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Visa Inc. announced early Tuesday it is supporting stablecoins as a settlement option for issuer and acquirer banks in the United States, a major move in payment card finance and one observers see as an inevitable next step for the industry, though one that could come with complications. The use …
December, 2025
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15 December
Crypto Kingpins Circle And Ripple Are Approved for National Trust Banks
Two major players in stablecoins, Circle Internet Financial Inc. and Ripple Labs Inc., received conditional approval Friday from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish national trust banks. Both companies coveted the approvals as key to establishing confidence in stablecoins among consumers and businesses as they …
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10 December
The ‘Year of Machine Deception’ and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/10/25
A report from AU10TIX identified 2025 as the “year of machine deception,” in which synthetic identities and automated fraud engines have learned to adjust and adapt in real time. Cross River Bank said it has launched a proprietary, in-house card-processing engine in a move it says places it among a select group of …
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8 December
Circle Working with Bybit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/8/25
Circle Internet Group Inc. said it will work with Bybit Fintech Ltd., a cryptocurrency exchange, to expand the availability of Circle’s USDC stablecoin within Bybit’s system. Payments provider Charge1 Gateway announced technology improvements in fraud prevention, gateway security layers, and onboarding processes for merchants. RentRedi launched a Spanish-language version of its RentRedi Tenant App, …
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3 December
Fi911 Launches ResolveLab and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/3/25
Fi911, a provider of chargeback prevention and risk management, launched ResolveLab, a service it says is aimed at resellers and payment facilitators looking to block chargebacks and control risk. Okta Inc., a provider of identity technology, reported third-quarter revenue of $742 million, up 12% from the same time last year. …
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2 December
Block Notes 10% BFCM Uptick and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/2/25
Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping generated a 10% rise year-over-year for Block Inc.’s Square, Cash App, and Afterpay payments properties, to 124 million transactions, the company reported. Payments processor Nuvei Corp. announced it is expanding a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to enable its core payment processing APIs to run on Microsoft Axure and use Azure AI to …
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1 December
Klarna Black Friday Volume up 45% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/1/25
Klarna AB said its U.S. processing volume across all product categories was up a record 45% for November through Black Friday. Absolute figures were not immediately available. Black Friday sales data from Accertify Inc. indicate consumers spent $115.46 per transaction on average, down 17% from last year, while initiating 52.5 million transactions, up …
November, 2025
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26 November
The ‘Pressing Concern’ of Fraud and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/26/25
Fraud and scams have grown into a “pressing concern” for users of digital payments in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to a regional survey report released by Mastercard Inc. The research effort queried 3,577 adults in 12 countries in October. Mastercard has launched Mastercard Access Pass, aimed at allowing card issuers to …
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24 November
U.S. Payments Modernization Is Taking a Toll on Cash
The combined effect of five payments trends is chipping away at cash reliance, finds a new report from Deloitte. Increasing adoption of stablecoin payments, especially for cross-border payments, increased speed of transactions, using data standards to one’s advantage, agentic artificial-intelligence commerce, and employing AI to counter fraud are all shaping …
