Fraud & Security

Priority Commerce said it will provide ticket payment processing for the Cleveland Browns National Football League team. Global Payments Inc. said it expanded its Adaptive Authentication Platform to include the Visa Intelligent Data Exchange API. This technology can help improve authorization rates, reduce customer challenges, and aid efficiency. Owlting Group, …

PAR Technology Corp., a point-of-sale provider for restaurants and retail, reported its third-quarter revenue totaled $137.1 million, up 15% year-over-year, while its net loss fell by half to $9 million. The company said it serves 174,400 active sites. Payments platform PSQ Holdings Inc. reported third-quarter revenue of $7.34 million, up 67% from …

Though still in the infant stages, agentic commerce is being readied for an expected maturation as a much-used shopping channel. Visa Inc. is taking steps to help with the release of its Agentic Commerce Benchmark. The tool, now available for anyone to use online, puts AI models through what Visa …

Fifty percent of U.S. adults want to approve every transaction an AI agent might make for them, found a survey from FIS Inc. When asked about the conditions they would want to trust AI with their money, 58% wanted a refund guarantee for mistakes and 56% wanted access to a …

Verifone announced it has enabled Featurespace across its gateways. The technology, offered by Visa, checks individual payments for fraud in real time. Verifone’s service assesses more than 1,800 transaction attributes in real time for each payment. Chargeback management platform Justt updated its platform with Justt Flows, an automation engine for alerts …

American Express Co. announced expansions of its agreements with the National Basketball Association and the Women’s National Basketball Association. The deals include a role for AmEx as Presenting Partner of NBA Houses, an initiative that features viewing parties and meetings with NBA players. Celerant Technology, a developer of software for retail …

With 5 million passkeys in use worldwide, as of May according to the FIDO Alliance, the authentication technology is gaining ground over traditional usernames and passwords. Merchant services company Checkout.com is the latest to adopt the technology with its use the Visa Payment Passkey. A passkey consists of a key pair that …

Zip Co Ltd., a provider of point-of-sale credit programs, said it has expanded a partnership with flight-booking platform Alternative Airlines to include a new car-rental program the platform is offering. SeatGeek, operator of an online marketplace for event tickets, announced a multi-year renewal of its contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers …

Point-of-sale equipment and services provider NCR Voyix Corp. has lined up Bruster’s Real Ice Cream with a multiyear deal that will see NCR Voyix provide Aloha Next POS devices and Voyix Kitchen technology on nearly 700 devices in 230 stores. Founded in 1989, Bruster’s has corporate and franchise locations; both …

Samsung Electronics America launched Samsung Wallet Perks with a new feature that enables U.S. Galaxy users to earn cash back from brands directly to their Samsung Cash Cards. The rewards program now includes merchants in the Rakuten network. American Express Co. said eligible U.S. cash back card members can redeem …