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Fiserv Inc. posted revenue of $5 billion in the first quarter, a 2% decrease from $5.1 billion in the 2025 first quarter. By segment, merchant solution revenue was flat at $2.4 billion, though the operating margin for it fell to 26.4% from 34.2%. Fiserv’s financial solutions segment at $2.3 billion was …
May, 2026
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4 May
Eye on POS: Preferred Hotels Prefer Toast; NCR Voyix Expands at Stater Bros. Markets
Restaurant payments and management-software provider Toast Inc. announced Monday that it is now an endorsed vendor for luxury hotel group Preferred Hotels and Resorts, and NCR Voyix Corp. reported an expansion of its existing relationship with Southern California grocery chain Stater Bros. Markets. Toast said it is now a member …
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4 May
April Small Business Sales up 1.1%, Fiserv Says
Small business sales, as tracked in the Fiserv Small Business index, were up 1.1% year-over-year in April, buoyed in part by a 2.8% increase in higher average tickets, finds the latest edition of the index. Released Monday, the index found the April increase in the average ticket was the highest …
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4 May
Tray’s Maple AI Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/4/26
Point-of-sale system provider Tray said it and Maple, an artificial intelligence voice platform for restaurants, completed an integration to make Maple’s technology available to restaurant operators using Tray. The Western Union Co. said it will use Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure company, to provide the infrastructure behind USDPT, Western Union’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. …
April, 2026
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30 April
Three Months In, the New PayPal CEO Sparks a Sweeping Reorganization
Barely three months since taking over the top spot at PayPal Holdings Inc., Enrique Lores is heading up a reorganization of the venerable payments company. Announced late Wednesday following a CNBC report earlier in the day, PayPal says it will migrate to a three-business operating model. The three are checkout …
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30 April
Mastercard Eyes Data From Ventures in Stablecoins And AI
Like other international payments networks, Mastercard Inc. is wrestling with the impact of the conflict in the Middle East while at the same time adjusting to the ripple effects of agentic commerce and digital currency. Early Thursday, the company’s top executives took pains to assure the financial community that they’re …
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30 April
Shift4 Lines up Wrigley Field and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/30/26
Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will provide point-of-sale services at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team, and at Gallagher Way, the entertainment district adjacent to the ballpark. American Express Co. announced new and beefed-up benefits to mark the 60th anniversary of its gold card, including quintupled membership …
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29 April
Eye on Point of Sale: MoneyGram Adopts Stripe for Retail Locations; Lightspeed Divests Upserve
Stripe Inc. has notched money-transfer services as a customer category with MoneyGram’s adoption of the payment processor’s technology for its retail locations. Additionally, Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is selling Upserve, a hospitality point-of-sale platform it acquired in 2020. Dallas-based MoneyGram International Inc., which went private in 2023, says it will use …
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29 April
Visa Looks to Expansion in Stablecoins And Agentic Commerce
Visa Inc. early Wednesday announced it is expanding support for agent-led commerce to Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, and also said it is widening its venture in stablecoins with the addition of five blockchains, bringing the total to nine. The five additional blockchains include Arc from Circle Internet Financial, …
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28 April
Square Unveils Its Managerbot, And Toast’s New Device Goes Abroad
Two major providers of point-of-sale payments technology announced early Tuesday they are expanding key initiatives that have been long in development. For one of these providers the expansion goes well beyond payments. Block Inc.’s Square POS unit launched its Managerbot technology among sellers participating in an open beta. Based on Square …
