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Par Technology Corp. can add quick-serve restaurant chain Taco Bueno to its client roster, while Tote.ai, developer of a point-of-sale system incorporating artificial intelligence for fuel and convenience stores, has raised $22.6 million for growth. First, ParTech, says the 140-location Taco Bueno chain will use the PAR POS and PAR …
August, 2025
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19 August
Nuvei’s Zuora Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/19/25
The processor Nuvei Corp. announced an integration with Zuora Inc., a technology developer for subscription businesses, to provide payments technology for Zuora clients. The subscription market globally is forecast to reach $996 billion in volume by 2028, compared to $593 billion last year, according to Juniper Research data cited by Nuvei and …
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18 August
What Visa’s VAMP Means for You
There’s another acronym joining the payments world: VAMP is a new set of security measures and requirements coming from Visa. The full name is “Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program,” and it brings with it new challenges — and protections — for merchants, acquiring banks, and partners building payment solutions. Why does …
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18 August
Bill-Payment Platform PayLaterr Partners With Experian to Bolster Fraud Detection
PayLaterr Inc., a bill-payment platform provider, has partnered with Experian to use the credit bureau’s advanced identity and behavioral analytics for fraud detection and to help consumers make better budgeting decisions. PayLaterr says it will integrate Experian’s fraud-detection tools and alternative credit-data solutions into its identity-verification and decision-making processes. PayLaterr …
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18 August
No Summer Holiday for RTP As Volume Increases
Taking time off and getting away may be top-of-mind for many in the summer, but the payments system has little time for that, especially real-time payments networks. Real-time payments over the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, increased over both the Memorial Day and July 4 weekends, …
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18 August
Payoneer Partners with Stripe and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/18/25
U.S. payments fintech Payoneer Inc. announced it will work with Stripe Inc. to offer an improved Payoneer Checkout service for small and medum-size merchants, starting in the Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration will enable more payment methods, including buy now, pay later from Affirm Inc. and Klarna AB and digital wallets from Apple …
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15 August
Routable Adds FedNow to Speed Accounts Payable
Routable, a San Francisco-based accounts-payable platform provider, has expanded its support for real-time payments through connectivity to FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s 2-year-old real-time payments platform. With the addition of FedNow, Routable says its customers have the ability to send instant payments to as many as 85% of bank accounts in …
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15 August
Gift Card Demand Is Poised to Increase This Holiday Season
The percentage of consumers purchasing gift cards has gone up and is expected to increase yet more this year, finds a new report Bank of America Corp. commissioned from TSG, a payments advisory firm. The report found that 38% of respondents purchased a digital gift card in 2024, up from …
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15 August
Booking.com’s New Rewards Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/15/25
Booking.com has launched its Genius Rewards Visa Signature credit card, offering travel-related rewards and issued by First Electronic Bank. Xsolla, a commerce company for game developers, said its Pay Station platform now supports pay by bank in the U.S. market and the Affirm buy now, pay later service in the U.S. …
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14 August
Customer Satisfaction And Card Usage Drop When Sellers Levy Credit Card Surcharges, Says J.D. Power
Credit card usage and cardholder satisfaction decline when merchants levy a surcharge to offset their card-acceptance costs, J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction study finds. When consumers are levied a surcharge, satisfaction scores drop 39 points to 602 on a 1,000-point scale, compared to consumers that have not been …