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Mobile Commerce

PayPal’s Selfbook Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/9/25

PayPal Holdings Inc. has formed an integration with Selfbook, an AI-based booking application for hotels, allowing customers who check out with PayPal and Venmo to get access to savings on hotel rates, PayPal says. DealerLogix, a provider of scheduling and payments software for automobile service departments, said it has been certified …

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‘Buy Now, Pay Never’ Debuts for Crypto, While Circle Soars on Wall Street

As cryptocurrency such as stablecoins inch toward mainstream acceptance, some platforms are starting to adapt slogans borrowed from the established world of payments. In the latest example, a new San Francisco-based company called NeverPay announced early Friday a program called Buy Now, Pay Never, which it says will let users …

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Battle Lines Harden Over a Proposed CCCA Amendment to the GENIUS Act

The Teamsters Union, along with labor unions in the retail and food-service sectors, sent a letter to Congress Wednesday supporting the Durbin Marhsall Amendment to the GENIUS Act, a bill to regulate stablecoins. The endorsement is the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over the Credit Card Competition Act, which …

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How Tap-to-Pay Has Evolved—And What Comes Next

Ever since the card industry launched technology that lets merchants process transactions through an off-the-shelf mobile device, companies have worked to refine the idea further. Now, consumers can look forward to making remote purchases with a tap on their phone’s screen when they see something they want, according to payments …

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Isaacman Moves to Executive Chairman and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/5/25

Shift4 Payments Inc. named founder Jared Isaacman as its executive chairman effective Thursday. Isaacman had been nominated to lead NASA but last weekend President Trump withdrew that nomination. Taylor Lauber, who had been Shift4 president, moved to the chief executive position, Shift4 announced. Direct-to-consumer e-commerce provider ESW said its “Impact of Tariffs on …

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How a Canny Bank Is Making Its Mark In Cannabis Payments

Cannabis remains a federally illegal drug in the United States, but various states have acted over the past decade to legalize it and sales continue to grow fast enough that the market remains potentially lucrative for processors and banks. An example of how a major financial institution has entered this …

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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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PayPal Credit Users To Get a Card for In-Store Use

Consumers with PayPal Credit accounts soon will be eligible for a new Mastercard Inc. branded card to use in store with their accounts. Announced Tuesday, the new card taps consumer credit lines in their PayPal Credit accounts, which are issued by Synchrony Financial. PayPal Credit accounts have been most associated …

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Klarna’s New Klarna Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/3/25

Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …

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Illinois Delays Implementation of Its First in the Nation Interchange Law

Illinois lawmakers extended the implementation date for the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act by 12 months early Sunday to July 1, 2026. Groups opposing the IFPA, the first law of its kind passed by any state, argued the law would cause “widespread economic disruption” and that it would place an undue …

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