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August, 2026

  • 24 August

    Full-Service Payments Provider vs Retail or Wholesale ISO or PayFac-as-a-Service: Why the Difference Matters

    “White-label” has become a popular term in the payments ecosystem, alongside ISO, PayFac, and PayFac-as-a-Service. There are many ways to bring a branded payments experience to the market. Some providers own the underwriting, risk, and operational infrastructure behind that experience. Others rely on a third party to provide these functions.While …

  • 24 August

    Walmart’s OnePay Expands Apple Pay Wallet Support

    OnePay, the financial-services company majority owned by Walmart Inc., is adding support for Apple Inc.’s wallet for its credit cards, enabling cardholders to use their cards to make Apple Pay transactions. The OnePay debit card has supported Apple Pay since 2022. Adding Apple Pay support coincides with Walmart enabling contactless …

  • 24 August

    PayRewards Enters the U.S. Offering Points for Small Business Spending

    An Australia-based payments processor and rewards player is launching in the U.S, market on the back of $28 million in fresh investor funding. PayRewards, which specializes in small businesses, says it will offer rewards on a wide range of corporate spending, including automated clearing house transactions as well as credit …

  • 24 August

    Paysafe’s Video Game Log on and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/24/26

    Paysafe has launched a video gaming arena, built on its PaysafeCard and PaysafeWallet products, for players, developers, and publishers. The company says the initiative is intended to widen its gaming franchise beyond payments with features such as game discovery and recommendations, rewards, promotions, and events. Global Payments Inc. kicked off Genius World, …

  • 21 August

    PublicSquare Lands Payments Integration with LendSuite

    Payments companies continue to court potentially lucrative software integration deals with PSQ Holdings Inc. among the latest to do so. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based PSQ says its PSQ Payments unit will supply credit and debit card and automated clearing house payments, along with instant payment processing via FedNow and RTP …

  • 21 August

    Walmart Adding Contactless Payment Acceptance and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/21/26

    Walmart Inc. said it will add contactless payments to point-of-sale terminals at select Walmart and Sam’s Club stores and plans to make it available at U.S. locations by the end of 2026. The tap-and-pay method will come to its fuel stations by mid-2027. Walmart is among the most recent of the …

  • 20 August

    Intrigued by AI for Shopping, Many Consumers Spurn it for Financial Actions

    A new report from Experian appears to illuminate a key issue for artificial intelligence in commerce. Consumers may be more comfortable using it for product discovery, comparisons, and recommendations, but many lack trust in handing AI financial-services decisions. Experian, in its 11th annual Identity and Fraud Report, found that 31% …

  • 20 August

    How Recurly And Justt Are Looking to Fight Subscription Chargebacks

    Chargebacks have plagued the card-payments economy for years, leading payments providers to seek solutions, often to no avail. The latest move involves subscriptions, with Recurly early Thursday announcing an integration with Justt, a company that helps sellers manage chargebacks, to reduce losses on a problem that drains significant revenue for …

  • 20 August

    Repay’s Visa Connection and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/20/26

    Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. announced it has a reseller agreement with Visa Platform Connect, a service that lets acquirers and independent software vendors link directly to the Visa Acceptance Platform and VisaNet. Ninety-one percent of Canadian consumers fear their online data could be used to make impersonation easier or disclose answers to …

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