Transcard Partners with Thredd and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/27/25

Apple Inc. said it is expanding Tap to Pay on iPhone to eight additional European countries. Tap to Pay on iPhone enables merchants to accept contactless payments using an iPhone and a payments-acceptance app with no additional hardware.
Payments-orchestration platform Transcard LLC announced it will work with the processor Thredd Group Ltd. to expand Transcard’s capabilities globally. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Transcard expanded into Canada earlier this year and last year was licensed in the United Kingdom as a payment institution.
Stablecoin platform Circle Internet Group Inc. announced an initial public offering of 24 million shares of its Class A common stock at an expected price between $24 and $26 per share. Circle will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRCL.
ACI Worldwide Inc. announced ACI Connetic, a single platform offering account-to-account and card payments as well as fraud-prevention capability based on artificial intelligence.
Electronic-book seller eBooksCheaper.com said it now accepts Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash, USD Coin and other cryptocurrencies for purchases on its Web site.
Long-time Visa Inc. executive Antony Cahill has been appointed regional president and chief executive officer for Visa’s European operations. He replaces Charlotte Hogg, who is leaving the company. Cahill has run Visa’s Value-Added Services unit for the last two years.

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