News

January, 2026

• 9 January

  Lightspeed Is the Latest Processor to Adopt AI as the Trend Accelerates

  

  Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has launched Lightspeed AI, becoming the latest point-of-sale system and e-commerce platform provider to add an artificial intelligence layer to its platform. Lightspeed is integrating the app into its retail, restaurant, and NuOrder business-to-business platforms in an effort to provide merchants and business-to-business sellers with automated insights …
• 9 January

  VeriFone And Bilt Aim at a POS And Loyalty Play—Starting With Restaurants

  

  Payments platforms like Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale service have long sought to find ways to build customer loyalty for the merchants that use their point-of-sale technology, and now other major POS device makers are also looking to build business by building business for sellers that use their technology. In the …
• 8 January

  Aiming for Efficiency, Toast Launches Enhancements to Its IQ AI Assistant

  

  Point-of-sale technology developer Toast Inc. early Thursday announced enhancements to its Toast IQ AI assistant, an artificial intelligence-based app within the Toast platform that aims to provide retailers insights into how to run their businesses more efficiently. The Toast IQ AI assistant, which responds to natural-language prompts from users, allows retailers …
• 8 January

  Eye on POS: MagTek Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone; Elo’s Readies Wallaby Self-Checkout Platform

  

  MagTek Inc. is the latest point-of-sale equipment maker to make Tap to Pay on iPhone available on its devices. And, Elo will preview its new self-checkout platform, Wallaby SCO. Seal Beach, Calif.-based MagTek says the contactless payment service Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available through its iOS Virtual …
• 8 January

  PayPal’s Copilot Checkout Venture and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/8/25

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will support the launch of Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot Checkout capability, part of the company’s Copilot technology. PayPal will enable discovery of merchant inventory and enable branded and guest checkout and credit card payments as part of the program. Modulr Finance Ltd. announced it is launching its real-time …
• 7 January

  Online Shoppers Set a New Holiday Spending Record in 2025

  

  Online shoppers spent a record $257.8 billion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, a 6.8% increase from the same period in 2024, according to Adobe Analytics. Over the same period, daily e-commerce spending totaled or surpassed $4 billion on 25 days, compared to 18 in 2024. Cyber Week, the five …
• 7 January

  Eye on POS: Clover’s Biometric Move; NCR Voyix Readies Applications Suite

  

  Clover, the point-of-sale system from Fiserv Inc., is embarking on an identity-based utility with an integration with biometric-payments company Wink. Announced Wednesday, the integration involves much Clover POS equipment to accept biometric authentication to complete a transaction. Fiserv says the integration with Plano, Texas-based Wink is initially available to quick-service …
• 7 January

  Jack in the Box Ready with Qu and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/7/25

  

  The Jack in the Box Inc. restaurant chain has completed the installation of the Qu POS Inc. commerce platform in its 2,100-plus locations in 15 months, Qu said. Qu announced the Jack in the Box win in 2024. PayPal Holdings Inc. launched its Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, aimed at providing merchants with data …
• 6 January

  Tower Payments Launches New Solution for Online Nicotine Pouch Sellers

  

  Tower Payments, a high-risk merchant payment processor, launched a service for e-commerce sites selling nicotine pouches that restores credit card processing in the wake of a sudden account closure by the merchant’s existing processor. The service uses underwriting teams experienced with merchants selling synthetic and tobacco-derived nicotine products to guide …
• 6 January

  COMMENTARY: Stablecoins and Cards: Why the Either/Or Debate Misses the Point

  

  The stablecoin hype is real. The pitch sounds irresistible: instant settlement, lower costs, fewer intermediaries. So, will the world move on from cards to stablecoins? Nope. Why not? Because it’s more nuanced than that. Stablecoins and cards aren’t competing for the same job. Rather, they solve different problems in the …