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Klarna AB said more than 1 million consumers have signed up for its Klarna Card since the product debuted in the U.S. market July 4. The daily signup rate for the debit card reached 50,000 on Tuesday. The news follows the company’s announcement last month that it has become an in-store payment method …
September, 2025
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24 September
Power up Holiday Sales with Factor4 Gift Cards
You may groan, and say, “summer’s not even over!” But now is the perfect time to get a jump on planning for the coming holidays. Adding gift cards to a business can make things very merry and bright for your merchants this season. It’s a great way to engage — …
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24 September
Red Lobster Is the Latest Restaurant to Add an AI Phone-Ordering System
SoundHound AI Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-based voice technology, said Red Lobster Hospitality LLC will roll out SoundHound’s AI-powered phone-ordering system across the restaurant chain’s more than 500 locations. The system will enable SoundHound to field all incoming calls for takeout orders, provide answers to common customer questions, such …
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24 September
Eye on AI: Seon Enlists AI To Cut Manual Review Time; Sigma360 AI-Driven Transaction Screening Debuts
Artificial-intelligence tools continue to find their way into the payments system. Two companies, Seon and Sigma360, are the latest to incorporate AI into new products. Austin, Texas-based Seon Technologies Ltd. says its new AI suite can help reduce manual review times on transactions by up to 50%. It does this by …
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24 September
Chargeback Guru’s VAMP Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/24/25
Chargeback Gurus introduced its VAMP Risk Calculator, aimed at assisting merchants in calculating their financial liability under the Visa Acquiring Monitoring Program, which will be enforced as of Oct. 1. PayPal Holdings Inc. has agreed to sell, over a two-year period, approximately $7 billion in buy now, pay later receivables originated in …
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23 September
Finastra Launches End-to-End ACH Processing Solution
Finastra, a London-based payment software provider, has added an ACH module to its Global PAYplus end-to-end payment processing solution. The new module will provide financial institutions with an alternative to legacy ACH processing systems, which can be less efficient and have limited scalability. With the addition of an ACH module, …
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23 September
Consumer Reports Issues a Fintech Playbook That Could Aid Trust
Consumer-advocacy organization Consumer Reports on Tuesday issued its “Fairness By Design Playbook” with expectations it can help fintechs build consumer trust. The new guide starts with the Consumer Reports thesis that what it calls fair design is not just beneficial to consumers, but can help organizations create sustainable financial products …
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23 September
Mastercard’s Alipay Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/23/25
Mastercard Inc. is working with Alipay+, Ant International’s wallet, to introduce near-field communication capability for overseas transactions on Kakao Pay, a mobile wallet in South Korea. In related news, Mastercard launched its Global Reach Partner Program, aimed at easing expansion into new markets for merchants through consulting and advice. Paga Group, an African …
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22 September
SpotOn Launches a Tip Payout App; Toast Looks to Fight Food Insecurity
SpotOn Transact LLC has launched DayCheck, an earned-tip payment app that automates employee tip payouts for restaurants. The app, which integrates with SpotOn’s Teamwork labor-management platform, automatically calculates tips earned by employees. After tips have been calculated, the information flows into Teamwork, which records the payouts in the payroll report, …
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22 September
Eye on Travel: CellPoint Digital’s Orchestration Move; Navan Readies for an IPO
Travel-payments specialist CellPoint Digital is launching a platform to tie into a new retailing model quickly being adopted by the travel industry. In related news, Navan Inc., an expense-management platform, is readying for a public stock offering. London-based CellPoint Digital says its new One Source Orchestration platform is tailored to …
