News

July, 2026

• 21 July

  The healthcare payments industry has a perception problem

  

  The real threat to healthcare ISOs isn’t competition; it’s irrelevance Lisa Brooks, Vice President, Healthcare Partnerships For years, merchant service providers (MSPs) and ISOs have approached healthcare as just another vertical. There’s a bit more compliance, a few integrations, and maybe a longer sales cycle. But beneath the surface, something …
• 21 July

  How Stablecoins Are Becoming Currency for ‘Everyday Transactions’

  

  Stablecoins have been on payments companies’ radar screens for years, but only recently has the digital currency gained the credibility needed to move processors, merchants, and users toward using stablecoins for everyday payments. The latest example of this emerged early Tuesday with an announcement from Mesh, a San Francisco-based crypto …
• 21 July

  NMI Debuts Its Smart POS Terminal; MagTek Pairs with Star Micronics on Access Tokens

  

  Payments provider NMI has added to its point-of-sale terminal lineup the Axium SmartPOS, which works across merchant types. In related news, MagTek Inc. says it will provide digital access tokens, which replace keys and passwords, for Star Micronics devices. Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says the new terminal uses POS equipment maker …
• 21 July

  Samsung’s Card and Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/26

  

  Samsung Electronics America launched its Samsung Galaxy Card, a Visa card embedded directly in the Samsung Wallet and the electronics company’s first credit card product in the U.S. market. The card carries no annual fee and offers 5% cash back on Samsung purchases online or in-store. Fiserv Inc. announced it will be …
• 20 July

  Eye on POS: Datacap’s SureTap Debuts; Global POS Transactions to Top $41 Trillion by 2031

  

  Datacap Systems Inc. is entering the softPOS arena with its new SureTap point-of-sale application, with which merchants can use their own devices. Any new transactions made with the application will contribute to the other bit of Monday’s POS news. The total value of global POS transactions are forecasted to reach …
• 20 July

  Accel’s Green Valley Deal Speeds Its E-Gaming Ambitions

  

  Accel Entertainment Inc. will support approximately 600 gaming terminals located in Green Valley Grocery Convenience Store locations across Southern Nevada following an agreement announced early Monday between Accel’s Century Gaming Technologies Nevada unit and Green Valley. Green Valley, which operates nearly 90 stores, is owned by Anabi Oil, an Upland, …
• 20 July

  A-Comm’s Agentic Prep and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/20/26

  

  A-Comm Technologies Inc. said its draft A-Comm Evidence Protocol for agentic commerce is available for public comment through Aug. 14. The protocol supports a record of evidence to establish the validity of AI-initiated consumer transactions. Software-testing platform Testlio said of all the high- to medium-severity software issues reported in its 2026 Software Quality …
• 17 July

  Hospitality POS Provider Mews Adds Multicurrency for U.S. and Canadian Hoteliers

  

  With demand for hotel rooms forecasted to pick up this year and next in the United States, hospitality point-of-sale specialist Mews is adding multicurrency processing for hotel operators in the United States and Canada. Already made available 14 months ago to European hotels, the multicurrency service enables international travelers to …
• 17 July

  Visa’s Latest Crypto Venture Is the Visa Stablecoin Platform

  

  Visa Inc. has been involved in various stages of stablecoin processing for the last three years, but this week the card network stepped up its involvement with the cryptocurrency, launching Visa Stablecoin Platform. The new service is starting out in beta testing with “select clients,” Visa says, as companies determine …
• 17 July

  FIS Adopts AI Tool to Scrutinize Software and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/17/26

  

  Payments processor FIS Inc. said it has adopted Project Glasswing, a system from Anthropic that relies on AI to detect and fix security weaknesses in software. As part of the initiative, FIS is also testing Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model to scan its operating systems. Payments platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced a number of …