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Federal Express said Stripe will work with FedEx Dataworks to incorporate signals from FedEx’s network into Stripe’s platform in support of financing for small and medium-size businesses. FedEx has also agreed to offer Stripe as a payments-processing option. FedEx Datworks is the shipping company’s predictive-analytics service based on shipment data. …

Banking infrastructure provider Increase said it will use services from Spade to enable real-time merchant data for card transactions to appear on statements provided to consumers. FIS Inc. also said it would use Spade to provide clearer debit card descriptors. PAR Technology Corp. updated Bridg, its identity resolution and shopper …

Canadian consumers made 26.7 billion retail payments in 2025 totaling $12.9 trillion, up 5.7% in value over 2024, according to the Canadian Payment Methods and Trends Report released Tuesday by Payments Canada. Point-of-sale system maker NCR Voyix Corp. said its new integration with TruAge, a digital age-verification service, will help its …

Mastercard Inc. has entered into a global reseller deal with Rezolve AI, a provider of commerce and customer-engagement capabilities based on artificial intelligence. The deal calls for the payments network to market, offer, and sell subscriptions to Rezolve AI’s software and services globally to merchants seeking technology to help manage …

Consumers in New York City have a new option for canceling their online subscriptions with new rules issued by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani becoming effective Thursday, Oct. 1. The click-to-cancel rules require subscription providers to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up. A similar federal …

The persistent need to provide the latest payment-acceptance tools and the pressure to keep an acquirer’s brand front and center often exist in parallel. North, a Troy, Mich.-based acquirer, is marking its launch of Embedded Checkout by North while competitor Kurv renews its sponsorship of the Cleveland Browns. North says …

Bank of America Corp. said its transaction volume flowing on the RTP network, an instant payment service operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, increased 48% from January through July compared with the same period in 2025. Much of that is attributed to RTP’s transaction limit increase to $10 …

American Express Co. announced its cards are now accepted at more than 190 million merchant locations globally, including 20 million added so far this year. Beyond its longtime base in hotels, restaurants, and airlines, AmEx says it is now accepted at an estimated 800-plus transit authorities globally. Chase said it has begun …

Processor NMI said it has expanded its NMI Business Capital program, offering new term loans and starter offers that ISOs, software companies, and software-as-a-service companies can offer merchants. U.S. consumers now expect AI agents to conduct 15% of their transactions, up from 9% a year ago, while 45% of Americans have used …