Point-of-sale

July, 2026

• 28 July

  Speculation Ends as Klarna and Apple Debut a Leasing Program

  

  Apple Inc. and Klarna AB are launching a new lease program called Apple Upgrade for Apple devices that sees consumers apply for a Klarna account. Consumers will use the Klarna app to monitor their Apple Upgrade account. Initially rumored last week, the now verified program offers users 12- and 24-month …
• 28 July

  Some Improvement for PayPal As a Stripe Takeover Offer Looms

  
• 28 July

  Cross River Bank Powers X Money and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/28/26

  

  X said it has become the first U.S. social-media platform to embed FDIC-insured, interest-bearing accounts, a Visa debit card, and other payments services. The move arises from a link between X Money and Cross River Bank. Working with equipifi, a buy now, pay later platform provider for financial institutions, MIT Federal Credit …
• 27 July

  Researcher TSG Teams With Stripe to Bring Data to Payments Players

  
• 24 July

  Kurv Agent Targets Simplicity for Sales Agents

  

  Payments provider Kurv is applying the notion of all-in-one access not just for its merchants, but for its sales agents, too, with the release of Kurv Agent. The online portal contains several tools that agents might have had to access one-by-one. Among the suite of tools is the ability to …
• 24 July

  AmEx Posts an 8-Year High Increase in Consumer Billing

  
• 24 July

  Mastercard Tweaks Virtual Card Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/24/26

  

  Mastercard Inc. unveiled enhancements to Mastercard in Control, its platform for virtual card numbers, including advanced virtual card controls and a single connection to the payments network’s network of embedded-payments partners. Point-of-sale platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. launched its Lightspeed with Meta Conversions API for Lightspeed Retail. The utility helps merchants understand how Meta ads …
• 23 July

  Eye on POS: Verifone’s Move Against Skimming; SUNMI’s Multifunctional POS

  

  Verifone Inc. announced early Thursday it has been awarded a U. S. patent on technology that protects point-of-sale terminals and unattended payment devices from card skimming. The move comes as estimates indicate skimming losses grew 5% last year, reaching approximately $1 billion in the U.S. market. In skimming attacks, bad …
• 22 July

  Zero Hash And Marqeta Work to Issue Cards Backed by Stablecoins

  
• 22 July

  Qu Pay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/26

  

  Restaurant point-of-sale system maker Qu released Qu Pay, a service that combines payment processing, guest identity, order intelligence, and capital access into a single platform. Restaurant chain Roy Rogers was among the first to adopt Qu Pay. MNEE Pay, a stablecoin payment platform found that 62% of U.S. stablecoin holders have converted …