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ATM producer and network-services provider NCR Atleos Corp. announced Monday that InComm Payments has adopted its ReadyCode application programming interface to enable cardless cash pick-ups at more than 23,000 U.S. ATMs. Atlanta-based NCR Atleos says ReadyCode-enabled ATMs are located inside retailers in 40 states. InComm, also based in Atlanta, provides …
June, 2025
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30 June
A U.K. Regulator Throws an Interchange Obstacle at Mastercard And Visa
A ruling in the United Kingdom could imperil the validity of multilateral interchange fees in the United Kingdom and Ireland assessed by Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. A U.K. tribunal Friday ruled the fees infringe on competition law. The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled the fees infringe on prohibitions to restrict, …
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30 June
Klarna’s Bolt Exclusive and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/30/25
Klarna AB said an exclusive agreement with checkout and payments provider Bolt Financial Inc. will allow Klarna to integrate its payment options with Bolt’s CheckoutOS. The move is expected to allow merchants to offer Klarna’s payment options directly at checkout. Bolt says more than 80 million consumers use its one-click checkout …
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27 June
North Developer Is Your Destination for Real Payments Power
There is expanding opportunity for ISVs working in the payments space. The demand for new payment options has driven explosive growth in API-first approaches to processing. This is a field dominated by new thinking, and it’s where ISV and developer opportunities live. But ideas are not enough. Having the right …
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27 June
Adobe Enhances Adobe Commerce; Bolt’s New Service for Marketplaces
Digital-publishing and -services provider Adobe Inc. this week announced two additions to its Adobe Commerce e-commerce package, including a new cloud-based service. And Bolt Financial Inc. unveiled its Bolt Connect service, which the company says will help online marketplaces onboard merchants faster and streamline operations. San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe introduced …
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27 June
An Experian Tie-in to Mastercard Looks to Boost Fraud Prevention
Credit card issuers and others relying on the credit bureau Experian plc to aid with decisions about extending services to consumers will be able to tie into Experian’s integration of Mastercard Inc.’s identity-verification and fraud-prevention tech in the Experian Ascend Platform. Announced Thursday, the integration means users of the Ascend …
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27 June
Skyfire Launches AI Agent Checkout and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/27/25
Skyfire, a provider of payment and identity technology for AI agents, has launched AI Agent Checkout, technology said to be programmed specifically for transactions conducted via AI agents. Payments-software developer Weave Communications Inc. has appointed Adrian McDermott to its board of directors. McDermott is chief technology officer at ZenDesk.
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26 June
The Cloud Rules in Point-of-Sale Products, TSG Report Finds
It’s not a secret how cloud-based connectivity has changed payments, and now a quantifiable 78% of all point-of-sale product providers have at least one cloud-based POS product, finds the 2025 Directory of POS providers from TSG, an Omaha, Neb.-based payments advisory firm. The directory, which catalogs more than 5,500 data …
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26 June
As Colleges Pay Athletes, PayPal Looks to a Big Role in the Big 10 and Big 12
PayPal Holdings Inc. will process payments from universities to student athletes under multi-year deals the payments company announced early Thursday. PayPal’s agreements with the Big 10 and Big 12 college conferences follows a court ruling June 6 that permits colleges and universities to include student athletes in a revenue share. …
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26 June
Affirm Goes Gaming and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/26/25
In partnership with Xsolla, a provider of videogame-commerce platforms, Affirm Inc. has agreed to offer its payments options through online-game developers. Square, a unit of Block Inc. released its Square Handheld device in the United Kingdom. Square launched the device in May in the United States. Stablecoin-card issuer Rain said it will work with Toku, a …
