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Payments provider Corpay Inc. said it has closed on the sale of its PayByPhone unit to Lightyear Capital. Terms were not announced. The deal will cut Corpay’s 2026 revenue by approximately $75 million relative to its February guidance, the company said, though it continues to project 10% organic revenue growth for the …
April, 2026
March, 2026
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23 March
AI’s $500 Billion Retail Bump and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/23/26
AI in retail applications is expected to generate $500 billion in incremental volume by 2030, according to the “2026 Global Unified Commerce Benchmark for Specialty Retail” report from Manhattan Associates. The report relies on research among more than 400 specialty retailers in global markets, including North America. Arguing that AI agents …
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5 March
CPI Revenue up 13% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/5/26
CPI Card Group Inc. posted improved fourth quarter and full year 2025 results with $153.1 million in fourth quarter revenue, up 22.4% from $125.1 million in the year prior quarter. Its net income for the quarter of $7.4 million was an 8.8% increase from $6.8 million a year earlier. For the …
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3 March
PAR Debuts Retail Drive and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/3/26
PAR Technology Corp., a payments-technology provider, has launched PAR Retail Drive, an AI tool aimed at aiding convenience stores and fuel retailers in data analysis and decision-making. Shift4 Payments Inc. said it has closed on its acquisition of Bambora North America, collectively the North American unit of Worldline, the big Paris-based processor. …
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2 March
Eye on Crypto: N3XT Partners With YouHodler; Barclays Eyes a Blockchain
N3XT Inc., a blockchain-powered bank, has partnered with YouHodler, a Web3 platform that supports crypto-backed loans, crypto-reward accounts, cryptocurrency trading, and universal currency exchange. Launched in 2025 by former Signature Bank executives, N3XT provides instant, programmable USD Coin business-to-business payments. A so-called narrow bank, N3XT Inc., uses smart contracts for automated, …
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2 March
Eye on Acquisitions: Bitcoin Depot Acquires Kutt; ECI Software Boosts Embedded Payments
ATM operator Bitcoin Depot Inc. is moving into the social-betting arena with the acquisition of Kutt, a peer-to-peer social-betting platform. Meanwhile, ECI Software Solutions Inc., a business-software and management-services firm, acquired fintech Drypowder to help modernize its financial services platform, including digital payments. Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, known for its cryptocurrency …
February, 2026
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20 February
GoDaddy’s Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/20/26
Domain-name registrar GoDaddy Inc. said an integration with the MuleSoft Agent Fabric from Salesforce Inc. is intended help companies pinpoint AI agents and establish their identity before they get access to companies’ sensitive data. Advent International said it has agreed to sell two payments companies, Newpay and Group Prisma, to Visa Inc. Terms …
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2 February
QuickBooks Picks Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/2/26
Buy now, pay later provider Affirm Holdings Inc. will be the exclusive pay-over-time provider integrated with QuickBooks Payments under an agreement announced by QuickBooks provider Intuit Inc. and Affirm. BizTrip AI, whose technology uses AI to help manage payments and other functions in corporate travel, raised $1.5 million in new funding led …
January, 2026
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20 January
Payoneer Acquires Boundless and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/20/26
U.S. payments platform Payoneer Global Inc. said it has acquired Boundless Technologies Ltd., an employer-of-record platform based in Ireland. Terms were not disclosed. RapidWorks Inc., a software developer for the heavy construction equipment industry, launched Rapid Payments, a service to help contractors collect, track, and manage payments within the RapidWorks system. TreviPay unveiled its …
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6 January
SBT Nabs TPP and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/6/26
Solutions by Text LLC announced its acquisition of payments platform Triple Play Pay. Solutions by Text said the deal will help its compliance efforts, create a faster merchant onboarding experience, improve security and controls, and make more application programming interface codes available to merchants. Terms were not disclosed. Point-of-sale technology supplier Signature …