Datacap Systems Inc. launched Virtual Gift, a platform that enables users to create branded, consumer-facing digital gift card storefronts. Gift card purchases can be shared via a link, QR code, or embedded directly into merchant Web sites. InComm Payments’ health-care unit is working with the University of Kentucky’s HealthCare’s Food as Health …
Read More »Fiserv Picks OpenAI for Agent Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/14/26
Fiserv Inc. said it will work with OpenAI to offer AI technology to financial institutions. The effort in its opening stages includes functions such as building agents on agentOS and offering cybersecurity technology keyed to AI. Fiserv says the scope of the project is expected to expand as the effort unfolds. …
Read More »A Crucial Stablecoin Bill Faces a Senate Committee Vote
With the Senate Banking Committee scheduled to take a vote Thursday on whether crucial stablecoin legislation should advance to the full Senate floor, the time for debating the bill’s pros and cons is drawing to a close. The 309-page Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which would set rules for digital …
Read More »Visa Tap ID Tech Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/12/26
Visa Inc. said it made the first-ever use of its Tap to Confirm and Tap to Activate technology for issuing banks in collaboration with fintech Keyno and Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) Ltd. Visa said instead of using one-time passcodes, call center verification, or other processes, cardholders can confirm their identity or activate …
Read More »Growth Accelerates for Circle’s Venture in AI and Stablecoins
Circle Internet Financial announced earlier this year its moves in agentic commerce, and now the stablecoin giant says its combined venture in both AI and digital assets is gaining altitude fast. “We believe we are going through the biggest platform shift in the history of the Internet,” said Jeremy Allaire, …
Read More »Square for Drive-Thru Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/11/26
Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit introduced Square for Drive-Thru, developed in partnership with The Howard Company and Nanonation, the system combines order capture, kitchen operations, and customer handoff, according to Square. PayPal Holdings Inc. formed a new multiyear partnership with the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks as a sponsor and exclusive digital ticket …
Read More »PARTech Revenue up 19% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/8/26
Point-of-sale system and services provider PAR Technology Corp. posted $124 million first-quarter revenue, a 19.3% increase from $103.9 million in the 2025 first quarter. Part of the increase is attributed to a 15% year-over-year increase in quarterly subscription service revenue. It had a quarterly loss of $16.2 million, narrower than the year …
Read More »Marqeta Volume up 33% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/6/26
Card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. reported it processed $112 billion in transaction volume in the March quarter, up 33% year-over-year, generating revenue of $166 million, a 19% rise. Net income swung to a positive $8 million from an $8-million net loss a year ago. MoneyGram will work with the crypto platform Kraken worldwide to allow …
Read More »Fiserv Revenue Dips Slightly and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/5/26
Fiserv Inc. posted revenue of $5 billion in the first quarter, a 2% decrease from $5.1 billion in the 2025 first quarter. By segment, merchant solution revenue was flat at $2.4 billion, though the operating margin for it fell to 26.4% from 34.2%. Fiserv’s financial solutions segment at $2.3 billion was …
Read More »Tray’s Maple AI Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/4/26
Point-of-sale system provider Tray said it and Maple, an artificial intelligence voice platform for restaurants, completed an integration to make Maple’s technology available to restaurant operators using Tray. The Western Union Co. said it will use Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure company, to provide the infrastructure behind USDPT, Western Union’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. …
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