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A little more than two years since introducing its Kiosk product for restaurants, Square has revised the device by making it larger and adding artificial intelligence features to its ordering system. Announced Wednesday, the updated Kiosk moves away from a tablet-like appearance, which relied on the restaurant operator providing an …
October, 2026
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14 October
As BNPL Matures, Splitit and Zip Diversify Their Products
As the modern, online-based buy now, pay later market has matured, the type of products from BNPL providers has diversified. Splitit USA Inc. will launch the Splitit World Mastercard credit card as a white-label offer for financial institutions while Zip Co Ltd. intends to debut Zip Cash, a same-day cash …
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14 October
NCR Voyix Signs Sbarro; Clover Hits 5 Million Shipments
NCR Voyix Corp. announced early Wednesday it has reached a multi-year deal with Sbarro to provide the pizza chain with its point-of sale-technology, along with Voyix Pay, a payment-processing service. The agreement covers almost 300 corporate-owned and franchise locations in the United States. Sbarro operates more than 800 stores in …
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14 October
Nuvei Gets South Africa OK and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/14/26
Nuvei Corp. said it secured approval from the Payments Association of South Africa to offer local merchant payment services in South Africa. Wyoming-based Payward Inc. said it has agreed to acquire Finland-based Saldo Finance Oy and its digital-banking subsidiary Saldo Bank UAB, which operates in five European countries, with a credit card …
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13 October
AmEx’s Next Step for Agentic Commerce Is a Framework; Forter’s Agentic Verification Move
With at least two AI agents available that can make payments on behalf of users, payments companies are preparing for a larger role for agentic commerce. American Express Co. Tuesday published a framework for trusted agentic commerce, something it hopes could be part of a larger standard for the payments …
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13 October
Rain Launches a Wallet Strategy, And Thredd Looks to Stablecoin Card Settlement
The stablecoin platform Rain announced early Tuesday it is offering non-custodial stablecoin wallets that stand behind Rain’s cards, making the cards usable at 175 million merchant locations around the world, the New York City-based company says. Founded five years ago, Rain became a Visa principal member in 2024, following up …
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13 October
Visa’s Next Step in China and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/13/26
Visa Inc. said the People’s Bank of China has approved the global payment network’s Application to Prepare, a step toward the establishment of a domestic bank-card clearing institution in China. Visa’s goal is to establish processing for domestic payments in that country. Euna Solutions, a technology provider for the public sector, …
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9 October
ISO Deposyt Joins the Square Reseller Ranks
Independent sales organization Deposyt has joined the reseller ranks for Square, the acquiring unit of Block Inc. Tempe, Ariz.-based Deposyt says merchants with the ISO’s agents can now use Square’s platform and receive support from Deposyt. That means local help, Deposyt says in a statement, instead of a support queue. …
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9 October
Block Wrestles With an FTC Inquiry Into Cash App
The Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether Block Inc. stopped short of assisting Cash App users whose accounts had been frozen or deactivated, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Block, the parent company of the point-of-sale technology platform Square and the financial technology Cash App, froze or deactivated Square accounts holding funds …
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9 October
Moomoo Adds Mobile Wallet Funding Option and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/9/26
Investment platform Moomoo announced an expansion of its account-funding services to enable investments using Apple Pay and Google Pay. The service relies on an existing collaboration with Visa and Checkout.com that enables Moomoo users to make real-time deposits for investments in stocks, cryptocurrencies, exchange-traded funds, and other options. Vancouver, British Columbia-based BTQ Technologies …
