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Wireless carrier T-Mobile has partnered with Capital One Financial Corp. to issue a no-fee credit card that allows cardholders to use the card’s rewards toward the purchase of a new phone or accessories from T-Mobile, and also to pay their monthly bill. The new card was announced by both companies …
November, 2025
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4 November
Global Payments Notes Updates to Its Genius POS Tech As Worldpay Looms
Global Payments Inc. early Tuesday heralded updates for its Genius point-of-sale technology as it celebrated a recent regulatory ruling that speeds up the company’s $22.7 billion deal for the processing giant Worldpay. “We now expect to close on Worldpay in the first quarter of 2026,” chief executive Cameron Bready told …
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3 November
Toast And Uber Expand Their Relationship
Restaurant point-of-sale provider Toast Inc. has further expanded its agreement with ride-sharing technology provider Uber Technologies Inc. to help restaurants in the United States and Canada better manage digital ordering, enhance the guest experience, attract new customers, and increase sales. New tools the two companies plan to create include customer …
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3 November
Fiserv SMB Index Steady and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/3/25
The Fiserv Small Business Index remained unmoved at 148 in October from September. Both year-over-year sales and transactions were up in October, up 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively, but this was the slowest annual sales growth rate since February, Fiserv Inc. said. Consumers pulled back on their spending at restaurants and other discretionary …
October, 2025
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31 October
VerifiedX’s Butterfly; BitRail Expands Its Funding Option; Bitcoin Bancorp Integrates Technology for ATMs
The VerifiedX Foundation has launched Butterfly, a social-payment and commerce platform that allows users to send and receive VFX, the native VerifiedX cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, USDT, and USDC coins—instantly via text message, email, or any social-media handle. The new service combines the ease of the Venmo and Zelle peer-to-peer payments networks with the sovereignty of blockchain …
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31 October
Atomic Launches PayDirect and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/31/25
The fintech Atomic Financial announced its launch of PayDirect, a service that it says lets consumers view, manage, and pay bills directly from a bank or fintech app. Zip Co Ltd., a payments-app developer, announced it is working with Forage Technology Corp., a processor for government benefits, on a plan to waive …
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30 October
After Its Disappointing Quarter, Concerns Rise Over Fiserv
A day after Fiserv Inc. released disappointing third-quarter results, stock analysts are showing little confidence in the payments company’s ability to make a course correction. In a note to investors, William Blair & Co. analyst Andrew W. Jeffrey said the financial-services firm can “no longer recommend Fiserv given what we …
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30 October
A Strong Economy Lifts Mastercard’s Transaction Volumes As Well As Its Top and Bottom Lines
Transactions, revenues and net income at Mastercard Inc. all increased by double digits in the third quarter ending Sept. 30 as consumer and business spending remained strong despite new tariffs and reports that consumers are feeling increasingly nervous about the economy. “We continued to see healthy consumer and business spending …
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30 October
PayPal And Wix on AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/30/25
PayPal Inc. has agreed to provide its artificial-intelligence technology to enable product discovery and payments for merchants using Wix.com Ltd.’s commerce platform. Payment card manufacturer CPI Card Group Inc. agreed to integrate into its prepaid card program the SafeToBuy technology from Australia-based prepaid card technology provider Karta. The technology embeds critical data in …
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29 October
Visa’s Boss Cites Stablecoins And Agentic Commerce as Growth Drivers
An increasing focus on stablecoin initiatives, agentic commerce, and payments innovation helped propel Visa Inc. to a strong 2025 fiscal year and helped the card network to meet its goal of becoming a “hyperscaler” for companies in the payment ecosystem, Visa chief executive Ryan McInerney told analysts during Visa’s 2025 …
