Mobile Commerce

Deluxe Corp. reported $2.13 billion in 2025 revenue, up 0.5% from $2.12 billion in 2024. Its net income, however, grew even more reaching $85.3 million in 2025, up 61.2% from $52.9 million the year prior. In the fourth quarter, Deluxe had $535.5 million in revenue, up 2.8% from $520.5 million in …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service operated by Early Warning Services LLC, announced late Tuesday 337 financial institutions joined the network in 2025. The majority of the institutions are community banks and credit unions with assets of less than $10 billion. The influx of new financial institutions gives Zelle access to …

Restaurant POS provider SpotOn will work with Loman AI to allow restaurants using SpotOn to leverage AI-based phone automation to book reservations, take orders, and perform other services.  Payments provider WEX has launched its WEX Fleet card with capability for EV charging added to traditional fuel payments, becoming the first fuel card issuer to combine fueling …

Merchants and consumers are embracing cryptocurrency as a mainstream payments option, according to a study from the National Cryptocurrency Association and PayPal Holdings Inc. Some 39% of merchants surveyed accept cryptocurrency at checkout, while 84% believe crypto payments will become common in the next five years, the study says. A …

The value of payment gateways for merchants, independent sales organizations, and processors has only grown in recent years. Now, as the tangible benefit of a gateway migrates from operational stability to aiding better business outcomes, their importance has grown. To help payments companies navigate the gateway segment, TSG, an Omaha, …

Payments provider Nuvei Corp. said it will offer virtual card technology from WEX Inc. to its merchant base under a new agreement. Forter Inc., a developer of anti-fraud technology, said it will offer fraud prevention and identity technology to the McDonald’s Corp. for transactions conducted digitally with the hamburger chain. Mastercard Inc. announced …

Affirm Holdings Inc. early Monday widened banks’ access to its buy now, pay later loan programs for debit card holders through a deal with Fiserv Inc. The deal will enable banks on the Fiserv network to integrate Affirm’s pay-over-time solution into their debit card programs via their digital-banking and mobile-app …

Hospitality-payments specialist PAR Technology Corp. announced it will acquire Bridg Inc., a provider of identity technology and shopper data, from Cardlytics Inc. for $27.5 million, payable in shares of PAR common stock. Cardlytics agreed to pay $350 million in cash to acquire Bridg in 2021. The deal, which the parties …

Capital One Financial Corp. said it will acquire Brex Inc., a San Francisco-based specialist in corporate cards and expense-management software, for $5.15 billion in stock and cash. Brex founder and chief executive Pedro Franceschi will continue in that role. The deal is expected to close by mid-year. Visa Inc. said it will …

Stablecoins have moved into the mainstream of digital payments, according to a report from cryptocurrency platform provider zerohash. In 2025, stablecoin transaction volume as measured in U.S. dollars increased nearly seven-fold year over year, while the average transaction size rose 157%. In addition, the number of customers actively transacting with …