News

October, 2025

• 16 October

  Faster Payments Gain Momentum at Nacha And The Clearing House

  

  Faster payments on the automated clearing house network and on real-time payments systems are gaining momentum, according to statistics released Thursday by Nacha, the standards body for the automated clearing house system, and by the Real Time Payments network, operated by 22 of the world’s biggest banks. The total value …
• 16 October

  FIS Smart Basket Coming and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/25

  

  Processor FIS Inc. said it will soon release Smart Basket, technology designed to automatically optimize rewards and payment methods at checkout. Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. reached a proposed settlement of $199.5 million in a class action lawsuit a group of merchants filed almost 10 years ago, Reuters reported. The settlement still requires …
• 15 October

  SpotOn Integrates Visa Direct in Its Tip Payout App

  

  SpotOn Transact LLC has integrated Visa Direct, a faster-payments service, into its DayCheck earned-tip payment app. The integration will allow restaurant owners to simplify tip payouts and enable restaurant employees to move tips directly to their bank accounts. San Francisco-based SpotOn says restaurant operaters are squeezed by working capital challenges …
• 15 October

  Eye on Agentic Commerce: Mastercard Touts Agentic Commerce Trust; Walmart Shoppers Can Use ChatGPT For Purchases

  

  The artificial-intelligence boom in payments is rushing on, with two major players going further along the AI commerce road. Mastercard Inc., having announced Mastercard Agent Pay earlier this year, has launched its Agent Pay Acceptance Framework. This service begins with registering and verifying AI agents before they are allowed to …
• 15 October

  Shop Pay Enabled on Global-e Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/15/25

  

  E-commerce specialist Global-e said Shop Pay’s one-click checkout is now available for its merchants using the Shopify platform. C-store chain Circle K has partnered with Car IQ, a vehicle-based payments platform, to launch Circle K Pro Digital +, a U.S.-based payments service for fuel, tolls, and other vehicle-related payments. Payroc announced it has enabled …
• 14 October

  Visa Launches Trusted Agent, an Agentic Commerce Protocol

  

  Visa Inc. entered the agentic-commerce fray early Tuesday with the launch of Trusted Agent, a protocol developed in collaboration with cloud-computing connectivity provider Cloudflare Inc. The protocol is part of an overall strategy to make agent-initiated transactions as seamless and secure “as any consumer-initiated transaction today,” the card network tells …
• 14 October

  As International ACH Volume Grows, Nacha Readies IAT Rule Changes

  

  Nacha members have approved five rule changes meant to boost the use and efficiency of international automated clearing house transactions. International ACH transactions totaled $270.96 billion in value in 2024 on 120.99 million payments, Nacha says. Announced Tuesday, the changes address clearing up what is an international automated clearing house …
• 14 October

  Mastercard’s Merchant Cloud Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/14/25

  

  Mastercard Inc. unveiled Merchant Cloud, a payments platform aimed at easing the way for businesses to conduct commerce globally while entering new markets and adopting new end-user technologies. Block Inc. said it will work with food-delivery service Grubhub to overhaul restaurants’ ordering systems by integrating with Square’s point-of-sale platform and adding Cash …
• 13 October

  Verifone Launches a Fleet Fueling POS System; NCR Voyix Integrates With Corpay’s Fleet Platform

  

  Verifone Inc. early Monday launched Commander Fleet, a payment and site-management system that enables fuel and convenience retailers to accept WEX and other leading commercial fleet cards through a single POS integration. The system is expected to roll out across North America. Providing fuel and convenience retailers with a single …
• 13 October

  Mastercard Announces a Service Aimed at Boosting Payment Success Rates

  

  Adyen NV and Worldpay are among processors that have signed up to participate in a new platform from Mastercard Inc. aimed at boosting approval rates for card transactions. Announced Monday, the Payment Optimization Platform seeks to boost approval rates using AI engines trained on transaction data, the card network said …