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June, 2025

• 4 June

  How a Canny Bank Is Making Its Mark In Cannabis Payments

  

  Cannabis remains a federally illegal drug in the United States, but various states have acted over the past decade to legalize it and sales continue to grow fast enough that the market remains potentially lucrative for processors and banks. An example of how a major financial institution has entered this …
• 4 June

  PayPal Enlists in Mastercard One and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/4/25

  

  Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. said they will work together to develop new features to the recently introduced Mastercard One Credential, a digital payment service that supports multiple payment methods that launched in February. In related news, PayPal said it is adding new capabilities to its Venmo social payments platform, including limited time …
• 3 June

  PayPal Credit Users To Get a Card for In-Store Use

  

  Consumers with PayPal Credit accounts soon will be eligible for a new Mastercard Inc. branded card to use in store with their accounts. Announced Tuesday, the new card taps consumer credit lines in their PayPal Credit accounts, which are issued by Synchrony Financial. PayPal Credit accounts have been most associated …
• 3 June

  Klarna’s New Klarna Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/3/25

  

  Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …
• 2 June

  Illinois Delays Implementation of Its First in the Nation Interchange Law

  

  Illinois lawmakers extended the implementation date for the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act by 12 months early Sunday to July 1, 2026. Groups opposing the IFPA, the first law of its kind passed by any state, argued the law would cause “widespread economic disruption” and that it would place an undue …
• 2 June

  Isaacman Grounded from NASA and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/2/25

  

  Over the weekend, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman, Shift4 Payments Inc. founder and chief executive, as the nominee to lead NASA, the Associated Press reported. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “After a thorough review of prior associations I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared …

May, 2025

• 30 May

  Mastercard’s Small Business Navigator Aims to Level up Small Businesses

  

  Filled with ideas and enthusiasm, U.S. small businesses have the drive to grow their businesses, but a low availability of tools and resources may hamper some of that ambition. Mastercard Inc. says its new Small Business Navigator can help with that. The program offers education, insights, protection, and planning tools, …
• 30 May

  Flexa Teams with Nexus Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/30/25

  

  Flexa, a payments platform based on digital assets, said it is working with wallet provider Nexus Wallet to simplify payments via the cryptocurrency Litecoin. The partnership is active at 41,000 retail locations in North America, the parties say. Stablecoin-based payments platform Stable Sea launched Stable Sea Terminal, said to be capable of …
• 29 May

  NMI Adds Tap to Pay for iPhone

  

  Payment processor Network Merchants LLC, or NMI, on Thursday announced it is enabling tap to pay for iPhone. The move will enable merchants to accept contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and other digital wallets, through an iPhone and a supporting iOS app. iOS is Apple’s mobile …
• 29 May

  Bluevine Launches Payment Links and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/29/25

  

  Bluevine, a banking platform for small businesses, launched Invoicing and Payment Links, aimed at allowing businesses to receive payments directly in bank accounts via a range of payment methods. The buy now, pay later platform Affirm Inc. said it is expanding its partnership with the merchant Williams-Sonoma Inc. to Canada. Besides Williams-Sonoma, …