Point-of-sale

July, 2025

• 17 July

  Replete with Personal Data, BNPL Apps Need Consumer Monitoring, a Report Finds

  

  Tapping a buy now, pay later app to acquire a new couch or pair of shoes means more decisions for consumers beyond choosing how to fund the purchase. A new report from Incogni Inc., a data-monitoring service, suggests they also need to be mindful of the quantity and type of …
• 17 July

  Global Renews Banamex Deal  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/17/25

  

  Global Payments Inc. announced a renewal and expansion of an agreement with Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. to offer acquiring and banking services in Mexico. CareVet LLC, operator of more than 200 veterinary practices across the country, announced it has agreed to integrate payments processing from Scratch Financial Inc., a fintech …
• 16 July

  Data Breaches Remain High As Troubling New Threats Emerge

  

  The number of publicly reported data breaches through the first half of 2025 totaled 1,732, up 5% from the same period a year ago, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 …
• 16 July

  Eye on Software: ePayPolicy Scores Another Integration, While TSG Embraces Growing Software Firm Roles in Payments

  

  The hottest ticket in payments is software integrations, and two firms have bolstered their connections to software developers. Austin, Texas-based ePayPolicy, which provides digital payouts for the insurance industry, lined up an integration with INTX Insurance Software, also based in Austin. INTX provides administrative software to insurance carriers. ePayPolicy says …
• 16 July

  AmEx Updates Card Benefits and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/16/25

  

  American Express Co. said it is making more than $2,000 in statement credits available to holders of AmEx’s Business Platinum card. The move is part of an update to the company’s U.S. Consumer and Business Platinum cards, said by AmEx to be “the largest investment ever in a card refresh.”In related …
• 15 July

  Chargebacks Are Costing Merchants More As Consumers Look to Their Bank First to Resolve Disputes

  

  Chargebacks cost U.S. merchants more than $170 billion annually, according to Chargebacks911’s 2025 Cardholder Dispute Index. The average dollar value of a transaction disputed with a consumer’s bank over the prior 12 months was $84, a 10.5% increase from 2024. The top reason for chargebacks is unauthorized transactions on a …
• 15 July

  Block Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone for Sellers Using Cash App

  

  Block Inc. Tuesday announced businesses using Block’s Cash App iOS app can process contactless payments directly on an iPhone using Apple Inc.’s tap-to-pay on iPhone technology. The new service comes as early testing indicates sellers using the technology have seen a 35% rise in purchase volume by comparison to merchants …
• 15 July

  Adyen’s Next POS Terminal Client and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/15/25

  

  Payments processor Adyen said it will provide its SFO1 point-of-sale terminal to Joe & The Juice, a juice bar and coffee merchant. Payments provider Valor PayTech announced an integration with retailcloud, which makes cloud-based retail software, that will ease the hardware and software setup for retailers. Euna Solutions launched PayCenter, an online payment portal for …
• 14 July

  Zelle Adds 178 Financial Institutions in Six Months

  

  Zelle, the 7-year-old peer-to-peer payments service, has added another 178 banks and credit unions to its list of Zelle participants, the service announced Monday. Zelle, launched in 2017 by Early Warning Services LLC, says this bumps to more than 2,300 the number of financial institutions that offer the service. Zelle …
• 14 July

  Pappas Picks Tabit l and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/14/25

  

  Pappas Restaurants said it has selected Tabit as its core technology provider for all of its dining chains. These include Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen, Pappasito’s Cantina, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, and Pappas Bar-B-Q. The offering includes a heavy emphasis on a mobile point of sale. Fiserv Inc. announced it has added workforce-management capabilities to its …