Square Signs Steak Escape and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/27/26

Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale payments unit will provide terminals, kiosks, and kitchen-display systems and process payments for Steak Escape, a 23-location fast-food chain.
Visa Inc. said it has worked with Pinwheel, a platform for in-app bill management, to launch its Enhanced Subscription Manager service, aimed at helping consumers track and manage recurring charges. The number of subscriptions globally is expected to reach 12 billion by 2030, Visa says.
Finix Payments Inc. said it has integrated authentication and identity APIs from open-banking platform Plaid Inc. to enable fast bank-account verification throughout merchant onboarding, payouts, and routine payment management.
AccelPay, a payments platform specializing in the alcohol industry, has merged with ReserveBar, a technology marketplace serving the same business. Terms of the merger were not announced.
Collectly Inc., a billing and payments platform for health-care providers, has closed on its acquisition of Pledge Health, a provider of AI technology for the same market. Terms were not announced.
Christine Katziff is joining the board of directors at payments-sofware provider Flywire Corp. following a nearly four-decade career at Bank of America Corp.
Cents Technologies Inc., a payments-technology provider for the laundry industry, said it has closed on a $140-million Series C funding round led by Sumeru Equity Partners.

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