Point-of-sale

September, 2025

• 11 September

  Mastercard And Open Banking and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/11/25

  

  Mastercard Inc. and Paytently, a payments-orchestration platform, announced they have collaborated on an open-banking initiative that will leverage Mastercard systems to let consumers make payments directly from their bank accounts at checkout. In related news, Mastercard said it has worked with NCR Atleos and ITCARD to allow cash withdrawals at ATMs using a …
• 10 September

  FedNow Announces a $10 Million Transaction Limit, Set for November

  

  The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will raise the transaction limit on FedNow transactions tenfold, to $10 million, effective in November. Launched in July 2023, FedNow is a real-time payments system linking more than 1,400 U.S. financial institutions. The move will have come nine months after the rival Real Time …
• 10 September

  Global’s Genius in the UK and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/10/25

  

  Global Payments Inc. announced it has launched its Genius processing platform in the United Kingdom, starting with quick-service and fast-casual restaurants. Genius for restaurants, which launched in May, and Genius for Retail consolidate 16 point-of-sale products into a platform that is marketed internationally. Mastercard Inc. announced it is working with Stripe, Google, and …
• 9 September

  As BNPL Rises in Popularity, Consumers Are Missing Payments; Zip Partners with Gift Platform Nift

  

  Some 76% of consumers in the United States have taken out buy now, pay later loans, but 49% have missed a payment, while 67% of BNPL users are paying on multiple BNPL loans at once. That’ all according to a recent study from LegalShield. The trend comes at a time …
• 9 September

  COMMENTARY: How the GENIUS Act Is a Quiet Revolution in Crypto

  

  For years, critics and evangelists alike have obsessed over crypto’s headlines, its volatility, its philosophy, its personalities. But the GENIUS Act, recently passed in the United States, points to a new phase: a regulated, institutionalized, quietly ubiquitous crypto economy, one that doesn’t shout from the rooftops but works silently in …
• 9 September

  PAR Technology’s PAR AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/9/25

  

  Restaurant payments-technology developer PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR AI as part of its product line, along with Coach AI, intended to be intelligent assistants in restaurant operations. Point-of-sale terminal maker Verifone Inc. is working with Futurex L.P., a developer of data-encryption technology, to enable remote key injection through the Futurex CryptoHub platform, Futurex said. …
• 8 September

  Ixopay Integrates J.P. Morgan Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/8/25

  

  Payments-orchestration platform Ixopay said it has integrated J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform, allowing Ixopay clients to integrate J.P. Morgan Payments’ offering into their payments services through Ixopay’s application programming interface. Aiwyn Inc., which provides payments and practice-management technology for accounting firms, announced it has acquired QuickFee’s U.S. payments business. Terms were not …
• 5 September

  A Pair of Acquisitions Bolsters Fiserv’s Hospitality Business And Presence in Europe

  

  Fiserv Inc. moved this week to strengthen its hand in the highly competitive hospitality and restaurant industries and pave the way for additional growth in Europe with the acquisitions of digital-commerce platform CardFree and processor AIB Merchant Services. Terms for the two deals, announced Thursday and Friday, were not disclosed. …
• 5 September

  UATP Teams with APG Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/5/25

  

  UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …
• 4 September

  Payroc Lands Cinfed and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/25

  

  Payroc said it will begin processing Sept. 1 for merchants using Cinfed Credit Union under a new agreement with the financial institution, which serves members in Southwest Ohio. Digital-asset platform Fireblocks Inc. launched Fireblocks Network for Payments, aimed at enabling stablecoin-based transactions in more than 100 countries. Sola Security, a cybersecurity firm whose …