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. …
Read More »Circle Wins Approval of Its Banking Plan
Circle Internet Group Inc. said its plan to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., has been approved by the Comptroller of the Currency. The bank’s operating name will be Circle National Trust. Circle submitted its banking application June 30 last year and received conditional approval in December. The move …
Read More »Proof and Enigma Take on Agentic Trust with a Certificate Program
Identity-authorization network Proof and business-identity platform Enigma Technologies Inc. are looking to a new certificate program to take on the issue of how to trust businesses operating in an agentic-commerce environment. Announced Thursday, the program, called Business Certificates, will be a verified credential layer that identifies a participating business to …
Read More »Organic’s Specialist Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/9/26
Organic Payment Gateways unveiled a dedicated payment-processing platform aimed at serving legal, U.S.-based ketamine clinics. There are an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 ketamine clinics in the U.S. Automobile brand Mazda said it is making the payments and operations platform UpdatePromise available to its dealers. Most recently, UpdatePromise in February began supporting PayPal and Venmo. Visa …
Read More »Unified Commerce, SoftPOS, and Cloud Hosting Rise Among POS Providers
The 2026 edition of the TSG Directory of POS Providers shows further evolution of point-of-sale products to meet changing merchant and consumer demands. Chief among them is the ascendancy of unified commerce, an approach that is similar to omnichannel commerce, but has better consolidated footing. “Over the past year, POS …
Read More »U.S. Bank Looks to Tap Into Small Business Demand for Faster Payments
As small businesses increasingly look for faster payment capabilities, banks are starting to see a potentially profitable market. The latest offering emerged early Wednesday with U.S. Bank’s unveiling of Enhanced Payments, a bundled offering accessible online and through the bank’s mobile app. The new platform, open to entities with a …
Read More »Fiserv President Leaves and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/8/26
According to a Fiserv Inc. 8-K filing, another c-suite executive is leaving the payment processor. Dhivya Suryadevara, who joined Fiserv in August 2025 as president, resigned effective July 7. Suryadevara will continue as a non-executive officer until July 31. Fiserv did not say why she was leaving. Fiserv gained a new chief …
Read More »Southwest Adds Klarna
Southwest Airlines Co. is adding Klarna AB’s buy now, pay later options to its suite of payment methods. It’s the first time Southwest has accepted Klarna. Expected to be available later this year, the Klarna BNPL option will supplement a Flexpay installment option Southwest already offers, a Klarna spokesperson says. …
Read More »Pizza Ranch Picks NCR Voyix and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/7/26
NCR Voyix Corp. has agreed to serve as the exclusive point-of-sale technology provider for Pizza Ranch Inc. at both company-owned and franchise locations. The chain operates 221 restaurants across 15 states. Cambria County Transit Authority in Pennsylvania said it has worked with transit-technology platform Modeshift to launch an account-based fare-collection platform throughout its network. …
Read More »Klarna Applies to Start a Utah-Based Bank
The buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB said early Monday it has submitted applications with U.S. regulators to start an industrial bank called Klarna Bank USA. The company’s applications, filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as well as the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, follow its move toward banking in …
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