News

September, 2025

• 9 September

  COMMENTARY: How the GENIUS Act Is a Quiet Revolution in Crypto

  

  For years, critics and evangelists alike have obsessed over crypto’s headlines, its volatility, its philosophy, its personalities. But the GENIUS Act, recently passed in the United States, points to a new phase: a regulated, institutionalized, quietly ubiquitous crypto economy, one that doesn’t shout from the rooftops but works silently in …
• 9 September

  PAR Technology’s PAR AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/9/25

  

  Restaurant payments-technology developer PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR AI as part of its product line, along with Coach AI, intended to be intelligent assistants in restaurant operations. Point-of-sale terminal maker Verifone Inc. is working with Futurex L.P., a developer of data-encryption technology, to enable remote key injection through the Futurex CryptoHub platform, Futurex said. …
• 8 September

  Paytrie Joins Circle to Grow Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments, While StratX Launches a Stablecoin Protocol

  

  Paytrie AB Inc., a platform for buying and selling stablecoins, is joining the Circle Payments Network in what it says is an effort to expand the reach of stablecoins to consumers in Canada. The deal, which builds on Paytrie’s support for USD Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the United States …
• 8 September

  Nuvei Adds Early Warning’s Paze Wallet for Its E-Commerce Merchants

  

  Nuvei Corp. is adding the Paze digital wallet as an option for its merchants just as the much-anticipated fourth quarter nears. Paze is the online wallet from Early Warning Services LLC that is meant to expedite the checkout process for e-commerce businesses. Montreal-based Nuvei, privately held since last year, joins …
• 8 September

  Ixopay Integrates J.P. Morgan Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/8/25

  

  Payments-orchestration platform Ixopay said it has integrated J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform, allowing Ixopay clients to integrate J.P. Morgan Payments’ offering into their payments services through Ixopay’s application programming interface. Aiwyn Inc., which provides payments and practice-management technology for accounting firms, announced it has acquired QuickFee’s U.S. payments business. Terms were not …
• 5 September

  A Pair of Acquisitions Bolsters Fiserv’s Hospitality Business And Presence in Europe

  

  Fiserv Inc. moved this week to strengthen its hand in the highly competitive hospitality and restaurant industries and pave the way for additional growth in Europe with the acquisitions of digital-commerce platform CardFree and processor AIB Merchant Services. Terms for the two deals, announced Thursday and Friday, were not disclosed. …
• 5 September

  Alacriti Adds Zelle to Its Orbipay Payments Hub With a Goal of Easier Integration

  

  Money-movement specialist Alacriti wants to make it easier for banks and credit unions to use its service to enable the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service. That’s why it’s added Zelle to its Orbipay Payments Hub, a platform for financial institutions. Zelle, the P2P payment service from Early Warning Services LLC, had …
• 5 September

  UATP Teams with APG Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/5/25

  

  UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …
• 4 September

  Visa Launches Enhancements to Its Intelligent Commerce Platform

  

  Visa Inc. early Thursday announced enhancements to its Visa Intelligent Commerce platform, an artificial intelligence-based shopping service that enables AI agents to shop and make purchases for consumers. The new enhancements include availability of Visa’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to software developers and the launch of the Acceptance Agent …
• 4 September

  Eye on Payroll: Instant Financial Employs Virtual Paycards To Speed Wages; U.S. Bank’s Payroll Service Launches

  

  Instant Financial is tapping virtual card payments to make it easier for employers to pay their workers quickly and securely with its Virtual Paycard. In related news, U.S. Bank is marketing a new embedded service, U.S. Bank Payroll, to help small businesses better manage their payrolls. Atlanta-based Instant Financial says …