Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
Splitit USA, Inc. is betting its adoption of Google Inc.’s Universal Commerce Protocol will simplify the purchasing process for consumers shopping with AI agents. It figures the protocol will bring more payment flexibility and predictable BNPL approvals that can help AI agents close a sale. Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an …
March, 2026
-
6 March
How an Engineering Firm Looks to Accelerate Agentic Commerce
Sutherland Global Services Inc., a 40-year-old data-engineering company, has launched its FinAI Hub, an agentic AI platform aimed at banks and financial-service companies. The move comes as shopping and buying online increasingly becomes the province of bits of code unleashed by consumers and based on a form of artificial intelligence …
-
6 March
Alchemy Pay Gets License and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/6/26
Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway for cryptocurrency transactions, said it received a money-transmitter license in Delaware, the 15th state in which it has been so recognized. Strike, which offers services related to bitcoin, said it has received a BitLicense and money-transmitter license from the state of New York. Cinnaholic, a …
-
5 March
The Top 50 Originators Account for 91% of Total ACH Commercial Payments Volume, Nacha Says
The Top 50 originating financial institutions handled 30.7 billion automated clearing house payments in 2025, up 4.7% from 2024, and accounted for 91.4% of the ACH Network’s total commercial payments volume, down from for 93.8% in 2024, according to Nacha, the rules-setting organization for the ACH network. The Top 50 …
-
5 March
Pilot Turns to NCR Voyix in a POS Modernization Move
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, with more than 900 locations in 44 states and five Canadian provinces, will adopt point-of-sale technology from NCR Voyix Corp. at all of its stores under a five-year exclusive agreement, the Atlanta-based technology company announced early Thursday. Pilot, known for its off-highway fueling centers, and NCR …
-
5 March
CPI Revenue up 13% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/5/26
CPI Card Group Inc. posted improved fourth quarter and full year 2025 results with $153.1 million in fourth quarter revenue, up 22.4% from $125.1 million in the year prior quarter. Its net income for the quarter of $7.4 million was an 8.8% increase from $6.8 million a year earlier. For the …
-
4 March
Crypto Bank Kraken Financial Is the First Digital Bank to Receive a Federal Reserve Master Account
Kraken Financial, a Wyoming-based special-purpose depository institution operated by Payward Inc., has become the first digital bank to get a Federal Reserve master account. With the account, Kraken will be able to settle transactions directly on core payment rails in the United States, such as Fedwire, the Federal Reserve’s real-time …
-
4 March
Some 71% of Consumers Encounter E-commerce Scams, a Clutch Report Finds
As U.S. consumers take to e-commerce for more and more of their shopping, so too are scammers eyeing vulnerable consumers. It’s so common that 71% of consumers have faced a scam or an attempted one. That’s according to Clutch, a Washington, D.C.-based rating and review platform, which says its survey …
-
4 March
Pixel Watch Adds Express Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/4/26
Google updated the software for its Pixel Watch with an express-pay feature that enables users to turn and tap a Pixel Watch against an NFC-equipped point-of-sale reader to make a purchase without the need to first open the Google Wallet app. E-commerce retailer Newegg Commerce Inc. said it has added Venmo as a …
-
3 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 …
