Point-of-sale

May, 2026

• 28 May

  BlueSnap Snags BTR for Its Credit Card Surcharging Platform

  

  BTR, a truck-rental company, has compensated for almost $400,000 in annualized credit card acceptance costs through a surcharging a capability provided by payments processor BlueSnap Inc., according to data the processor released Wednesday. Waltham, Mass.-based BlueSnap launched its surcharging API in January in recognition of cases in which merchants want …
• 28 May

  Many Not Ready for Agentic Commerce and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/28/26

  

  Some 73% of online merchants are not ready for AI agents, while AI agents are at least in some cases recommending “unreliable merchants,” according to research from Ballerine, a specialist in merchant risk and compliance. The company conducted 47 interviews among card networks, acquirers, merchants, AI platforms, and payment service providers. …
• 27 May

  Maxio Adds Surcharging and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/27/26

  

  Business-to-business billing and revenue management platform Maxio LLC said credit card surcharging is now available in its Maxio Payments service. Payments platforms Ordr and FreedomPay said they are collaborating to create a gateway and commerce platform for companies offering live entertainment around the world. Payments platform NCR Voyix Corp. said it is working with U.S. Bank’s …
• 26 May

  Bath and Beauty Retailer Magnolia Opts for Square’s POS System

  

  Magnolia Soap & Bath Co. will adopt the Square point-of-sale system for its 50 locations, including a module designed for franchises. Founded in 2016, Magnolia uses the franchise model to expand and has stores in 17 states. It will use Square for Retail, a service that includes branded micro-sites for …
• 22 May

  Eye on Crypto: Bitget Wallet Expands QR Code Payments; MoonPay Launches MoonPay Trade

  

  As cryptocurrency for payments continues to emerge, two digital currency companies separately are broadening uses for their products. Bitget Wallet, which bills itself as an “everyday finance” app, is expanding its QR code payments to Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia. Bitget Wallet says it will be integrated with national payment systems …
• 22 May

  Fraud and Scam Initiators Are Adapting, Again, Visa Says

  

  Fraud and scam bad actors are adapting again to changes in technology and consumer behavior, but so, too, are organizations charged with preventing their misdeeds. In its “Spring 2026 Biannual Threats Report,” Visa Inc. points to four shifts in the second half of 2025 as fundamentally changing how criminals interact …
• 21 May

  Lightspeed Segment Revenue Rises as It Narrows Its Loss; MagTek Eases Kiosk Integration with Cutflow

  

  Point-of-sale commerce platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. added approximately 3,200 new locations in its fiscal fourth quarter, as it marks a year into its U.S. retail and Europe hospitality focus. Montreal-based Lightspeed, which embarked on the two-pronged POS-based plan more than a year ago, says the location total was up by …
• 20 May

  Square Picks up Well-Known Restaurant Chain The Hat; 33% of C-Store Operators Manage Four or More POS Terminals

  

  Square, the point-of-sale arm of Block Inc., is adding restaurant chain The Hat to its customer list. In related news, 88% of convenience store operators and fuel retailers surveyed by Vontier Corp. report they have experienced a payment outage at least once in the prior 12 months. The Hat, with …
• 19 May

  Eye on Fraud: Mastercard Merchant Trust Services Debuts; Darwinium Takes on Remote Access Scams

  

  Just as legitimate transactions are a certainty in payments, so too, are fraud and scams. That doesn’t mean payments companies and their vendors need to just accept that. Now, Mastercard Inc. says it is countering fraud and scams with a new service, Mastercard Merchant Trust Services, to help clients identify …
• 19 May

  NMI’s Latest Deal Snags A2A Platform Dwolla

  

  Network Merchants Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired Dwolla Inc., a payments-acceptance technology provider with experience in real-time payments, open banking, and account-to-account technology and serving more than 400 clients. The combination creates a company processing nearly $700 billion in transaction volume annually, the parties say, a move that is …