News

August, 2025

• 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 …
• 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 …
• 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 …
• 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 …
• 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 …
• 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 …
• 21 August

  Zūm Rails Launches an Embedded White-Label Prepaid Cards Program for Canadian Businesses

  

  Canadian fintech Zūm Rails early Thursday launched a reloadable prepaid card program on the Mastercard network for businesses in Canada, in which Zūm will serve as the card issuer. As the issuer, Zūm Rails says it can reduce by months the time it would take for businesses to launch such …
• 21 August

  Eye on Restaurants: Qu Updates Its Kiosk; Purdys Chocolatier Picks Square

  

  In the fiercely competitive restaurant market, point-of-sale systems makers can’t afford to slack off when it comes to features for restaurant operators. That’s why companies frequently develop new features. Qu POS Inc. and Square, separately, are the most recent examples. First up is Qu, an Arlington, Va.-based POS system maker with …
• 21 August

  Q2’s Real-Time Payments Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/21/25

  

  Technology provider Q2 Holdings Inc. announced Open Payment Network is its first partner to offer integration for Q2 Instant Payments Manager, a product aimed at banks looking to manage real-time payment workflows. Canada-based payments provider Corpay Inc. announced its cross-border platform has become the official foreign-exchange partner to the New Zealand Football club. Klear.ai, …
• 20 August

  Shift4 Adds the Detroit Lions to Its Sports Portfolio; Remitly’s Sponsorship Deal in Soccer

  

  Shift4 Payments Inc. expanded its portfolio of professional sports teams early Wednesday through a partnership with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Shift4 will provide processing for game tickets and in-stadium commerce, including concession and merchandise sales, on game days. The Lions will deploy Shift4’s SkyTab point-of-sale system …