News

May, 2026

• 21 May

  Lightspeed Segment Revenue Rises as It Narrows Its Loss; MagTek Eases Kiosk Integration with Cutflow

  

  Point-of-sale commerce platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. added approximately 3,200 new locations in its fiscal fourth quarter, as it marks a year into its U.S. retail and Europe hospitality focus. Montreal-based Lightspeed, which embarked on the two-pronged POS-based plan more than a year ago, says the location total was up by …
• 21 May

  For Now, Agentic Commerce Raises More Questions Than Answers

  

  As AI makes advances in digital commerce, payments executives are beginning to raise questions about the process and its risks. For some players, the process remains at least partly opaque on such questions as what party takes responsibility when transactions go wrong. Other pending questions include whether the industry can …
• 21 May

  Tekion Taps Klarna and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/21/26

  

  Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said Tekion Corp., developer of software for the automotive retail industry, will make Klarna available to customers using the Tekion Automotive Retail Cloud platform. Flywire, a payments-technology platform, announced an agreement to expand an existing link to Driftwood Hospitality Management to support payments at nearly …
• 20 May

  Square Picks up Well-Known Restaurant Chain The Hat; 33% of C-Store Operators Manage Four or More POS Terminals

  

  Square, the point-of-sale arm of Block Inc., is adding restaurant chain The Hat to its customer list. In related news, 88% of convenience store operators and fuel retailers surveyed by Vontier Corp. report they have experienced a payment outage at least once in the prior 12 months. The Hat, with …
• 20 May

  Klarna Offers a Shopping Search App As BNPL Rivalry Grows

  

  Point-of-sale credit providers are looking for an edge as competition in the buy now, pay later business grows hotter by the week. Klarna AB early Wednesday said it has launched its Klarna Shopping Search app.  The app uses ChatGPT, an AI platform, to assist shoppers in finding current prices, availability, …
• 20 May

  Plaid’s Payment Assurance and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/20/26

  

  Open-banking specialist Plaid Inc. unveiled Plaid Guaranteed Payments, a bank payment service. Plaid said the service will evaluate each transaction in real time and return an approval decision within milliseconds. If Plaid approves the transaction, it will guarantee the settlement. If the payment fails, it will cover the loss and handle recovery, …
• 19 May

  Eye on Fraud: Mastercard Merchant Trust Services Debuts; Darwinium Takes on Remote Access Scams

  

  Just as legitimate transactions are a certainty in payments, so too, are fraud and scams. That doesn’t mean payments companies and their vendors need to just accept that. Now, Mastercard Inc. says it is countering fraud and scams with a new service, Mastercard Merchant Trust Services, to help clients identify …
• 19 May

  NMI’s Latest Deal Snags A2A Platform Dwolla

  

  Network Merchants Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired Dwolla Inc., a payments-acceptance technology provider with experience in real-time payments, open banking, and account-to-account technology and serving more than 400 clients. The combination creates a company processing nearly $700 billion in transaction volume annually, the parties say, a move that is …
• 19 May

  Payroc Eases Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/19/26

  

  Payroc LLC launched Integration Essentials, a service to help software platforms more quickly embed Payroc’s payments services into their platform. It includes prebuilt services such as hosted payment pages, payment links, and Payroc Cloud for in-person acceptance. French processor Worldline has agreed to acquire transactions for the buy now, pay later …
• 18 May

  1 Million Plus One: Klarna Adds EZContacts

  

  Eyewear retailer EZContacts is the latest merchant to add Klarna AB’s buy now, pay later payment option. Klarna hopes to displace some credit card transactions, saying vision care is a plannable expense where credit cards remain the default payment option. Klarna says EZContacts customers will be able to use its …