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E-commerce technology company New Generation released Kepler, an agentic commerce platform for retailers. Kepler has a suite of tools to help merchants structure, analyze, and present their product data in formats that both humans and artificial intelligence engines can understand, New Gen said. The Pix real-time payments network in Brazil is likely to surpass …
November, 2025
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13 November
Cash App Intros Its Moneybot AI Tool Amid a Range of New Features
It’s a big update day for users of Cash App, the money-movement service from Block Inc., as a new artificial-intelligence tool, a borrowing service, and cryptocurrency options are added. Announced Thursday, the roster of 11 product updates to Cash App, which launched in 2013 as a person-to-person payment method called …
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13 November
Paysafe Aims to Boost the Company’s Growth in Merchant Processing
Paysafe Ltd. early Thursday reported a net loss in its third-quarter results that widened to $87.7 million from $13 million last year as the company’s top executives expressed some frustration with its recent performance, particularly in its merchant-processing unit. Much of the loss, though, is attributable to a non-cash charge …
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13 November
FedNow Limit Bumped to $10 Million and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/13/25
The Federal Reserve announced its FedNow real-time payments network has raised its transaction limit to $10 million from $1 million. The tenfold increase is expected to enable more transactions for such usages as corporate treasury and payroll, vendor payments, and real-estate transactions. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a release saying it may not …
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12 November
Shift4 Scores Another Stadium Pay Win; Electronic Merchant Systems Rebrands as Kurv
Shift4 Payments Inc. continues to carve out a larger share of the stadium-pay market. The processor’s latest win is a deal with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League to modernize and streamline transactions at the Bengals’ home field, Paycor Stadium. Shift4 will process transactions for all food and beverage …
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12 November
In Stablecoin Payments, ‘We Intend to Be the Leader,’ Says Circle’s CEO
The payments industry for some time has been seeking meaningful growth in applications based on cryptocurrency, and early on Wednesday, one of the industry’s biggest players in that corner of the marketplace said it is making that happen with stablecoins—digital currency whose value is tied to fiat money like the …
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12 November
Catering Next for PARTech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/12/25
PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR Catering, a service to help restaurants build and manage their catering operations. Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit has launched a service that lets merchants accept bitcoin and manage digital assets in tandem with fiat currency. The service, which is charging no fees for the first year, includes …
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11 November
Here’s What’s Inside the Latest Offer to End the Long-Running Legal Battle Over Merchant Fees
Defendants in the long-running legal battle over merchants’ card-acceptance costs officially filed an Amended Settlement Agreement Monday. The agreement, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, will provide plaintiff merchants meaningful relief by remedying the concerns expressed by the court over a previously …
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11 November
Eye on POS: Global’s New Device for Genius; Toast Signs TGI Fridays
Global Payments Inc. said it has launched what it calls the payments industry’s first modular countertop point-of-sale device, aimed at retail stores and restaurants. The device, set for commercial rollout in December and tied into Global’s Genius processing platform, is aimed first at enterprise clients, followed by small businesses in …
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11 November
Many OK with Stablecoins, if Their Banks Are Involved and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/11/25
Research released by processor FIS Inc. indicates almost 75% of consumers would be open to trying stablecoins if the digital currency were offered by their bank, whereas 3.6% profess comfort with unregulated providers. The research surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. consumers. Digital financial-services platform SoFi Technologies Inc. has launched SoFi Crypto, a service allowing consumers …
