Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
Zero Hash And Marqeta Work to Issue Cards Backed by Stablecoins
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 »Accel’s Green Valley Deal Speeds Its E-Gaming Ambitions
Accel Entertainment Inc. will support approximately 600 gaming terminals located in Green Valley Grocery Convenience Store locations across Southern Nevada following an agreement announced early Monday between Accel’s Century Gaming Technologies Nevada unit and Green Valley. Green Valley, which operates nearly 90 stores, is owned by Anabi Oil, an Upland, …
Read More »Hospitality POS Provider Mews Adds Multicurrency for U.S. and Canadian Hoteliers
With demand for hotel rooms forecasted to pick up this year and next in the United States, hospitality point-of-sale specialist Mews is adding multicurrency processing for hotel operators in the United States and Canada. Already made available 14 months ago to European hotels, the multicurrency service enables international travelers to …
Read More »Visa’s Latest Crypto Venture Is the Visa Stablecoin Platform
Visa Inc. has been involved in various stages of stablecoin processing for the last three years, but this week the card network stepped up its involvement with the cryptocurrency, launching Visa Stablecoin Platform. The new service is starting out in beta testing with “select clients,” Visa says, as companies determine …
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 …
Read More »Eye on Bill Pay: Repay’s Text Payment Move; InvoiceCloud Government Payments Tie-in
Everyone has bills to pay, and two payments companies are making moves to make that chore as easy as possible. Repay Holdings Corp. is working with SBT, or Solutions by Text, to enable financial-services providers to offer payment via text messages. Separately, InvoiceCloud Inc. is working with public-sector software specialist …
Read More »