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Klarna Is Victor over Google and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/1/26

  • Klarna AB said its PriceRunner price-comparison service has won $1.97 billion in damages in its case against Google. PriceRunner had accused the online search giant of exercising preferential treatment for its own comparison shopping platform, causing lost revenue for PriceRunner. Klarna acquired PriceRunner in 2022 for $124.36 million.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. shoppers on its namesake e-commerce site, Overstock, and buybuy Baby can now use Affirm Holdings Inc.’s buy now, pay later option, Affirm said.
  • PSQ Holdings Inc. said it will process payments for Crecera Brands, owner of a portfolio of sporting goods and outdoor e-commerce sites, via its PSQ Payments unit.
  • PushPay, a payments provider specializing in churches, launched Groups, a digital solution that the company says collects information about member groups into one dashboard.
  • Key IVR integrated its Click-to-Pay feature into the Zoom Phone and Zoom Contact Center capabilities offered by Zoom Communications Inc.
  • Flybuy, a provider of location data, said it will partner with digital-ordering platform Unplug to streamline order and delivery for restaurants.
  • Processor Nuvei Corp. has appointed Samir Zabaneh chief operating officer, David McLaughlin chief financial officer, and Eli Rosner chief product and technology officer. Zabaneh formerly served as chairman and CEO of TouchBistro. McLaughlin most recently was CFO at Blackhawk Network. Rosner arrives from HealthEquity, where he served as chief product and technology officer.
  • CPI Card Group Inc., a payment-card manufacturer, named Terra Grantham chief financial officer. A 9-year veteran of the company, she has been serving as interim CFO since February.
  • Digital billing and payments platform InvoiceCloud  named Matthew Lane chief revenue officer. Lane arrives from data-management firm Ataccama, where he served in the same role.
  • Margaret Weichert, a former executive with Bank of America, First Data, and The Clearing House, was elected to the board of directors for Primis Financial Corp. and its Primis Bank unit.

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