Near-Field Communication (NFC)

Aurora Payments has renamed itself Flute and launched a payments platform that it says offers working capital, transaction reporting, and merchant servicing, along with payments, in a single account. Thunes said it has been selected by Canada-based payout platform Trolley to enable an expansion of Trolley’s international capabilities, including real-time payments to more …

Visa Inc. said it made the first-ever use of its Tap to Confirm and Tap to Activate technology for issuing banks in collaboration with fintech Keyno and Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) Ltd. Visa said instead of using one-time passcodes, call center verification, or other processes, cardholders can confirm their identity or activate …

Real-estate software developer MRI Software said it has named Deluxe Corp. its official processing partner for its rent-payment technology. Commerce.com Inc., the parent company of e-commerce platform BigCommerce, said it has integrated PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Store Sync technology in BigCommerce’s App Marketplace and Channel Manager. The move aims to make Commerce merchants’ …

With nearly 60% of consumers willing to travel to experience live music, according to a Live Nation survey, ticketing could be a beneficial segment for acquirers to pursue. Bluefin Payment Systems and Agile Ticketing Solutions are continuing to court ticketing companies with the expansion of their deal to now support …

With the increasing activity of AI agents in online commerce, payments-technology company Ixopay said it is working with digital-payments specialist Zip to develop a unified trust layer, or an open framework meant to address trust and risk in agentic commerce. Financial-services technology developer Q2 Holdings Inc. said it will work with Stablecore, a platform …

Early Warning Services LLC said Citi, a unit of Citigroup Inc., will offer Paze, the Early Warning online checkout service, to its cardholders. They can activate Paze via Citi.com, the Citi mobile app, or on Paze. Celero Commerce said it acquired substantially all of the assets of Petroleum Processing Solutions. The acquisition …

DriveCentric, a customer relationship management platform, said it will work with Dealer Pay, an automobile dealer-specific payments platform, to enable payment collection within DriveCentric. Landi Global introduced its P-Series point-of-sale devices. The company also marked its 20th anniversary. Chinese users of Apple Pay may now use Visa cards issued in China for overseas payments, ending …

Payments-technology provider PayEngine will enable its softPOS tap-to-pay service with ServiceTitan Inc., a software developer for contractors in the HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and other service sectors. Santa Monica-based PayEngine says this means consumers will be able to pay their contractor invoices on the ServiceTitan platform by tapping a contactless card …

Research from the processor Paysafe indicates strong interest in online betting during the 2026 World Cup, with 19% of consumers globally planning to place their first online bet during the tournament. Block Inc.’s buy now, pay later service, Afterpay, said 96% of pay-in-four users who shopped during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday …

MagTek Inc., a point-of-sale equipment and security provider, starts 2026 with four partnerships. First, it is pairing with cleverQ, an independent software vendor specializing in queuing and appointment software that will use MagTek’s Qwantum Multifactor Authentication product for its secure identity verification process. With this integration, cleverQ can verify visitors …