Real-time Payments

August, 2025

• 1 August

  Blackhawk’s Fold Gift Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/1/25

  

  Payments platform Blackhawk Network Inc. is working with Fold Holdings Inc., a financial-services company specializing in Bitcoin, to widen distribution of the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, launched in May. More online merchants are expected to begin offering the card in coming weeks, the parties say. Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) has launched Global …

July, 2025

• 29 July

  Dwolla Links to FedNow and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/29/25

  

  The payments platform Dwolla announced it has connected with FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments platform. The company says it now has links to the two major U.S. instant-payment systems, the RTP network and FedNow. Bakkt Holdings Inc., a cryptocurrency-technology firm, announced a proposed public offering of Class A shares. The timing …
• 28 July

  PayPal Launches Pay with Crypto for Cross Border Transactions

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. early Monday launched Pay with Crypto, a cross-border payment option that instantly converts cryptocurrencies to stablecoins or fiat currencies. The new payment option provides merchants and consumers a unified platform that connects fiat and digital payments and supports more than 100 cryptocurrencies and crypto wallets, such as …
• 25 July

  Corpay’s Working Capital Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/25/25

  

  Corporate card issuer Corpay announced it is selling off a fuel-card portfolio in a deal it says will bring in $60 million and free up $35 million in working capital, funds the company says will aid its $2.2 billion acquisition of Alpha Group International plc., a United Kingdom-based banking company. Pumpkin Insurance …
• 24 July

  Nuvei Looks to Boost Card Authorizations for North American Merchants

  

  With merchants growing more heated in their opposition to card-acceptance costs, processors are looking for strategies that could help sellers gain from improvements in card authorizations. An example emerged early Thursday with news from the big Canadian processor Nuvei Corp. that it has introduced a pair of technologies it says …
• 24 July

  Zelle Roadshow Underway and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/24/25

  

  Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments service from Early Warning Services LLC, began a multi-city financial education training roadshow with Consumer Action, a consumer protection and financial awareness organization. Payments-technology provider Alacriti said Citizens Business Bank launched real-time payments services based on Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub. The services involve connections to FedNow and the …
• 22 July

  Eye on POS: GrabScanGo’s Easy Self-Checkout; Uncle Sharkii Picks Square; Verifone Enables Brazil’s Pix Acceptance in U.S.

  

  It’s a busy time in the point-of-sale arena as three vendors—GrabScanGo, Square, and Verifone—note new products, customers, and features. GrabScanGo, the product name for GSG AveriGo LLC, says it has made its self-checkout platform a plug-and-play installation. Cerritos, Calif.-based GrabScanGo says the self-checkout platform, already in use in hotel brands such …
• 21 July

  Clover PracticePay Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/25

  

  Fiserv Inc.’s Clover point-of-sale technology unit announced it is entering the health-care market with Clover PracticePay. Clover worked with Rectangle Health, a developer of payments software for the health-care industry, on the launch. Mastercard Inc. and American Airlines said they have agreed to extend a longstanding agreement under which Mastercard supports a cobranded …
• 18 July

  Congress Passes The GENIUS Act Without a CCCA Amendment

  

  The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the GENIUS Act, a bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, giving the nascent digital currency a boost as a mainstream payment option. The GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins) Act is intended to provide a legal structure for stablecoins and enhance …
• 11 July

  Helcim’s Latest Smart POS Terminal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/11/25

  

  The point-of-sale provider Helcim Inc. launched Smart Terminal, a handheld POS device aimed at smaller merchants. Under a new agreement, acquirer Sona said it will offer merchant services to businesses that are members of Vancity, said to be one of Canada’s largest credit unions. Sona was acquired last year by Celero Commerce. The law …