Point-of-sale

July, 2026

• 23 July

  Eye on POS: Verifone’s Move Against Skimming; SUNMI’s Multifunctional POS

  

  Verifone Inc. announced early Thursday it has been awarded a U. S. patent on technology that protects point-of-sale terminals and unattended payment devices from card skimming. The move comes as estimates indicate skimming losses grew 5% last year, reaching approximately $1 billion in the U.S. market. In skimming attacks, bad …
• 22 July

  Zero Hash And Marqeta Work to Issue Cards Backed by Stablecoins

  
• 22 July

  Qu Pay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/22/26

  

  Restaurant point-of-sale system maker Qu released Qu Pay, a service that combines payment processing, guest identity, order intelligence, and capital access into a single platform. Restaurant chain Roy Rogers was among the first to adopt Qu Pay. MNEE Pay, a stablecoin payment platform found that 62% of U.S. stablecoin holders have converted …
• 21 July

  How Stablecoins Are Becoming Currency for ‘Everyday Transactions’

  

  Stablecoins have been on payments companies’ radar screens for years, but only recently has the digital currency gained the credibility needed to move processors, merchants, and users toward using stablecoins for everyday payments. The latest example of this emerged early Tuesday with an announcement from Mesh, a San Francisco-based crypto …
• 21 July

  NMI Debuts Its Smart POS Terminal; MagTek Pairs with Star Micronics on Access Tokens

  

  Payments provider NMI has added to its point-of-sale terminal lineup the Axium SmartPOS, which works across merchant types. In related news, MagTek Inc. says it will provide digital access tokens, which replace keys and passwords, for Star Micronics devices. Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says the new terminal uses POS equipment maker …
• 20 July

  Eye on POS: Datacap’s SureTap Debuts; Global POS Transactions to Top $41 Trillion by 2031

  

  Datacap Systems Inc. is entering the softPOS arena with its new SureTap point-of-sale application, with which merchants can use their own devices. Any new transactions made with the application will contribute to the other bit of Monday’s POS news. The total value of global POS transactions are forecasted to reach …
• 17 July

  Hospitality POS Provider Mews Adds Multicurrency for U.S. and Canadian Hoteliers

  

  With demand for hotel rooms forecasted to pick up this year and next in the United States, hospitality point-of-sale specialist Mews is adding multicurrency processing for hotel operators in the United States and Canada. Already made available 14 months ago to European hotels, the multicurrency service enables international travelers to …
• 17 July

  FIS Adopts AI Tool to Scrutinize Software and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/17/26

  

  Payments processor FIS Inc. said it has adopted Project Glasswing, a system from Anthropic that relies on AI to detect and fix security weaknesses in software. As part of the initiative, FIS is also testing Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model to scan its operating systems. Payments platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced a number of …
• 16 July

  MagTek’s Winston Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/16/26

  

  MagTek Inc. said Winston POS completed an integration with MagTek’s MMS Dyna devices and the Magensa Payment Protection Gateway. ESW announced it has agreed to handle various cross-border operations, including payments, for KnitWell Group, whose brands include Ann Taylor, Chico’s, and Lane Bryant. Socure Inc. released Remote Verifier, a service to enable organizations …
• 15 July

  Stripe And Advent Make a Play for PayPal

  

  PayPal is in play, as rival payments player Stripe has made an offer to buy the 27-year-old company at a reported valuation of more than $53 billion, according to a report early Wednesday by Reuters. The offer, at $60.50 per share, is backed by both Stripe and Advent International, a …