Tuesday , October 6, 2026

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October, 2026

  • 6 October

    Eye on Acquiring: Payroc’s Integration Essentials Targets Developers; LegitScript Expands Its Merchant Underwriting Tools

    Onboarding merchants is a critical part of acquiring, and two companies are tailoring their efforts to make it as easy and safe as possible. Payroc WorldAccess LLC released its Payroc for Developers platform to help software companies, independent software vendors, and development teams expedite their Payroc integrations. Meanwhile, LegitScript updated …

  • 6 October

    Nayax Partners With Allied for Gas Sales; Partner Tech’s Self Checkout for Gas Stations

    The processor Nayax Ltd. said it has reached a distribution partnership with Allied Electronics Inc., allowing Nayax Fuel to offer its VPOS Media 5 outdoor payment technology to fueling stations throughout the U.S. market. The announcement comes as cards now account for 81% of pump transactions, up from 64% 10 …

  • 6 October

    Retail Payments up 5.7% in Canada and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/26

    Canadian consumers made 26.7 billion retail payments in 2025 totaling $12.9 trillion, up 5.7% in value over 2024, according to the Canadian Payment Methods and Trends Report released Tuesday by Payments Canada. Point-of-sale system maker NCR Voyix Corp. said its new integration with TruAge, a digital age-verification service, will help its …

  • 5 October

    Mastercard Will Help Distribute AI Tech Worldwide for Rezolve

    Mastercard Inc. has entered into a global reseller deal with Rezolve AI, a provider of commerce and customer-engagement capabilities based on artificial intelligence. The deal calls for the payments network to market, offer, and sell subscriptions to Rezolve AI’s software and services globally to merchants seeking technology to help manage …

  • 5 October

    Consumer Sentiment Improved in September, Fiserv’s Index Shows

    Consumers made fewer shopping trips in September but demand for back-to-school supplies helped boost overall sales, according to Fiserv Inc.’s Small Business Index, released early Monday. All in all, the index for September registered at 146, up one point from August and a 2.2% increase from the same month last …

  • 5 October

    Basware Acquires Fraud Fighter TrustPair and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/5/26

    Invoice-management platform Basware has closed on its acquisition of Trustpair, a fraud-prevention technology provider focused on payments. Terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced in late August. The digital-asset trading platform XT Exchange launched a scan-to-pay capability for its XT Pay service, allowing XT app users to make purchases …

  • 2 October

    Surcharging Rules are Multiplying, and ISVs Are in the Middle

    Surcharging compliance, once the sole domain of card brands, has spread into a patchwork quilt of state regulations that is making software providers and their payments partners feel the squeeze. The issue has little to do with the card brands, which altered their rules in 2013 to allow surcharging on …

  • 2 October

    A Checkout for Stablecoins Emerges, As Does Bitcoin on the Installment Plan

    Exodus Movement Inc. has launched Exodus Checkout, which allows businesses to accept dollar-denominated stablecoins. The rollout is starting in Argentina, with plans to expand across Latin America. The launch is taking place in partnership with DGO, the streaming platform for DirecTV in Latin America. The move comes as stablecoins—digital currency …

  • 2 October

    NYC’s Click to Cancel Rule In Effect and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/2/26

    Consumers in New York City have a new option for canceling their online subscriptions with new rules issued by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani becoming effective Thursday, Oct. 1. The click-to-cancel rules require subscription providers to make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up. A similar federal …

  • 1 October

    Eye on Cards: ConnexPay Adds Mobile Wallet Support; 23% Have More Than Three Cards

    The United States is one of, if not the, most credit card-centric market so companies do all they can to meet consumers where they want to interact. That includes mobile wallets, which ConnexPay LLC, a payout specialist, is doing. It’s added virtual card support for mobile wallets, enabling them to …