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September, 2025

• 29 September

  Corpay Teams With Mastercard on Cross-Border Payments, While PayOS Leverages Mastercard Agent Pay

  

  Corpay Inc., a provider of corporate payment and expense-management technology, has extended its partnership with Mastercard Inc. to enable corporations, small businesses, and financial institutions to make near real-time payments to 22 new markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The deal builds on the two …
• 29 September

  Swift’s Blockchain Addition and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/29/25

  

  The international money-transfer system Swift said it plans to add what it calls a “blockchain-based shared ledger” to its technology stack in an effort to process instant cross-border transactions. Some 34 financial institutions from 16 countries are advising Swift on the project. The payments platform Lightspeed Commerce introduced Showroom, a service that provides merchants …
• 26 September

  Businesses Looking to Revamp Payment Strategies Will Embrace Digital Payments, an AFP Study Says

  

  As the popularity of digital payments increases, more businesses and organizations are looking to revamp their strategies to keep up with the trend, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ 2025 Digital Payments Survey. Among the businesses and organizations surveyed for the triennial study, 76% expect to update their payments …
• 26 September

  Eye on Acquiring: Adyen Enlists TSG For Merchant Consult; Valor PayTech Teams with 4LeafLabs

  

  Payment processor Adyen will tap the expertise of analytics and consultancy firm TSG to help its merchants tailor payments applications to their needs. In related news, Valor PayTech is teaming with 4LeafLabs to create what it calls an affordable point-of-sale service for small businesses. Adyen,  a Netherlands-based processor initially known …
• 26 September

  Fiserv Acquires Smith Consulting Group and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/26/25

  

  Fiserv Inc. said it has acquired Smith Consulting Group, a Lake Mary, Fla.-based advisory service for community banks and credit unions. Terms were not disclosed. Reverb, a marketplace for musicians, has introduced its Reverb Wallet, which allows sellers to use marketplace earnings to buy new musical gear. The wallet was developed …
• 25 September

  Citi Teams With Dandelion to Enable Cross Border Payments to Digital Wallets

  

  Citigroup Inc. is partnering with Dandelion Payments Inc., a real-time, cross-border payments network, to enable near-instant, full-value cross-border payments into digital wallets globally. Dandelion will integrate Citi’s WorldLink Payment Services into its digital-wallet network to facilitate the payments. The service will initially launch in the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Colombia. …
• 25 September

  A Report Says Banks Pay 2.3 Times More to Onboard Merchants Than Pay Tech Firms Do

  

  Landing a coveted merchant account is a top goal for many banks and payment technology firms, but banks may be at a disadvantage. It can cost up to 2.3 times more, on average $496, for a financial institution to onboard a merchant for payment services, as a paytech may spend …
• 25 September

  Klarna Tops 1 Million Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/25/25

  

  Klarna AB said more than 1 million consumers have signed up for its Klarna Card since the product debuted in the U.S. market July 4. The daily signup rate for the debit card reached 50,000 on Tuesday. The news follows the company’s announcement last month that it has become an in-store payment method …
• 24 September

  Power up Holiday Sales with Factor4 Gift Cards

  

  You may groan, and say, “summer’s not even over!” But now is the perfect time to get a jump on planning for the coming holidays. Adding gift cards to a business can make things very merry and bright for your merchants this season. It’s a great way to engage — …
• 24 September

  Red Lobster Is the Latest Restaurant to Add an AI Phone-Ordering System

  

  SoundHound AI Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-based voice technology, said Red Lobster Hospitality LLC will roll out SoundHound’s AI-powered phone-ordering system across the restaurant chain’s more than 500 locations. The system will enable SoundHound to field all incoming calls for takeout orders, provide answers to common customer questions, such …