News

March, 2026

• 26 March

  ParTech Beefs Up Its Marketing Mojo With Its Bridg Acquisition

  

  Retail technology provider PAR Technologies Inc. has acquired the Bridg point-of-sale marketing platform from Cardlytics Inc. ParTech expects the move will enable its quick-service restaurants and other customers to activate offers targeted at previously anonymous shoppers and identify which marketing tactics drive consumer spending. New Hartford, N.Y.-based ParTech is paying …
• 26 March

  Bluefin Launches BluePOS, Aimed at PAX Devices

  

  Bluefin Payment System LLC, an Atlanta-based company specializing in payments security at the point of sale, late Wednesday launched BluePOS, payment software designed for point-of-sale devices from PAX Technology Inc. The new technology, which uses Bluefin’s PayConex gateway, signals a move by the company to develop new products completely in-house …
• 25 March

  AmEx Touts Merchant Growth, AI Usage, And a New Business Card

  

  Powered by international growth, American Express Co. reported early Wednesday that its merchant network now has more than 170 million locations worldwide. In his annual letter to shareholders, AmEx chairman and chief executive Stephen J. Squeri also plugged the 176-year-old company’s artificial-intelligence initiatives. What AmEx calls its “locations in force” …
• 25 March

  How Top U.S. Acquirers Ranking Changed Following Acquisitions

  

  There’s a new top U.S. merchant acquirer. Global Payments Inc., with an estimated $2.8 trillion in 2025 U.S. processing volume, has moved into the top spot in the 2026 TSG  Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers, unseating JPMorgan Chase & Co., which had held the top rank since at least the …
• 25 March

  Zip Take on Agentic Trust and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/25/26

  

  With the increasing activity of AI agents in online commerce, payments-technology company Ixopay said it is working with digital-payments specialist Zip to develop a unified trust layer, or an open framework meant to address trust and risk in agentic commerce. Financial-services technology developer Q2 Holdings Inc. said it will work with Stablecore, a platform …
• 24 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 …
• 24 March

  How Adding Send for Instant Payments Spawned Good Surprises for BofA

  

  Bank-focused instant payments have been around since 2017, when The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC launched its Real Time Payments network, and gained more attention with the 2023 debut of FedNow from the Federal Reserve. While thousands of banks and credit unions have signed up to receive real-time payments from …
• 24 March

  Feedzai Unveils RiskFM, Aimed at a Frustrating Plague of Financial Fraud

  

  With nearly three-quarters of major U.S. banks reporting an increase in fraud losses last year, developers of fraud-prevention technology are scrambling to offer solutions. In the latest example, the Portugal-based technology company Feedzai has announced RiskFM, a tool the company says replaces a singular reliance on card-network data with information …
• 24 March

  Lightspeed’s AI Inventory Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/24/26

  

  Payments processor Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced a new AI-based tool aimed at helping merchants with inventory, product availability, and stock discrepancies.  Ticket Fairy, a digital platform that handles ticket sales and other functions for live events, announced its incorporation of AI in the launch of its new platform, Ticket Fairy 3.0. Founded …
• 23 March

  13 Years on, Surcharging Remains Complex for Acquirers

  

  It’s been 13 years since merchants were allowed to add surcharges to cover much of their credit card processing costs, yet confusion and complexity remain. Speakers at the Transact 2026 conference last week, sponsored by the Electronic Transactions Association, did their part to dispel much of this confusion. “Surcharging is a …