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As cryptocurrency for payments continues to emerge, two digital currency companies separately are broadening uses for their products. Bitget Wallet, which bills itself as an “everyday finance” app, is expanding its QR code payments to Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia. Bitget Wallet says it will be integrated with national payment systems …
May, 2026
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22 May
Fraud and Scam Initiators Are Adapting, Again, Visa Says
Fraud and scam bad actors are adapting again to changes in technology and consumer behavior, but so, too, are organizations charged with preventing their misdeeds. In its “Spring 2026 Biannual Threats Report,” Visa Inc. points to four shifts in the second half of 2025 as fundamentally changing how criminals interact …
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22 May
IVR Payments Adopted by The Storage Center and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/22/26
Technology company Self Storage Manager Inc. announced its Dynamic IVR Payment Solution has been installed at facilities operated by The Storage Center. The technology allows customers to make credit card payments via an automated phone system via interactive voice response. The Storage Center says it manages more than 60,000 storage units at …
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21 May
Lightspeed Segment Revenue Rises as It Narrows Its Loss; MagTek Eases Kiosk Integration with Cutflow
Point-of-sale commerce platform Lightspeed Commerce Inc. added approximately 3,200 new locations in its fiscal fourth quarter, as it marks a year into its U.S. retail and Europe hospitality focus. Montreal-based Lightspeed, which embarked on the two-pronged POS-based plan more than a year ago, says the location total was up by …
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21 May
For Now, Agentic Commerce Raises More Questions Than Answers
As AI makes advances in digital commerce, payments executives are beginning to raise questions about the process and its risks. For some players, the process remains at least partly opaque on such questions as what party takes responsibility when transactions go wrong. Other pending questions include whether the industry can …
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21 May
Tekion Taps Klarna and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/21/26
Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said Tekion Corp., developer of software for the automotive retail industry, will make Klarna available to customers using the Tekion Automotive Retail Cloud platform. Flywire, a payments-technology platform, announced an agreement to expand an existing link to Driftwood Hospitality Management to support payments at nearly …
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20 May
Square Picks up Well-Known Restaurant Chain The Hat; 33% of C-Store Operators Manage Four or More POS Terminals
Square, the point-of-sale arm of Block Inc., is adding restaurant chain The Hat to its customer list. In related news, 88% of convenience store operators and fuel retailers surveyed by Vontier Corp. report they have experienced a payment outage at least once in the prior 12 months. The Hat, with …
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20 May
Klarna Offers a Shopping Search App As BNPL Rivalry Grows
Point-of-sale credit providers are looking for an edge as competition in the buy now, pay later business grows hotter by the week. Klarna AB early Wednesday said it has launched its Klarna Shopping Search app. The app uses ChatGPT, an AI platform, to assist shoppers in finding current prices, availability, …
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20 May
Plaid’s Payment Assurance and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/20/26
Open-banking specialist Plaid Inc. unveiled Plaid Guaranteed Payments, a bank payment service. Plaid said the service will evaluate each transaction in real time and return an approval decision within milliseconds. If Plaid approves the transaction, it will guarantee the settlement. If the payment fails, it will cover the loss and handle recovery, …
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19 May
Eye on Fraud: Mastercard Merchant Trust Services Debuts; Darwinium Takes on Remote Access Scams
Just as legitimate transactions are a certainty in payments, so too, are fraud and scams. That doesn’t mean payments companies and their vendors need to just accept that. Now, Mastercard Inc. says it is countering fraud and scams with a new service, Mastercard Merchant Trust Services, to help clients identify …
