Seeking to provide an alternative to rewards credit cards, Klarna AB has expanded its Premium and Max membership programs in the United States. Klarna’s membership program is a monthly fee-based service that offers consumers such rewards as cashback, exclusive deals, and lifestyle rewards, as well as airport lounge access and …
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Nayax Ltd. early Thursday said it has acquired Lynkwell, a U.S.-based technology developer for electric-vehicle charging stations. The $25.9-million, all-cash deal comes as Nayax looks to capitalize on the growth of EV charging as a payments market, particularly in the United States. “We are opening the door to a more …
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The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC said its RTP instant payments network topped $1.3 trillion in total payments in 2025 through November, up 428% from 2024. TCH said RTP transactions account for 98% of all bank-to-bank instant payments. PAR Technology Corp. announced Abelardo’s Mexican Fresh, a restaurant chain with more than 50 …
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California Pizza Kitchen has signed with restaurant-technology provider OneDine LLC to deploy its platform in more than 100 CPK locations in the United States. The deal is a reminder that restaurant point-of-sale and management technology is one of the hottest acquiring markets in digital payments. OneDine’s platform, which the company …
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Fi911, a provider of chargeback prevention and risk management, launched ResolveLab, a service it says is aimed at resellers and payment facilitators looking to block chargebacks and control risk. Okta Inc., a provider of identity technology, reported third-quarter revenue of $742 million, up 12% from the same time last year. …
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Sports-and-entertainment consultancy Liberty Sports Group says it will work with Shift4 Payments Inc., enabling the point-of-sale and payments specialist to be its exclusive technology partner. In related news, SpotOn Transact LLC says Adalina Prime, a new steakhouse from the well-known Adalina restaurant in Chicago, will use its POS technology. New …
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Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping generated a 10% rise year-over-year for Block Inc.’s Square, Cash App, and Afterpay payments properties, to 124 million transactions, the company reported. Payments processor Nuvei Corp. announced it is expanding a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to enable its core payment processing APIs to run on Microsoft Axure and use Azure AI to …
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Merchants processing with Kurv, which was known as Electronic Merchant Systems until November, have a new option and a new app. In related news, the airline Lufthansa Group is adding Klarna AB’s buy now, pay later options via a Klarna and Adyen NV integration. Cleveland-based Kurv debuted a merchant app …
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Klarna AB said its U.S. processing volume across all product categories was up a record 45% for November through Black Friday. Absolute figures were not immediately available. Black Friday sales data from Accertify Inc. indicate consumers spent $115.46 per transaction on average, down 17% from last year, while initiating 52.5 million transactions, up …
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Having just Tuesday activated PayPal acceptance within the Perplexity.AI artificial-intelligence engine, electronics retailer Newegg is one of the first sellers to integrate PayPal Holdings Inc.’s agentic-commerce services. This means consumers can discover and purchase Newegg products directly inside Perplexity and potentially other AI-shopping environments. A form of e-commerce, agentic commerce …
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