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PayPal Enlists in Mastercard One and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/4/25

Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. said they will work together to develop new features to the recently introduced Mastercard One Credential, a digital payment service that supports multiple payment methods that launched in February. In related news, PayPal said it is adding new capabilities to its Venmo social payments platform, including limited time …

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COMMENTARY: Online Marketplaces: A Dynamic, Growing, and High-stakes Environment

As online marketplaces continue to reshape global commerce, the opportunities for these businesses—and their payment providers—are vast. Yet, as recent trends demonstrate, so are the risks. Online marketplaces and their payment providers are increasingly at the center of a growing web of sophisticated fraud, regulatory scrutiny, and legal accountability. Challenges …

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Isaacman Grounded from NASA and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/2/25

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman, Shift4 Payments Inc. founder and chief executive, as the nominee to lead NASA, the Associated Press reported. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “After a thorough review of prior associations I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared …

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Mastercard’s Small Business Navigator Aims to Level up Small Businesses

Filled with ideas and enthusiasm, U.S. small businesses have the drive to grow their businesses, but a low availability of tools and resources may hamper some of that ambition. Mastercard Inc. says its new Small Business Navigator can help with that. The program offers education, insights, protection, and planning tools, …

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Eye on BNPL: Pay-Over-Time Besting Credit Cards for Some; Afterpay Lines up More Merchants

The predictability of buy now, pay later loans and the interest-free nature of many of them is appealing to merchants, as many consumers—86%—believe the economy is uncertain, finds a new report from Affirm Inc. Commissioned by installment-payment provider Affirm, the survey, conducted by Talker Research in March of 2,000 U.S. …

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Nuvei; BHMI Preps for IFPA July 1 and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/20/25

Payments-software developer BHMI said it has updated its Concourse Financial Services Suite to allow firms to comply with the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, which is set to take effect July 1. The law prohibits interchange on state and local taxes and on tips. Galileo Financial Technologies launched Galileo Payment Method Switch, technology …

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Fiserv Rolls Out Clover Hospitality; Bluefin and Verifone Team Up to Offer Point-to-Point Encryption

Clover, Fiserv Inc.’s point-of-sale platform, has launched Clover Hospitality by BentoBox, a customized point-of-sale system for high-end restaurants. Clover Hospitality enables restaurants to build an online presence to engage with consumers through Web sites and enable online ordering and reservations. It also includes marketing tools designed to increase customer loyalty …

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Authvia’s Sinch Relationship and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/19/25

Authvia, a platform for conversational commerce and payment by text, will work with Sinch, developer of cloud-based customer communications, to allow businesses to offer mobile-payments capability within messaging platforms such as SMS and WhatsApp. Shift4 Payments Inc. announced it is expanding its processing capabilities in the travel industry through an alliance …

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How Barry McCarthy Is Steering Deluxe Into Digital Payments

At the helm of Deluxe Corp. since 2018, Barry McCarthy is seeing a payoff from the company’s shift from paper-based to electronic payments. Minneapolis-based Deluxe, which posted $2.1 billion in 2024 revenue, has seen its percentage of overall revenue attributed to its payments services, which includes merchant services and business-to-business …

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Square Marks New Handheld POS Device and Release Schedule

With consumers and small-business owners long accustomed to mobile phones, Square is counting on that familiarity to make its new Square Handheld device an easier-to-use point-of-sale device. Calling Square Handheld, which is roughly the size of a smart phone though thicker, its most powerful and portable POS device ever, Square …

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