Tuesday , February 3, 2026

E-Commerce

DXC’s Euronet Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/21/26

Virginia-based software provider DXC Technology Co. said it will integrate its Hogan core-banking platform with the Ren payments-processing service from Euronet Worldwide Inc. in an effort to help banks and fintechs speed up the launch of card-issuing and payments offerings. The financial-services platform OnePay announced it will work with Klarna AB to offer Swipe …

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Forage Partners With Adyen to Process SNAP Payments

Forage Technology Corporation Inc. has partnered with Adyen NV to enable Adyen merchants in the United States to accept SNAP EBT payments. Some 42 million U.S. consumers receive the benefits. SNAP, short for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal assistance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …

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PayPal Promotes Its Wallet With a Blackhawk Tie-in

PayPal Holdings Inc. is getting a boost from Blackhawk Network, a major gift card platform, which early Tuesday launched a promotion that could lift results for Blackhawk as well. Pleasanton, Calif.-based Blackhawk announced early Tuesday it is offering 5% cash back to consumers who opt in and buy digital gift …

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COMMENTARY: Trump’s Revival of the CCCA Is Bad News for the Big Networks—And for Market Rates

The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) was dead in the water. Most of Congress would have preferred to leave it that way, avoiding a vote in which they would have to take sides between two powerful interests: banks and merchants. But President Trump, with a single Truth Social post on …

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An ETA Report Calculates How Digital Payments Drive the U.S. Economy

Digital payments last year generated $354 billion in economic output and supported more than 2 million jobs in the United States, says a report from the Electronic Transactions Association. In addition, each job directly related to digital payments supported an additional 2.6 jobs in the economy outside the digital- payments …

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A World Cup Betting Boom? and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/15/26

Research from the processor Paysafe indicates strong interest in online betting during the 2026 World Cup, with 19% of consumers globally planning to place their first online bet during the tournament. Block Inc.’s buy now, pay later service, Afterpay, said 96% of pay-in-four users who shopped during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday …

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The CCCA Gets New Life Thanks to a Presidential Endorsement

The proposed Credit Card Competition Act staged a comeback Tuesday with a huge boost from President Trump, who endorsed the bill on the Truth Social platform the previous day. The President’s backing breathes new life into the bill, which has been bandied about Capitol Hill for years. The last major …

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Eye on BNPL: Affirm’s Underwriting Open Banking Reliance; Klarna Delves into P2P Payments

With more than 100 million U.S. consumers expected to choose a buy now, pay later payment option by 2027, according to eMarketer Inc., BNPL providers are preparing better underwriting and new services as the payment option is further cemented in the U.S. payments economy. Affirm Holdings Inc. says its underwriting …

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Blackhawk’s EV and Grocery Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/14/26

Payments and rewards platform Blackhawk Network said it will issue two Mastercard-branded products: the Drive Prepaid Card, aimed at EV adoption programs, test drive incentives, and other programs related to automobiles; and the Grocery Prepaid Card, meant for cost relief. Polygon Labs, a blockchain-based payments company, announced agreements to acquire Coinme, a …

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