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PayPal Holdings Inc. early Wednesday launched PayPal World, a series of partnerships that will connect digital wallets outside the United States to its platform and enable interoperability with PayPal and Venmo wallets at the point of sale. PayPal World, which will go live this fall, will enable users to pay …
July, 2025
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23 July
A ‘Choppy’ Market Recovery and Timing Issues Lead Fiserv to Trim a Forecast
Fiserv Inc. early Wednesday reported $10.65 billion in revenue for the first half of 2025, representing a 7% increase from the first six months of 2024, but it was a revised projection for revenue growth for the whole year that drew the attention of equity analysts on a group call …
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23 July
Corpay’s Alpha Group Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/23/25
Corpay agreed to acquire Alpha Group International plc for $2.2 billion. Alpha Group provides technology to manage cross-border foreign exchange. Fraud prevention and identity verification specialist Socure released its Dispute Abuse Score, a service designed to predict the likelihood individuals will abuse dispute processes. TD Bank’s Merchant Solutions unit agreed to use Fiserv Inc. technology, …
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22 July
PayPal Leverages AI to Roll Out Dynamic Real-Time Fraud Alerts
PayPal Holdings Inc. announced early Tuesday the launch of an AI-powered fraud-detection system that provides PayPal and Venmo users real-time alerts before a payment is made. The new feature, available to PayPal and Venmo users globally, is intended to protect users from sending payments that are not eligible for refunds, …
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22 July
Eye on POS: GrabScanGo’s Easy Self-Checkout; Uncle Sharkii Picks Square; Verifone Enables Brazil’s Pix Acceptance in U.S.
It’s a busy time in the point-of-sale arena as three vendors—GrabScanGo, Square, and Verifone—note new products, customers, and features. GrabScanGo, the product name for GSG AveriGo LLC, says it has made its self-checkout platform a plug-and-play installation. Cerritos, Calif.-based GrabScanGo says the self-checkout platform, already in use in hotel brands such …
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22 July
Eyewear Retailer Adopts Affirm and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/25
Affirm Inc. said it will offer its installment-payment services to customers of New Look Vision Group in Canada. The company operates 475 stores in Canada and the United States. Payments platform Payroc announced it has agreed to acquire LedgerPay Inc., which does business as PayiQ. With the acquisition, Payroc says it will gain …
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21 July
Same Day ACH Remains the Driver of Overall ACH Volume
Same-day automated clearing house payments continue to enjoy robust growth, totaling 336.4 million transactions during the second quarter, a 15% increase compared to a year earlier, says Nacha, the regulatory body for the automated clearing house network. Same-day ACH dollar volume during the quarter totaled $980 billion, up 22%. Through the …
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21 July
Gaming, Daily Purchasing, and Travel, Top Crypto Wallet Users’ Wish List
As more and more attention is drawn to cryptocurrency, crypto users are ready to use their holdings to make every day purchases and play games, finds a new report from Bitget Wallet. Released Monday, the report finds that, globally, 36% of respondents want to use their crypto wallets to make …
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21 July
Clover PracticePay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/25
Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology unit announced it is entering the health-care market with Clover PracticePay. Clover worked with Rectangle Health, a developer of payments software for the health-care industry, on the launch. Mastercard Inc. and American Airlines said they have agreed to extend a longstanding agreement under which Mastercard supports a cobranded …
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18 July
Embedded lending as a growth strategy for ISVs – how to maximize revenue potential
Steven Velasquez, Head and Senior Vice President of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon As consumer expectations for seamless buying experiences continue to rise, independent software vendors (ISVs) that embed payments into their platforms position themselves to capture greater market share in a growing and increasingly competitive software …
