Point-of-sale

April, 2026

• 2 April

  Sift Fraud Rate Steady and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/2/26 

  

  Fraud-detection service Sift said its Sift Global Network saw transaction volume increase 18% in 2025, though payment fraud attempt rates held at about 3.25%, despite new fraud opportunities arising from new payment methods emerging in the market. The company credits better transaction monitoring and controls. The digital financial-services provider SoFi Technologies Inc. has launched SoFi …
• 1 April

  A Year into VAMP, Visa Issues New Dispute Resolution Tools

  

  Visa Inc. released six new or updated dispute-resolution services, a year after acquirers became subject to the then-new Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program. Known as VAMP, the program, according to Visa, consolidated five fraud and dispute programs and reduced 38 distinct remediation processes into one program. According to Oscar Bello, Chargeback …
• 1 April

  CARD91’s VerifyIQ Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/1/26 

  

  A fintech startup called CARD91 launched VerifyIQ, an AI-based identity-verification tool for card issuance, account opening, and other applications. BitRail LLC, a provider of digital wallets and payment technology, said it has added new services in partnership with the processor PaymentLock Inc., including branded online checkout and pay-now buttons, a virtual terminal, …

March, 2026

• 31 March

  It’s Still Card-First in the U.S.

  

  U.S. consumers are nothing if not habit-driven. New research from Global Payments Inc. suggests that credit and debit cards accounted for 49% of all online shopping and 71% of in-store shopping in 2025, as reported in the 2026 edition of the Global Payments Report. That is virtually unchanged from 49% …
• 31 March

  As It Gains Altitude, Crypto Adopts Partners, Cash Back, and Investors

  

  Firms looking to bring stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies into the payments mainstream are working a variety of angles, as illustrated by news on multiple fronts that emerged early Tuesday. Convera USA LLC, a business-to-business payments platform and provider of foreign-exchange services, announced it will work with Ripple Labs Inc. to …
• 31 March

  Repay To Acquire Kubra  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/31/26 

  

  Repay Holdings Corp. said it has agreed to pay approximately $372 million to acquire Kubra Data Transfer LTD., a provider of bill-payment technology with more than 250 clients. The payment will be financed with cash on hand and debt financing, Repay said. Payway Inc., a developer of payment software, said its …
• 30 March

  Wirex Teams With Crossmint to Enable Easier Spending Via Stablecoins

  

  Digital-payments provider Wirex has expanded its relationship with Crossmint Inc., a stablecoin and wallet-technology provider, to connect Wirex’s card-issuance platform directly with Crossmint’s smart wallet and stablecoin-orchestration platform. The expanded relationship will make it easier for consumers to spend stablecoins directly from their digital wallets by streamlining fintechs’ cumbersome process …
• 30 March

  Metro Picks nFinia and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/30/26 

  

  Metro Credit Union will install the nFinia Digital Banking Platform from banking and payments technology provider Tyfone Inc., citing a need for faster-payments and open-banking capabilities. Governments are finding that while they can create digital payment services getting people to use them is another story. 78% of agencies are now offering …
• 27 March

  Square Signs Steak Escape and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/27/26 

  

  Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale payments unit will provide terminals, kiosks, and kitchen-display systems and process payments for Steak Escape, a 23-location fast-food chain.  Visa Inc. said it has worked with Pinwheel, a platform for in-app bill management, to launch its Enhanced Subscription Manager service, aimed at helping consumers track and manage recurring charges. …
• 26 March

  ParTech Beefs Up Its Marketing Mojo With Its Bridg Acquisition

  

  Retail technology provider PAR Technologies Inc. has acquired the Bridg point-of-sale marketing platform from Cardlytics Inc. ParTech expects the move will enable its quick-service restaurants and other customers to activate offers targeted at previously anonymous shoppers and identify which marketing tactics drive consumer spending. New Hartford, N.Y.-based ParTech is paying …