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Mastercard Inc. unveiled enhancements to Mastercard in Control, its platform for virtual card numbers, including advanced virtual card controls and a single connection to the payments network’s network of embedded-payments partners. Point-of-sale platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. launched its Lightspeed with Meta Conversions API for Lightspeed Retail. The utility helps merchants understand how Meta ads …

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 …

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 …

A-Comm Technologies Inc. said its draft A-Comm Evidence Protocol for agentic commerce is available for public comment through Aug. 14. The protocol supports a record of evidence to establish the validity of AI-initiated consumer transactions. Software-testing platform Testlio said of all the high- to medium-severity software issues reported in its 2026 Software Quality …

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 …

Bill-payment technology provider Repay Holdings Corp. said its board has unanimously rejected a revised, unsolicited offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to acquire the company with a $5.25-per-share cash offer, arguing the bid undervalues the company. In related news, Repay has appointed Zachary F. Sadek to its board of directors. Sadek is a senior …

Nu Mexico, a Mexico-based, 7-year-old credit card issuer with 15 million customers, received approval from regulators to begin doing business as a bank, making it the country’s largest digital bank. Singapore-based Webuy Global Ltd. launched its Smart Travel Card, which features assistance by AI agents in trip preparation, transportation, and payments, among …

E-commerce platform Digistore24 Inc. is adding another payment option, one that allows consumers to pay directly from their bank accounts for purchases made at merchants that use the platform. Dubbed Instant Bank Payments, the service is available for U.S. transactions and is enabled by a Stripe Inc. service, Stripe Link. …

BingX, a cryptocurrency exchange and AI company, launched its BingX Visa Debit Card, which allows users to spend stablecoins globally. The issuer is Wirex, a stablecoin technology developer and principal member of Visa. PayPal Holdings Inc. said its PayPal USD stablecoin is now issued natively on the Polygon, a blockchain network, through …