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Payments processor Adyen said it will provide its SFO1 point-of-sale terminal to Joe & The Juice, a juice bar and coffee merchant. Payments provider Valor PayTech announced an integration with retailcloud, which makes cloud-based retail software, that will ease the hardware and software setup for retailers. Euna Solutions launched PayCenter, an online payment portal for …
July, 2025
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14 July
Zelle Adds 178 Financial Institutions in Six Months
Zelle, the 7-year-old peer-to-peer payments service, has added another 178 banks and credit unions to its list of Zelle participants, the service announced Monday. Zelle, launched in 2017 by Early Warning Services LLC, says this bumps to more than 2,300 the number of financial institutions that offer the service. Zelle …
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14 July
Pappas Picks Tabit l and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/14/25
Pappas Restaurants said it has selected Tabit as its core technology provider for all of its dining chains. These include Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen, Pappasito’s Cantina, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, and Pappas Bar-B-Q. The offering includes a heavy emphasis on a mobile point of sale. Fiserv Inc. announced it has added workforce-management capabilities to its …
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11 July
A Suit Is Dismissed Claiming Apple, Mastercard, And Visa Worked to Hold Fees in Place
An Illinois merchant’s allegations that Apple Inc., Mastercard Inc., and Visa Inc. worked to artificially maintain pricing by agreeing to funnel Apple Pay transactions via the two card networks was dismissed this week by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Filed in December …
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11 July
Helcim’s Latest Smart POS Terminal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/11/25
The point-of-sale provider Helcim Inc. launched Smart Terminal, a handheld POS device aimed at smaller merchants. Under a new agreement, acquirer Sona said it will offer merchant services to businesses that are members of Vancity, said to be one of Canada’s largest credit unions. Sona was acquired last year by Celero Commerce. The law …
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10 July
New Generation Rolls Out Its Agentic Commerce Platform
New Generation, a technology company that creates AI-native storefronts for merchants, unveiled its agentic-commerce platform early Thursday. The platform allows AI agents to securely check out from merchant Web sites. The company is working with Visa Inc. to enable payments through its platform, handle identity checks, and provide fraud protection …
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9 July
QR Codes Make a Splash in the Real Time Payments Pool
QR code payments have taken a big step towards becoming not only a mainstream payment option but also one that can accelerate the adoption of real-time payments. Late last week, the technology was used to facilitate a transaction over the FedNow network using the X9 standard. The demonstration transferred funds in …
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9 July
Click to Cancel Rule Booted and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/9/25
The Federal Trade Commission’s negative option rule, or click to cancel rule, for subscription management, has been struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit because the FTC did not follow procedures for creating the rule, The Hill reported. The rule was set to start July 14, having been delayed …
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8 July
Worldpay Expands Embedded Payments to Canada And the U.K.
Worldpay Inc. is introducing in Canada and the United Kingdom its Worldpay for Platforms service, which allows software developers to embed payment processing in their platforms, the processor announced Tuesday. At the same time, Worldpay announced it is expanding availability of the service in Australia. Demand for embedded payments is …
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8 July
Truist’s Merchant Engage Combines Banking and Payments in One
Truist Financial Corp. is courting merchants and their banking and payment needs with a new service called Merchant Engage. The free service is an integrated merchant-services platform, enabling small businesses up to large merchants to view all of their transaction data in one location. Announced Tuesday, Merchant Engage also brings …
