitive Strategies

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 …

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Same Day ACH Remains the Driver of Overall ACH Volume

Same-day automated clearing house payments continue to enjoy robust growth, totaling 336.4 million transactions during the second quarter, a 15% increase compared to a year earlier, says Nacha, the regulatory body for the automated clearing house network. Same-day ACH dollar volume during the quarter totaled $980 billion, up 22%. Through the …

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Gaming, Daily Purchasing, and Travel, Top Crypto Wallet Users’ Wish List

As more and more attention is drawn to cryptocurrency, crypto users are ready to use their holdings to make every day purchases and play games, finds a new report from Bitget Wallet. Released Monday, the report finds that, globally, 36% of respondents want to use their crypto wallets to make …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Global Renews Banamex Deal  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/17/25

Global Payments Inc. announced a renewal and expansion of an agreement with Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. to offer acquiring and banking services in Mexico. CareVet LLC, operator of more than 200 veterinary practices across the country, announced it has agreed to integrate payments processing from Scratch Financial Inc., a fintech …

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Eye on Software: ePayPolicy Scores Another Integration, While TSG Embraces Growing Software Firm Roles in Payments

The hottest ticket in payments is software integrations, and two firms have bolstered their connections to software developers. Austin, Texas-based ePayPolicy, which provides digital payouts for the insurance industry, lined up an integration with INTX Insurance Software, also based in Austin. INTX provides administrative software to insurance carriers. ePayPolicy says …

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