News

March, 2026

• 19 March

  Square’s Latest Deals Show Its POS Directions As It Seeks More Merchants

  

  Square Inc., the point-of-sale technology platform from Block Inc., announced two new deals late Wednesday and early Thursday that underscore its POS ambitions both domestically and abroad. In Chicago, Square said a seafood seller called The Fish Guy has installed an e-commerce service supported by Square and eGrowcery, a Birmingham, …
• 19 March

  Thunes And Pay to Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/19/26

  

  Money-movement platform Thunes Financial Services Inc. announced Banco Cathay of Costa Rica has adopted its Pay-to-Wallet service for cross-border payments. Loyalzoo Ltd., a developer of customer-engagement software for merchants, announced an agreement under which it will integrate its customer-relationship technology with a new point-of-sale platform from Priority Technology Holdings Inc., the MX …
• 18 March

  The EPC Launches an Ad Campaign to Overturn Illinois’s Interchange Law

  

  The Electronic Payments Coalition has opened another front in the battle over the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act with the launch of an ad campaign aimed at having the law overturned by the Illinois legislature. The campaign comes hard on the heels of efforts by organizations representing financial institutions in …
• 18 March

  Choosing the Right Payment Processing Partner: A Checklist for Software Platforms

  

  After everything you’ve invested in building your platform, the last thing you need is a payment processing partner that slows you down. For integrated software vendors (ISVs), payments aren’t just another feature or add-on. Your payment processor becomes a direct extension of your product, your brand, and the experience you …
• 18 March

  COMMENTARY: Why The Hybrid Model Will Win the Programmable Payments Race

  
• 18 March

  Square’s POS Data Pinpoint the Value of Regular Customers

  

  As creatures of habit, individuals often follow a routine throughout the day, and that extends into their local shopping activity. New data from Square, the point-of-sale arm of Block Inc., have found that regular customers generate six times more revenue for local businesses than more transient shoppers. Drawing on transactions …
• 18 March

  Oracle’s AI Assistant and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/18/26

  

  Oracle Corp. unveiled new technologies for its Simphony Cloud Point of Sale technology, including an embedded AI assistant. Mastercard Inc. adopted a new foundation for its generative artificial intelligence service. An AI foundation is a neural network trained on massive unlabeled datasets, according to technologist Nvidia. Zerohash, a technology provider for payments …
• 17 March

  Combatants in the Fight to Overturn Illinois’s Interchange Law Gear Up for an Appeals Battle

  

  Three organizations representing the banking community, as well as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency along with former acting members of the OCC, filed amicus briefs late Friday urging the court to overturn the decision to exempt Illinois merchants from paying interchange on the sales tax and gratuities …
• 17 March

  Mastercard Moves Deeper into Stablecoins Via Its BVNK Deal

  

  Mastercard Inc. announced early Tuesday it has agreed to pay $1.8 billion to acquire BVNK, a London-based stablecoin platform. The deal comes amid growing interest in stablecoins among fintechs, banks, and payments providers and as payments networks increasingly view the cryptocurrency as a practical vehicle for overall growth. The transaction, …
• 17 March

  Citi Adds Paze and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/17/26

  

  Early Warning Services LLC said Citi, a unit of Citigroup Inc., will offer Paze, the Early Warning online checkout service, to its cardholders. They can activate Paze via Citi.com, the Citi mobile app, or on Paze. Celero Commerce said it acquired substantially all of the assets of Petroleum Processing Solutions. The acquisition …