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Six months after fully revising its point-of-sale app and adding modes to enable merchants to tailor it to their needs, the acquirer is out now with what it says is its largest update to its food and beverage platform. Square, a unit of Block Inc., also released updates to Square …
October, 2025
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8 October
Worldpay’s East West Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/8/25
The processor Worldpay said it will offer commercial and business customers of East West Bank access to point-of-sale, e-commerce, and loyalty technology under a new agreement. FIS Inc. has agreed to sell Worldpay to Global Payments Inc. in a deal that is expected to close in the first half of next year. Block Inc. has …
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7 October
Expanding into healthcare as an ISV growth strategy: how embedding payments can streamline revenue cycle management
Lisa Brooks, Vice President, Healthcare Partner Management – U.S. Bank | Elavon Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and SaaS providers have long viewed healthcare as a rich target for vertical expansion. The market is large, highly regulated, and plagued with inefficiency. Many vendors break into this space by solving one part …
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7 October
How PayPal’s Ads Manager Helps Cement Its Links to Merchants
PayPal Holdings Inc. has officially launched PayPal Ads Manager, a service that allows merchants to act as their own retail media network and generate new revenue streams, PayPal says. Retail media networks are advertising platforms that allow retailers to sell ad space across the media channels they own or control, …
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7 October
COMMENTARY: Visa’s New Commercial Enhanced Data Program: What Merchants Need to Know
Merchants are no strangers to rising payment-processing costs. Merchant-processing fees often feel unavoidable, driven by interchange rates and card-network rules that are beyond a merchant’s control. However, in April 2025, Visa introduced a program that could reshape how merchants manage these costs: the Commercial Enhanced Data Program, also known as …
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7 October
Helcim Joins Verizon Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/7/25
Helcim announced it is the first payments provider to be included in the Verizon Business Marketplace, a software market for small and mid-size businesses. The news follows Helcim’s launch in April of Faster Deposits, a service aimed at delivering next-business-day funding of digital-payment receipts to merchants. Stax Payments, a payments-technology provider, said …
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6 October
PayPal Adds Cash Back to BNPL for the Holidays And Expands BNPL to In-Store Purchases
PayPal Holdings Inc. announced it is offering 5% cash back to U.S. consumers using its buy now, pay later payment option for purchases through the end of the year. In addition, PayPal is rolling out its Pay Monthly BNPL option to in-store shoppers. The moves are expected to make PayPal’s …
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6 October
AmEx Employs Digital Ads To Help Brands Reach Its Cardholders
American Express Co. cardholders are about to see targeted ads from premium brands on some AmEx-owned platforms. Announced Monday, Amex Ads is a digital advertising platform to help brands reach the issuer’s 34 million U.S. cardholders. It begins on AmexTravel.com and will expand to other AmEx-owned platforms. AmEx says this …
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6 October
Global’s Genius for Education Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/25
Global Payments Inc. announced a version of its Genius point-of-sale payments platform is available for colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, including campus dining. The U.S. Faster Payments Council will work with the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc., a developer of standards for the U.S. financial industry, to speed development …
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3 October
Consumer Spending Rose Slightly in September as Consumers Turn Pragmatic in Purchasing, Fiserv Finds
Small businesses continued to see slow but steady month-over-month sales growth in September, according to the Fiserv Small Business Index. Month-over-month sales increased 0.1% in September from August, while transactions increased 0.3%. Average ticket sizes fell 0.2% from August. Overall, the metric for the index held steady at 148 for …