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Worldpay LLC announced it will continue processing payments for Henry Schein One under a new long-term contract. A dental-software house, Henry Schein One, serves 75,000 practices. Worldpay is in the process of becoming part of Global Payments Inc. Private-equity firm GTCR has acquired Innovative Systems, a 27-year-old provider of payments and bill-processing software. …
August, 2025
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26 August
Sightline Payments Launches a Debit Solution for the Gaming Industry
Casino-payments specialist Sightline Payments early Tuesday announced the launch of Sightline Debit, a demand-deposit account and debit card service for gamers to hold funds in a bank account and place wagers using a Visa-branded debit card. Developed in collaboration with Cross River Bank, which will hold the accounts, Sightline Debit …
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26 August
Eye on Merchants: LegitScript Adds Merchant Vetting Features; Elavon Enlists Liberis for Merchant Financing
Ensuring healthy merchants are added to a portfolio, and taking care of them once they’re admitted, are two major priorities for acquirers. LegitScript, which provides merchant and product certification and onboarding services, helps organizations vet new merchants and has released updates for its onboarding product. Meanwhile, processor Elavon, a subsidiary …
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26 August
VersaBank’s Crypto Pilot and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/26/25
VersaBank USA started a pilot for its USDVBs, tokenized versions of actual cash deposits at the bank. The move follows a similar pilot by the bank in Canada. VersaBank says it will seek a non-objection statement from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency before launching the product commercially. Thread …
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25 August
Authvia Adds Visa Direct to Its Text to Pay Platform
Authvia, a provider of text-to-pay and conversational-commerce technology for independent software vendors, independent sales organizations, banks, and merchants, has integrated Visa Direct into its TXT2PAY platform. The integration allows merchants and businesses to initiate outbound disbursements, as well as receive inbound payments, in real time. As a result, merchants will …
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25 August
Klarna Debuts in More Than 400 Walmart Canada Stores
Buy now, pay later services might be mostly associated with e-commerce, but BNPL providers are steadily moving acceptance into stores. The latest is Klarna AB with Monday’s announcement it is now an in-store payment method at more than 400 Walmart Inc. locations across Canada. Sweden-based Klarna says Walmart is its …
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25 August
AmEx Issues 50 Grants and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/25/25
American Express Co. and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced 50 restaurants will each get a $50,000 grant plus one year of free service from Resy, an AmEx company. The grants are part of the Backing Historic Small Restaurants program. Payments provider TouchSuite said it acquired a majority ownership in STG, a …
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22 August
Gather FCU Becomes the First Credit Union in Hawaii to Launch BNPL
Gather Federal Credit Union in Hawaii has partnered with equipifi Inc. to become the first credit union in the state to offer buy now, pay later to its members. The credit union, which has more than 39,000 members on the islands of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, will offer the service as …
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22 August
Cannabis Payments Edge Further Toward the Mainstream
The U.S. cannabis market, which saw $30.1 billion in sales last year, is growing at an accelerating pace, and that’s attracting the attention of processors and other providers. The market’s emergence as a fertile payments-processing market comes as it continues to wrestle with regulatory issues and limited banking services. POSaBIT …
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22 August
Revenue Forecast for Open Banking Firms and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/22/25
Revenue for all firms offering open-banking technology will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16% to $11.7 billion by 2028, up from $5.5 billion in 2023, according to a report from management consulting firm MarketsandMarkets, which singles out Plaid, Envestnet, Finicity, and MX Technologies as primary U.S. developers of the …