Point-of-sale

December, 2025

• 19 December

  Cannabis Payments Providers Applaud Reclassification of the Drug. Are Card Transactions Next?

  

  POSaBIT Systems Corp., a payments processor specializing in cannabis merchants, and Dutchie, a software provider to more than over 6,500 cannabis businesses, late Thursday lauded the Trump administration’s decision to reclassify cannabis to a Schedule III drug as a move that could finally open the door for cannabis merchants to …
• 19 December

  Payroc Doubles Down on SMBs, Embedded Finance, and Larger Merchants

  

  Less than 90 days into closing its acquisition of BlueSnap Inc., Payroc WorldAccess LLC is pushing ahead with its dual strategy of courting small and mid-size businesses that may need a point-of-sale terminal and prospecting larger merchants with integrated payment needs. It sees the acquisition not as an end goal, …
• 19 December

  FedNow Reports Nearly 30,000 Daily Transactions and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/19/25

  

  As 2025 nears its end, the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments service now has almost 1,600 participating financial institutions, including 70% of the country’s largest banks, the Fed reported. Transactions have reached nearly 30,000 daily, according to the Fed. FedNow launched in 2023. Domain-name registrar GoDaddy Inc. launched its ANS Marketplace and new AI …
• 18 December

  Eye on POS: Talus Adopts Ingenico SoftPOS Tech; Oracle Payments Expands to Canada

  

  Count Talus among the latest payments companies to adopt softPOS technology, which enables merchants to accept contactless payments with no special hardware. In related news, Oracle Corp. said its Oracle Payments service is now available in Canada and issued several updates to the service. Dallas-based Talus says its incorporation of …
• 18 December

  Isaacman Finally Gets NASA OK and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/18/25

  

  Former Shift4 Payments Inc. chief executive Jared Isaacman was approved by a U.S. Senate vote of 67-30 to take over as administrator at NASA, the top position at the U.S. space agency. President Trump renominated Isaacman for the job in November after quashing his original nomination in May. Payments platform PSQ Holdings Inc. said …
• 17 December

  Holiday Shoppers Continue to Outpace 2024 Spending Levels, With Fewer Returns

  

  Online shoppers are spending more this holiday shopping season compared to a year ago, while returning fewer items, according to Adobe Analytics. Holiday shoppers spent $187.3 billion between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12, up 6.1% from the same period a year ago. Adobe is projecting online sales for the entire …
• 17 December

  System Developer Enables ACH and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/17/25

  

  System Solutions LLC says an update to its integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud ERP software enables merchants to process automated clearing house transactions within 365 Central.  Sardine AI Corp., a risk-management firm, said it will offer real-time transaction monitoring, fraud interdiction, and other services through a partnership with …
• 16 December

  Visa Moves to Support Stablecoins for U.S. Settlement

  

  Visa Inc. announced early Tuesday it is supporting stablecoins as a settlement option for issuer and acquirer banks in the United States, a major move in payment card finance and one observers see as an inevitable next step for the industry, though one that could come with complications. The use …
• 16 December

  Touch Dynamic’s SoftPOS Kiosk and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/16/25

  

  Point-of-sale equipment maker Touch Dynamic Inc. released its Summit Kiosk, a SoftPOS self-checkout product that offers tap-to-pay and other payment acceptance options. Payments infrastructure company Koard launched Tap to Pay on iPhone for its customers, which include payment service providers, independent sales organizations, and independent software vendors. Paze, the online wallet from Early Warning …
• 15 December

  PayPal’s Next Step: Setting up an Industrial Bank to Reduce Third-Party Reliance

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. is embarking on another stage in its evolution with its application for a Utah-chartered industrial loan company to be called PayPal Bank. PayPal announced the move late Monday saying it submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Deptarment of Financial Institutions. A successful …