Point-of-sale

September, 2025

• 12 September

  Klarna’s IPO Price Jumps and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/12/25

  

  Klarna Group plc, a Sweden-based buy now, pay later platform with major U.S. operations, said its initial public offering closed with 34.3 million shares outstanding at an IPO price of $40 per share. Klarna closed at $42.74 per share after the first day of trading Thursday. Alipay said its Alipay Tap! contactless-payment service …
• 11 September

  Weighing the Profitability of High-Risk Merchants in a Risk-Wary Climate

  

  High-risk merchants can offer generous profit margins, but those returns must be weighed against the risks they bring. That balancing act starts before onboarding and continues afterward, panelists at the Western States Acquirers Association conference said Wednesday. One of the many considerations with high-risk merchants is to avoid misunderstanding the …
• 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. …