Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
June, 2026
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18 June
Deluxe Looks to Buy Celero in a Bid to Bulk up in Payments
Celero Commerce, an active buyer of other payments companies across its relatively brief time in the transaction-processing business, is itself the target of an acquisition in a $625-million deal announced early Thursday. The buyer is Deluxe Corp., which sees the acquisition bulking up its position in providing payments and data …
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18 June
Elavon Expands All-In-One and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/18/26
U.S. Bank’s Elavon processing unit said it has expanded its All-In-One payments service across North America for in-store, mobile, and online transactions. The service relies on a partnership with POS device provider Castles Technology. ACI Worldwide Inc. warned that fraud indications it has seen in relation to prior major tournaments are emerging as …
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17 June
AI Takes the Stage in Shopify’s Latest POS Platform Update
Shopify Inc.’s latest update to its point-of-sale and e-commerce platform makes artificial intelligence commerce uses central, enabling its merchants to more easily adopt agentic commerce as a channel. The Spring platform update, which includes more than 150 revisions, adds support for sign in with Shop, its consumer-facing app and marketplace, …
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17 June
Toast To Go Hands-on with New Restaurant
Boston-based Toast Inc. is stepping back to its early efforts to develop its point-of-sale products with the Toast Lab collaboration. Toast Lab will see the POS system maker work with a restaurant operator in the Boston area on new POS products and services. Toast says it will provide funding and …
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17 June
How Cards Are Exploiting Niche Payments Opportunities
Card programs for specialized payments often get lost in the shuffle, but a pair of developments this week indicate the market for card-driven payments remains vibrant in the age of cardless digital transactions. This is especially the case lately with respect to markets like dealerships and housing. Brex LLC, a …
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16 June
Adyen Readies for Agentic Commerce with Adyen Agentic
Count processor Adyen N.V. as another payments company preparing for the expected growth in agentic commerce. Its launch of Adyen Agentic will make it easier for merchants on the platform to incorporate agentic commerce into their sales channels, Adyen says. With the foundations of agentic commerce which IBM defines as …
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15 June
Nuvei Eyes Payoneer’s Cross-Border Expertise; AmEx Looks to Bulk up Restaurant Bookings
Nuvei Corp. appears ready to escalate its cross-border payments prowess with a $2.75 billion acquisition of Payoneer Inc., known for its cross-border capability. In related news, American Express Co. wants to acquire TheFork, an online restaurant reservation and management platform in Europe. Montreal-based Nuvei says the deal will help it …
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15 June
As Lyons Moves to Truist, Fiserv Appoints a New CEO
Michael Lyons, chief executive of Fiserv Inc. since May last year, is leaving the big processor to take on the role of chief executive at Truist Financial Corp. Fiserv announced co-president Takis Georgakopoulos has succeeded Lyons as CEO and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. That appointment is expected …
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12 June
Crypto and Alternative Payments Could Open New Revenue Doors for Acquirers, Agents
With large payments companies beginning to incorporate cryptocurrency and alternative payment methods into their processing flows, the opportunity for sales agents and their acquirers to sell another payment-acceptance method is growing. That’s the takeaway from a panel discussion this week at the Southeast Acquirers Association conference in Miami Beach, Fla. …
