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Payments platform Repay Holdings Corp. launched REPAY Voice, a voice-response system using artificial intelligence to process consumers’ bill payments. Earlier this month, the company said it was working on a system to enable bill payments via text messaging. PAR Technology Corp., a specialist in restaurant point-of-sale processing, reported June-quarter revenue of $133.4 million, …

Account-to-account payments are about to meet the agentic-commerce age with a new partnership between Sionic, a bank-to-bank payments provider, and Agentix, an agentic-commerce technology firm. In the deal, Atlanta-based Sionic will supply an artificial-intelligence shopping agent with its Bank Perks to enable payment directly from a user’s bank account. Bank …

Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said it completed an integration with J.P. Morgan Payments that enables merchants on the processor’s Commerce Platform to offer Klarna’s BNPL options at checkout with no integration on the merchant’s end. Fraud prevention services firm Signifyd said e-commerce fraud increased 33% this year over last in its …

Point-of-sale technology provider Toast Inc. reported gross payment volume of $60.7 billion for the June quarter, up 22% year-over-year, as total locations served also grew 22%, to approximately 180,000. Revenue totaled $290 million, up nearly 28%, with net income totaling $154 million, a 93% rise. Also, BHW Hotels, parent of WorldHotels, Best Western, …

The Western Union Co. and payments-technology developer Rain have launched a digital wallet and credit card that can enable money transfers using stablecoins from a card-linked account. Called Stablecard, the product works with the stablecoin USDPT, also introduced Tuesday. Stablecard is going live in 37 markets, according to Western Union, …

More evidence has emerged that consumers are wholeheartedly embracing payment apps and digital wallets as these two payment methods are used by most consumers, finds the WSFS Bank 2026 Money Trends Survey. Among the 1,022 respondents, 73% regularly use a payment app in 2026, up from 67% in 2023, and …

The Western Union Co. reported June-quarter revenue of $1 billion, flat with the year-ago result. Net income of $76.7 million was down 37%. Revenue from consumer money transfers totaled $866.1 million, down 2%; for the first half of the year, consumer-transfer revenue fell 3% to $1.71 billion. Setomatic Systems, a provider …

As payments executives wrestle with fast-moving trends in AI-driven commerce and in cryptocurrency, particularly stablecoins, card networks are gearing up to win more business in both markets. And network executives see those trends accelerating, creating opportunities to grab market share if they act fast. “Agentic commerce is the next evolution …

Apple Inc. and Klarna AB are launching a new lease program called Apple Upgrade for Apple devices that sees consumers apply for a Klarna account. Consumers will use the Klarna app to monitor their Apple Upgrade account. Initially rumored last week, the now verified program offers users 12- and 24-month …