Tuesday , August 4, 2026

Illinois Mandates Cash Acceptance and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/4/26

  • Illinois merchants accepting in-store payments will have to accept cash payments in addition to other payment methods on transactions of less than $500 beginning Jan. 1, 2028, following Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signing of House Bill 4592.
  • Priority Commerce said it completed an integration with ticketing provider SeatGeek that provides SeatGeek clients with the option to use Priority Commerce for payment processing.
  • The Secure Technology Alliance launched its Agentic Trust and Commerce Forum. Developed in conjunction with the U.S. Payments Forum, the new effort will bring industry participants, including large language model providers, together to address trust, interoperability, and governance challenges when AI agents begin to transact on behalf of consumers and businesses.
  • Parent-school engagement platform ParentSquare launched a new capability giving school-district administrators a wider view of parent payment activity for all schools in their district. The new feature is part of the company’s existing ParentSquare Pay feature. ParentSquare says it serves school districts accounting for 22 million students.
  • Payments platform ConnexPay has launched Hotel PayValet, aimed at allowing travel-management companies to make advance payments for group stays at hotels.
  • Processor Adyen said it will provide payment services to LillyDirect, a site for patients to obtain pharmaceutical maker Lilly’s FDA-approved medicines.
  • Thryv Holdings Inc., a technology developer for small businesses, and payments platform  Wix.com Ltd. said they will collaborate on bringing payments, marketing, and other services to small businesses in North America and then globally.
  • Qu, which offers payments and other technologies for restaurants, announced the appointment of former PAR Technology executive Paul Rubin as chief product and technology officer.

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