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, ...
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 ...
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 RTP network, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
A New Connection Lets PayPal Open Venmo to International Transfers
For years, PayPal has maintained two separate peer-to-peer payment services, though the brand it promotes most often for this capability ...
AI’s $500 Billion Retail Bump and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/23/26
AI in retail applications is expected to generate $500 billion in incremental volume by 2030, according to the “2026 Global ...






