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Finix Payments Inc. is leaning into the unattended payments arena with the launch of its Android-based point-of-sale terminal designed for self-service payments. In related news, Deluxe Corp. formed a merchant services partnership with Dollar Bank. San Francisco-based Finix says its new POS terminal is meant to meet demand for contactless, …
May, 2026
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15 May
How Stablecoins Are Crashing the Agentic Commerce Party
It was probably only a matter of time before agentic commerce embraced cryptocurrency. Technology platform Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network early Friday announced W Agent, which the Singapore-based company calls a “new AI Agent skill.” That means the agents can find merchants, enter orders, and transact in stablecoins “end-to-end,” as the …
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15 May
Datacap Launches Virtual Gift and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/15/26
Datacap Systems Inc. launched Virtual Gift, a platform that enables users to create branded, consumer-facing digital gift card storefronts. Gift card purchases can be shared via a link, QR code, or embedded directly into merchant Web sites. InComm Payments’ health-care unit is working with the University of Kentucky’s HealthCare’s Food as Health …
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14 May
RTP Hits Another Banner Real-Time Payment Mark
RTP, the real-time payments network operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, set another record volume day with 2.27 million transactions processed valued at $8.62 billion on May 1. Its most recent prior record day was Feb. 13 when it processed 2.05 million real-time transactions. The Clearing House attributes …
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14 May
Fiserv Picks OpenAI for Agent Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/14/26
Fiserv Inc. said it will work with OpenAI to offer AI technology to financial institutions. The effort in its opening stages includes functions such as building agents on agentOS and offering cybersecurity technology keyed to AI. Fiserv says the scope of the project is expected to expand as the effort unfolds. …
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13 May
A Crucial Stablecoin Bill Faces a Senate Committee Vote
With the Senate Banking Committee scheduled to take a vote Thursday on whether crucial stablecoin legislation should advance to the full Senate floor, the time for debating the bill’s pros and cons is drawing to a close. The 309-page Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which would set rules for digital …
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13 May
Eye on POS: Global Infuses Genius Handheld with AI; Pax To Debut Self-Service Smart Kiosk
Global Payments Inc. intends for artificial-intelligence capabilities to make its Genius handheld point-of-sale device easier for users while it also launches self-service kiosks. But it’s not the only payment-device provider eyeing that market. PAX Technology Inc. will showcase its self-service Smart Kiosk this week, too, at the National Restaurant Show …
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13 May
Digital Wallets Bolster Paysafe’s First-Quarter Results
The processor Paysafe Ltd. early Wednesday reported it processed $43.9 billion in volume in the March quarter, a 10% improvement over the same period last year, with 19% growth in the company’s digital-wallet segment outpacing the much larger merchant-solutions unit, which posted an 8% jump, to $37.2 billion. Paysafe has …
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13 May
Card Balances up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/13/26
Some 53% of U.S. consumers carry a balance on their credit cards in response to rising costs, while 25% carry a balance for six months or more, says a survey from personal-finance platform Achieve. The research, conducted in March by the Achieve Center for Consumer Insights, queried 2,000 consumers. Xero, a …
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12 May
Fed Payments Diary: Cash Use Dips, But Remains Resilient
Credit and debit card use is up, but cash remains in 76% of consumer wallets, finds the 2026 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice, released by Federal Reserve Financial Services. Now in its 10th year, the report found that, on average, a consumer made six monthly cash payments in 2025, down …
