Point-of-sale

October, 2025

• 8 October

  Square’s Latest Release Marks Food and Beverage Updates Along with AI and Bitcoin Changes

  

  Six months after fully revising its point-of-sale app and adding modes to enable merchants to tailor it to their needs, the acquirer is out now with what it says is its largest update to its food and beverage platform. Square, a unit of Block Inc., also released updates to Square …
• 8 October

  Worldpay’s East West Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/8/25

  

  The processor Worldpay said it will offer commercial and business customers of East West Bank access to point-of-sale, e-commerce, and loyalty technology under a new agreement. FIS Inc. has agreed to sell Worldpay to Global Payments Inc. in a deal that is expected to close in the first half of next year. Block Inc. has …
• 7 October

  How PayPal’s Ads Manager Helps Cement Its Links to Merchants

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. has officially launched PayPal Ads Manager, a service that allows merchants to act as their own retail media network and generate new revenue streams, PayPal says. Retail media networks are advertising platforms that allow retailers to sell ad space across the media channels they own or control, …
• 7 October

  COMMENTARY: Visa’s New Commercial Enhanced Data Program: What Merchants Need to Know

  

  Merchants are no strangers to rising payment-processing costs. Merchant-processing fees often feel unavoidable, driven by interchange rates and card-network rules that are beyond a merchant’s control. However, in April 2025, Visa introduced a program that could reshape how merchants manage these costs: the Commercial Enhanced Data Program, also known as …
• 6 October

  PayPal Adds Cash Back to BNPL for the Holidays And Expands BNPL to In-Store Purchases

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. announced it is offering 5% cash back to U.S. consumers using its buy now, pay later payment option for purchases through the end of the year. In addition, PayPal is rolling out its Pay Monthly BNPL option to in-store shoppers. The moves are expected to make PayPal’s …
• 6 October

  Global’s Genius for Education Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/25

  

  Global Payments Inc. announced a version of its Genius point-of-sale payments platform is available for colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, including campus dining. The U.S. Faster Payments Council will work with the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc., a developer of standards for the U.S. financial industry, to speed development …
• 3 October

  Consumer Spending Rose Slightly in September as Consumers Turn Pragmatic in Purchasing, Fiserv Finds

  

  Small businesses continued to see slow but steady month-over-month sales growth in September, according to the Fiserv Small Business Index. Month-over-month sales increased 0.1% in September from August, while transactions increased 0.3%. Average ticket sizes fell 0.2% from August. Overall, the metric for the index held steady at 148 for …
• 3 October

  Eye on Processors: Peoples Bank Expands Deluxe Services; Evertec Closes on a Brazil Fintech Stake

  

  Peoples Bank apparently likes what Deluxe Corp. has been doing for the Marietta, Ohio-based bank because it added Deluxe’s merchant services to its roster of services. The bank placed a part of its promotional business with Minneapolis-based Deluxe in January and added checks in March. Merchant services, under the One …
• 2 October

  Merchants, Government, And Law Enforcement Look to Fight Gift Card Fraud

  

  The Gift Card Fraud Prevention Alliance is launching a nationwide social-media campaign to combat gift card fraud this holiday shopping season. The campaign, which runs from Oct. 1 through Christmas Day, will deliver daily messages through the LinkedIn and Instagram platforms on the tactics criminals use to perpetrate gift card fraud …
• 2 October

  Priority Expands in Automotive Servicing, Adding Dealer Merchant Services

  

  Priority Technology Holdings Inc. announced early Thursday it is expanding aggressively into automotive servicing with its acquisition of DMSJV LLC, also known as Dealer Merchant Services, a payments provider whose capabilities include surcharging to help dealers cover transaction costs. Terms were not announced, but Alpharetta, Ga.-based Priority said a $35-million increase …