Point-of-sale

July, 2025

• 31 July

  Toast Brings Cellular Connectivity And An Intelligence Engine to Its Handheld Terminal for Restaurants

  

  Toast Inc. early Thursday unveiled Toast Go 3, the latest version of its handheld point-of-sale terminal for restaurants. Toast Go 3 offers cellular connectivity, as opposed to Wi-Fi only, and includes ToastIQ, an intelligence engine intended to offer personalized recommendations. The addition of cellular connectivity will enable staff to use …
• 31 July

  Nuvei’s Latest Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/31/25

  

  The processor Nuvei said it has expanded its global clearing and settlement services into the U.S. and Canadian markets. Mastercard Inc. reported second-quarter net revenue of $8.1 billion, up 17%, with net income of $3.7 billion, a 14% rise. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $304.9 million, up 15% from the same period …
• 30 July

  Visa Looks to Stablecoins and Remittances to Fuel New Growth Opportunities

  

  With consumer spending remaining resilient, stablecoins and remittances represent future growth opportunities, Visa Inc. chief executive Ryan McInerney told equity analysts during the network’s 2025 fiscal third-quarter earnings call late Tuesday. On the stablecoin front, McInerney said Visa is supportive of the recently passed GENIUS Act, which provides a regulatory …
• 30 July

  COMMENTARY: The Cost of Friction: Rethinking the Payment Experience

  

  In the world of payments, it’s easy to focus on the visible costs—processing fees, transaction expenses, vendor rates. But often, the real cost hides in plain sight. It shows up when a payment fails, when a customer gives up mid-transaction, or when confusion leads to a flood of support calls. …
• 30 July

  Cash App Launches Pools and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/30/25

  

  Block Inc.’s Cash App has launched pools, a peer-to-peer payments capability that enables group payments with what Block calls “a few taps.” Routable, a provider of accounts-payable technology, said it will work with Brale, a stablecoin developer, to enable businesses to pay vendors and contractors in stablecoin through Routable’s platform. The blockchain …
• 29 July

  Darwinium Launches New Tools to Combat AI-Assisted-Fraud

  

  Darwinium, a provider of cybersecurity software, has rolled out two new modules aimed at enhancing its digital-security and fraud-prevention platform. The modules detect criminals’ use of malicious AI agents to bypass a business’s fraud prevention defenses. The two new modules, called Beagle and Copilot, simulate malicious AI-based attacks to distinguish …
• 29 July

  PayPal Hails a Gambit Aimed at Avoiding Wallet Confusion

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc.’s latest wallet initiative, PayPal World, will go live this fall and aims to reach more than 2 billion consumers, the company’s chief executive said early Tuesday. Alex Chriss followed up on an earlier announcement of the initiative by stressing how the venture will tie together five of …
• 28 July

  PayNearMe Shares a Lane With a Software Firm Catering to Auto Dealers and Lenders

  

  Furthering its penetration into the transportation sector, PayNearMe Inc., a fintech that enables paying for online transactions with cash and other payment methods, on Monday said it has integrated its payments system with a business platform from Emotive Software Inc. for automobile dealers and independent lenders. The Emotive deal comes …
• 28 July

  Card 91’s AI Gambit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/28/25

  

  Card91, a payments-software platform based in India, announced merchant onboarding and verification technology based on artificial intelligence and aimed at banks and payment aggregators. FreedomPay’s gateway will support e-commerce and in-store payments for restaurants as part of an agreement with Deliverect, a provider of commerce technology for fast-food chains, including Taco …
• 25 July

  Fiserv Faces a Suit Over Claims It Misled Investors on a Merchant Migration to Clover

  

  Payment processor Fiserv Inc. faces a lawsuit over allegations it misled investors over how it handled migrating merchants to Clover from its now retired Payeezy payment gateway, according to Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, the New York City-based law firm representing the plaintiff, the City of Hollywood Police Officers’ Retirement System …