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Card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. reported it processed $112 billion in transaction volume in the March quarter, up 33% year-over-year, generating revenue of $166 million, a 19% rise. Net income swung to a positive $8 million from an $8-million net loss a year ago. MoneyGram will work with the crypto platform Kraken worldwide to allow …
May, 2026
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5 May
The AI Upload: Verifone Adapts AI for Fuel and C-Store Merchants; SoundHound AI Debuts an Agentic Platform
It’s heady days for payments and artificial intelligence applications as payments companies prepare for expected growth in AI-assisted commerce. This extends beyond online shopping with Verifone Inc.’s incorporation of AI into Commander, its point-of-sale system for fuel retailers and convenience-store operators. New York City-based Verifone says AI utilities are part …
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5 May
Under Its New CEO, PayPal Looks to ‘Deliver’ on Tech Investments
Two months into the job, PayPal Holdings Inc. president and chief executive Enrique Lores appears to harbor no illusions about the sprawling payments company’s position. “We need to make significant changes,” he said early Tuesday as he opened the company’s March-quarter earnings call. That imperative, he said, stems from several …
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5 May
Fiserv Revenue Dips Slightly and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/5/26
Fiserv Inc. posted revenue of $5 billion in the first quarter, a 2% decrease from $5.1 billion in the 2025 first quarter. By segment, merchant solution revenue was flat at $2.4 billion, though the operating margin for it fell to 26.4% from 34.2%. Fiserv’s financial solutions segment at $2.3 billion was …
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4 May
Eye on POS: Preferred Hotels Prefer Toast; NCR Voyix Expands at Stater Bros. Markets
Restaurant payments and management-software provider Toast Inc. announced Monday that it is now an endorsed vendor for luxury hotel group Preferred Hotels and Resorts, and NCR Voyix Corp. reported an expansion of its existing relationship with Southern California grocery chain Stater Bros. Markets. Toast said it is now a member …
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4 May
April Small Business Sales up 1.1%, Fiserv Says
Small business sales, as tracked in the Fiserv Small Business index, were up 1.1% year-over-year in April, buoyed in part by a 2.8% increase in higher average tickets, finds the latest edition of the index. Released Monday, the index found the April increase in the average ticket was the highest …
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4 May
Tray’s Maple AI Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/4/26
Point-of-sale system provider Tray said it and Maple, an artificial intelligence voice platform for restaurants, completed an integration to make Maple’s technology available to restaurant operators using Tray. The Western Union Co. said it will use Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure company, to provide the infrastructure behind USDPT, Western Union’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. …
April, 2026
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30 April
Three Months In, the New PayPal CEO Sparks a Sweeping Reorganization
Barely three months since taking over the top spot at PayPal Holdings Inc., Enrique Lores is heading up a reorganization of the venerable payments company. Announced late Wednesday following a CNBC report earlier in the day, PayPal says it will migrate to a three-business operating model. The three are checkout …
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30 April
Mastercard Eyes Data From Ventures in Stablecoins And AI
Like other international payments networks, Mastercard Inc. is wrestling with the impact of the conflict in the Middle East while at the same time adjusting to the ripple effects of agentic commerce and digital currency. Early Thursday, the company’s top executives took pains to assure the financial community that they’re …
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30 April
Shift4 Lines up Wrigley Field and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/30/26
Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will provide point-of-sale services at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team, and at Gallagher Way, the entertainment district adjacent to the ballpark. American Express Co. announced new and beefed-up benefits to mark the 60th anniversary of its gold card, including quintupled membership …
