News

June, 2026

• 4 June

  Colorado Bill To Cut Sales Tax from Interchange Calculation Vetoed

  

  Colorado’s SB 26-134, a bill that would have eliminated sales tax as part of the interchange-fee calculation, has been vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis. SB 26-134, similar to the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, would have taken effect Jan. 1, 2028, had Polis approved it. The contentious Illinois law, which …
• 4 June

  Visa Pairs With Tech Firm Brale to Test Crypto Settlement

  

  Visa Inc. is setting the stage for stablecoin settlement in a partnership with Brale, whose technology enables businesses to introduce and operate digital currencies backed by fiat money. The collaboration, announced early Thursday, will allow the card network to test settlement with Brale’s SBC, a stablecoin backed by the U.S. …
• 4 June

  Mastercard in A2A Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/4/26

  

  PaidBy, an account-to-account payments provider, said it is working with Mastercard Inc. to boost global uptake of A2A payments using open banking. American Express Co. has added a second checked bag as a new benefit for holders of its Basic Delta SkyMiles, Gold, Platinum and Reserve Consumer cards and Business cards. AmEx said …
• 3 June

  Eye on BNPL: Sezzle’s Next Move; Ulta Adds Klarna Option

  

  Buy now, pay later specialist Sezzle Inc. is ready to be known for more than its installment payment service, hoping to capitalize on its Earn features. Meanwhile, BNPL provider Klarna AB says Ulta Beauty now offers its payment option to U.S. consumers. A year old, Earn, displayed as a tab …
• 3 June

  Mastercard Adds Settlement Windows Beyond Business Days

  

  Mastercard announced early Wednesday it plans to introduce settlement options including weekends, holidays, and at times during the day of the transaction. The new settlement windows will apply to both card-based fiat transactions and those involving cards linked to regulated stablecoins, the network said. The move would expand availability beyond …
• 3 June

  Fiserv SMB Index Unchanged and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/3/26

  

  Fiserv Inc. said its Small Business Index for May remained flat at 144 as small-business transactions dropped 2.4% year-over-year while average tickets rose 3.1%. The drop in transactions marked the seventh consecutive month of declining foot traffic. Fireblocks, a payments platform based on digital assets, launched Fireblocks Flow, stablecoin-acceptance technology aimed …
• 2 June

  Eye on Faster Payments: Payfinia’s RTP Integration; Aeropay’s Jack Henry Tie-in

  

  Work on growing the real-time payments ecosystem goes on with Payfinia completing an integration with The Clearing House Payments Co LLC’s RTP network and Aeropay making an integration with Jack Henry & Associates Inc. to boost its pay-by-bank service. Portland, Ore.-based Payfinia says its work with TCH, which launched the …
• 2 June

  NMI Buys Fee Navigator As Merchant Pricing Gets Hot

  

  NMI announced early Tuesday it has acquired Fee Navigator, a provider of analysis for acquirers looking to price services for merchants. Terms were not disclosed. Schaumburg, Ill.-based NMI says the deal brings merchant-pricing capabilities supported by AI, adding to an arsenal of services the processor offers to independent sales organizations, independent …
• 2 June

  MoneyGram Launches a Stablecoin and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/2/26

  

  MoneyGram has launched a U.S. dollar stablecoin called MGUSD, furthering its move into blockchain technology for payments. Soar Payments LLC, also known as SoarPay, announced the publication of “High Risk Merchant Accounts 101,” a guide to processing payments for high-risk and regulated businesses. Fifth Third Bank launched Report Phishing, a feature in …
• 1 June

  The Illinois IFPA Implementation Date Is Extended Again

  

  A last-minute budget move will see the implementation date for the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act pushed back a year, to July 1, 2027. Originally scheduled to become law Monday, the IFPA would have seen interchange on sales tax and tips prohibited. How it would have been implemented has been …