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Bolt Financial Inc., whose app offers checkout, identity, and payments capabilities, announced it is adding embedded investing capability through a deal with Atomic, an investing-as-a-service platform. Corpay Inc. said it will sell its PayByPhone mobile parking payments platform to Lightyear Capital in a deal expected to close in the second quarter. …
February, 2026
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3 February
PayPal Gets a New CEO As It Looks to Sharpen ‘Execution’
PayPal Holdings Inc. early Tuesday announced it has appointed board chairman Enrique Lores president and chief executive, replacing Alex Chriss. Lores moves into his new position after more than six years as CEO at HP Inc. The company also reported December-quarter results in the face of a steep drop in …
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3 February
Visa Direct Enters China and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/3/26
Visa Inc. announced Visa Direct, its near real-time payment service soon will offer cross-border money movement into the Chinese mainland via a partnership with UnionPay International, the Chinese card brand. The Fiserv Small Business Index, which tracks small business transaction activity across the Fiserv Inc. merchant base, declined one point to 143 …
January, 2026
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30 January
It’s CCCA Times Two As Congress Drops an Attachment Effort
Plans to attach an amended version of the Credit Card Competition Act to a cryptocurrency-infrastructure bill were shelved Thursday, effectively leaving two versions of the bill floating around Congress. The CCCA was amended late last week to include a provision that called for enforcement of the CCCA under antitrust law, …
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30 January
Visa Says It’s Positioning Itself to Be a ‘Hyperscaler’ in Payments
Visa Inc. chief executive Ryan McInerney touted the card network’s ability to build and deliver innovations and scalable technologies as drivers behind the company’s strong fiscal first quarter 2026 results. Processed-transaction dollar volume grew 8% year-over-year in the quarter to nearly $4 trillion in constant dollars, with transactions up 9% …
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30 January
Amex Revenue up 9% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/30/26
American Express Co., reported 2025 revenue of $72.2 billion, up 9% year-over-year. Fourth-quarter revenue totaled $19 billion, up 10%. Net income came to $2.46 billion for the quarter and $10.8 billion for the year, up 13% and 7%, respectively. Revenue from discount fees was $37.4 billion for the year, a …
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29 January
Mastercard Posts a Solid Quarter As It Readies for Agentic Commerce
Mastercard Inc. grew its fourth-quarter net revenue by double digits in the face of a market that has forced payments companies to wrestle with a slew of knotty considerations, including the potential impact of a major bill that would cap credit card rates and the dizzying effect of fast moves …
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28 January
SpotOn Rings up AI and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/28/26
Restaurant POS provider SpotOn will work with Loman AI to allow restaurants using SpotOn to leverage AI-based phone automation to book reservations, take orders, and perform other services. Payments provider WEX has launched its WEX Fleet card with capability for EV charging added to traditional fuel payments, becoming the first fuel card issuer to combine fueling …
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27 January
Crypto Is Moving Into the Payments Mainstream, a New Study Finds
Merchants and consumers are embracing cryptocurrency as a mainstream payments option, according to a study from the National Cryptocurrency Association and PayPal Holdings Inc. Some 39% of merchants surveyed accept cryptocurrency at checkout, while 84% believe crypto payments will become common in the next five years, the study says. A …
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27 January
As Gateways Become More Vital, TSG Issues its Rankings
The value of payment gateways for merchants, independent sales organizations, and processors has only grown in recent years. Now, as the tangible benefit of a gateway migrates from operational stability to aiding better business outcomes, their importance has grown. To help payments companies navigate the gateway segment, TSG, an Omaha, …