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Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Holdings Inc. says Amazon.com Inc. extended by five years its deal with Affirm to offer installment-payment services, an option first offered in 2023. The move comes as Affirm posted $933.3 million in revenue for its 2026 fiscal first quarter. Affirm, in a shareholder letter, …
November, 2025
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7 November
Upward Employs Mastercard’s Embedded Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/7/25
Upward Financial, a provider of payments and other financial technology, announced Mastercard Inc. will provide embedded financial technology to Upward’s clients to enable them to launch Mastercard-branded card programs in a matter of weeks. Upward also announced an $8-million seed round co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund. …
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6 November
Nuvei Adds Visa Direct for Account
Faster payments continues to be among the more advanced payment options coming from acquirers and processors. Now, Nuvei Corp. is among the first to integrate Visa Direct for Account, the processor says. Announced Thursday, the integration means clients on the Nuvei platform can use Visa Direct for Account to send …
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6 November
‘We Are Just Beginning’ Says Shift4’s CEO As He Reviews a Strong Quarter
Shift4 Payments Inc. early Thursday reported a 26% jump year-over-year in September-quarter processing volume as the company continues to deploy assets acquired in its $2.5-billion deal for the Swiss processor Global Blue. “We are number one in hotels, number one in stadiums, and we are just beginning to bring these …
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6 November
Adyen’s New POS Terminals and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/6/25
Payments-technology platform Adyen NV introduced two new point-of-sale terminals, the S1E4 Pro, a mobile device, and the S1F4 Pro, aimed at countertops. The devices will be available for order in the first quarter next year. Processor Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported September-quarter revenue of $319 million, up 15% year-over-year, on a 22% jump in gross …
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5 November
Toast Adds 7,500 Locations in the Third Quarter
Toast Inc. is coming on strong when it comes to adding new locations for its point-of-sale system, with 7,500 net new locations added in the third quarter. That brings it locations total to 156,000 globally as of Sept. 30. It added 8,500 locations in the second quarter and more than …
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5 November
FIS Welcomes Its Imminent Post-Worldpay Era, With a Stress on Bank Tech
FIS Inc. historically has been known for its banking technology and for its merchant processing. With its sale of the merchant processor Worldpay to Global Payments Inc., the Jacksonville, Fla-based company has been venturing into other new business opportunities, including artificial intelligence and stablecoins, its top management indicated early Wednesday. …
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5 November
Isaacman Again Tapped for NASA and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/5/25
Shift4 Payments Inc. executive chairman and founder Jared Isaacman was again nominated by President Trump to serve as the NASA administrator. An earlier nomination of Issacman to that role was withdrawn by Trump in May. U.S. Bank launched Split World Mastercard, a credit card that enables automatic no-fee, no interest equal monthly payments …
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4 November
T-Mobile Teams With Capital One On Rewards Cards; CPI Card Group’s Arroweye Boost
Wireless carrier T-Mobile has partnered with Capital One Financial Corp. to issue a no-fee credit card that allows cardholders to use the card’s rewards toward the purchase of a new phone or accessories from T-Mobile, and also to pay their monthly bill. The new card was announced by both companies …
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4 November
Global Payments Notes Updates to Its Genius POS Tech As Worldpay Looms
Global Payments Inc. early Tuesday heralded updates for its Genius point-of-sale technology as it celebrated a recent regulatory ruling that speeds up the company’s $22.7 billion deal for the processing giant Worldpay. “We now expect to close on Worldpay in the first quarter of 2026,” chief executive Cameron Bready told …
