Having just Tuesday activated PayPal acceptance within the Perplexity.AI artificial-intelligence engine, electronics retailer Newegg is one of the first sellers to integrate PayPal Holdings Inc.’s agentic-commerce services. This means consumers can discover and purchase Newegg products directly inside Perplexity and potentially other AI-shopping environments. A form of e-commerce, agentic commerce …
Read More »
Fraud and scams have grown into a “pressing concern” for users of digital payments in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to a regional survey report released by Mastercard Inc. The research effort queried 3,577 adults in 12 countries in October. Mastercard has launched Mastercard Access Pass, aimed at allowing card issuers to …
Read More »
PayPal Holdings Inc. said it is an official digital payments partner with U.K.-based soccer club Liverpool FC. Already an option in the club’s digital payments platforms, PayPal will be featured more prominently on checkout and payment screens in the club’s e-commerce and All Red services. All Red is a membership program …
Read More »
Nacha, the automated clearing house rule maker, is soliciting feedback on potentially increasing the transaction size of a same-day ACH payment from $1 million to $10 million. Comments are being accepted through Dec. 18. Steamboat Capital sent an open letter to the directors of Priority Technology Holdings Inc. expressing disappointment in an …
Read More »
It’s a big update day for users of Cash App, the money-movement service from Block Inc., as a new artificial-intelligence tool, a borrowing service, and cryptocurrency options are added. Announced Thursday, the roster of 11 product updates to Cash App, which launched in 2013 as a person-to-person payment method called …
Read More »
The Federal Reserve announced its FedNow real-time payments network has raised its transaction limit to $10 million from $1 million. The tenfold increase is expected to enable more transactions for such usages as corporate treasury and payroll, vendor payments, and real-estate transactions. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a release saying it may not …
Read More »
Shift4 Payments Inc. continues to carve out a larger share of the stadium-pay market. The processor’s latest win is a deal with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League to modernize and streamline transactions at the Bengals’ home field, Paycor Stadium. Shift4 will process transactions for all food and beverage …
Read More »
It’s a busy day for PayPal Holdings Inc. and its payments services. Five years after launching PayPal Pay in 4 in the United States, PayPal now offers the buy now, pay later product in Canada. PayPal also said Venmo, its social-based money movement service, launched Stash, a rewards program for …
Read More »
Buy now, pay later specialist Affirm Holdings Inc. says Amazon.com Inc. extended by five years its deal with Affirm to offer installment-payment services, an option first offered in 2023. The move comes as Affirm posted $933.3 million in revenue for its 2026 fiscal first quarter. Affirm, in a shareholder letter, …
Read More »
Shift4 Payments Inc. executive chairman and founder Jared Isaacman was again nominated by President Trump to serve as the NASA administrator. An earlier nomination of Issacman to that role was withdrawn by Trump in May. U.S. Bank launched Split World Mastercard, a credit card that enables automatic no-fee, no interest equal monthly payments …
Read More »
Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
