Real-time Payments

October, 2025

• 21 October

  How Flexa’s Venture With Bealls Could Be Key for Crypto

  

  Flexa Network Inc., a payments provider based on digital currencies, has agreed to support in-store cryptocurrency acceptance at Bealls Inc., operator of more than 660 stores in 22 states under Bealls and other brand names. The move, announced Monday afternoon, represents one of the largest planned deployments of in-store crypto …
• 20 October

  Kroger Picks Worldpay and other Digital Transactions News from 10/20/25

  

  Worldpay Inc. will operate as the exclusive processor for the grocery company Kroger under an agreement announced early Monday. The agreement embraces in-store, online, and mobile transactions for Kroger, which operates more than 2,700 stores across 35 states. Worldpay is in the process of being acquired from FIS Inc. by Global Payments …
• 17 October

  MoonPay Launches MoonPay Commerce; Ripple Pays $1 Billion for GTreasury

  

  MoonPay USA LLC has launched MoonPay Commerce, a platform that enables merchants to accept cryptocurrency for products, services, and subscriptions. MoonPay built the platform using technology from its acquisition of Helio earlier this year. Developers and merchants can integrate MoonPay Commerce, which is already being used by 6,000 merchants, using …
• 17 October

  FedNow Surpasses 1,500 Participants and other Digital Transactions News from 10/17/25

  

  The Federal Reserve said the number of participating organizations in FedNow, its real-time payments service, recently surpassed 1,500. Euronet Worldwide Inc. said it will use the digital asset technology from Fireblocks to integrate stablecoin technology into its global payments infrastructure. Point-of-sale technology developer PAX Technology Inc., based in China but a prominent supplier in …
• 16 October

  Faster Payments Gain Momentum at Nacha And The Clearing House

  

  Faster payments on the automated clearing house network and on real-time payments systems are gaining momentum, according to statistics released Thursday by Nacha, the standards body for the automated clearing house system, and by the Real Time Payments network, operated by 22 of the world’s biggest banks. The total value …
• 15 October

  SpotOn Integrates Visa Direct in Its Tip Payout App

  

  SpotOn Transact LLC has integrated Visa Direct, a faster-payments service, into its DayCheck earned-tip payment app. The integration will allow restaurant owners to simplify tip payouts and enable restaurant employees to move tips directly to their bank accounts. San Francisco-based SpotOn says restaurant operaters are squeezed by working capital challenges …
• 14 October

  Visa Launches Trusted Agent, an Agentic Commerce Protocol

  

  Visa Inc. entered the agentic-commerce fray early Tuesday with the launch of Trusted Agent, a protocol developed in collaboration with cloud-computing connectivity provider Cloudflare Inc. The protocol is part of an overall strategy to make agent-initiated transactions as seamless and secure “as any consumer-initiated transaction today,” the card network tells …
• 10 October

  Ripple Gains an Investor As BIT Mining Pushes AI for Crypto for Blockchain

  

  Cryptocurrency picked up more momentum in payments Thursday as C1 Fund Inc. bought shares in Ripple Inc. C1, which focuses on digital assets and blockchain technology, did not announce the extent of the investment or other financial terms. Ripple is well-known in payments for its XRP ledger, a decentralized blockchain …
• 9 October

  Stablecoins Remain Hot As Banks Vie For Issuance And Related Services

  

  Action in the payments industry on stablecoin plans appears to be perking up since President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law this summer, legislation whose rules are expected to spark more action by mainstream payments players on issuing and accepting the digital currency. One example emerged Wednesday with …
• 6 October

  Global’s Genius for Education Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/25

  

  Global Payments Inc. announced a version of its Genius point-of-sale payments platform is available for colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, including campus dining. The U.S. Faster Payments Council will work with the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc., a developer of standards for the U.S. financial industry, to speed development …