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Acquisitive merchant acquirer Payroc WorldAccess LLC has struck its latest deal, this time with a definitive agreement, announced Thursday, to acquire card-not-present payment processor BlueSnap Inc., which has seven offices around the globe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Payroc, based in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, …
July, 2025
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31 July
Toast Brings Cellular Connectivity And An Intelligence Engine to Its Handheld Terminal for Restaurants
Toast Inc. early Thursday unveiled Toast Go 3, the latest version of its handheld point-of-sale terminal for restaurants. Toast Go 3 offers cellular connectivity, as opposed to Wi-Fi only, and includes ToastIQ, an intelligence engine intended to offer personalized recommendations. The addition of cellular connectivity will enable staff to use …
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31 July
Nuvei’s Latest Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/31/25
The processor Nuvei said it has expanded its global clearing and settlement services into the U.S. and Canadian markets. Mastercard Inc. reported second-quarter net revenue of $8.1 billion, up 17%, with net income of $3.7 billion, a 14% rise. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported June-quarter revenue of $304.9 million, up 15% from the same period …
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30 July
Visa Looks to Stablecoins and Remittances to Fuel New Growth Opportunities
With consumer spending remaining resilient, stablecoins and remittances represent future growth opportunities, Visa Inc. chief executive Ryan McInerney told equity analysts during the network’s 2025 fiscal third-quarter earnings call late Tuesday. On the stablecoin front, McInerney said Visa is supportive of the recently passed GENIUS Act, which provides a regulatory …
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30 July
The Cost of Friction: Rethinking the Payment Experience
In the world of payments, it’s easy to focus on the visible costs—processing fees, transaction expenses, vendor rates. But often, the real cost hides in plain sight. It shows up when a payment fails, when a customer gives up mid-transaction, or when confusion leads to a flood of support calls. …
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30 July
Cash App Launches Pools and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/30/25
Block Inc.’s Cash App has launched pools, a peer-to-peer payments capability that enables group payments with what Block calls “a few taps.” Routable, a provider of accounts-payable technology, said it will work with Brale, a stablecoin developer, to enable businesses to pay vendors and contractors in stablecoin through Routable’s platform. The blockchain …
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29 July
What Visa’s VAMP Means for You
There’s another acronym joining the payments world: VAMP is a new set of security measures and requirements coming from Visa. The full name is “Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program,” and it brings with it new challenges — and protections — for merchants, acquiring banks, and partners building payment solutions. Why does …
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29 July
Darwinium Launches New Tools to Combat AI-Assisted-Fraud
Darwinium, a provider of cybersecurity software, has rolled out two new modules aimed at enhancing its digital-security and fraud-prevention platform. The modules detect criminals’ use of malicious AI agents to bypass a business’s fraud prevention defenses. The two new modules, called Beagle and Copilot, simulate malicious AI-based attacks to distinguish …
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29 July
PayPal Hails a Gambit Aimed at Avoiding Wallet Confusion
PayPal Holdings Inc.’s latest wallet initiative, PayPal World, will go live this fall and aims to reach more than 2 billion consumers, the company’s chief executive said early Tuesday. Alex Chriss followed up on an earlier announcement of the initiative by stressing how the venture will tie together five of …
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29 July
Dwolla Links to FedNow and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/29/25
The payments platform Dwolla announced it has connected with FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments platform. The company says it now has links to the two major U.S. instant-payment systems, the RTP network and FedNow. Bakkt Holdings Inc., a cryptocurrency-technology firm, announced a proposed public offering of Class A shares. The timing …
