A Mobile App for Water Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/16/26 – Digital Transactions
- American Water, said to be the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the U.S., has adopted VXconnect from software developer VertexOne. VXconnect offers a mobile app by which customers can manage payments.
- Toast announced it has signed Kung Fu Tea for point-of-sale payments processing and related technology. Kung Fu Tea operates 330 locations across the U.S.
- Circle Internet Group Inc. has launched Arc mainnet, a blockchain aimed at enabling money movement and agentic commerce. Among other features, the Arc technology integrates USDC, Circle’s stablecoin, which has reached $74 billion in circulation.
- Daxko, a payments and software provider for the health-and-wellness industry, said it has acquired Alaris, a developer of software for childcare compliance and management. Terms were not announced.
- Convenient Brands Inc. announced it has closed on the sale of Convenient Payments LLC, also known as IntelliPay, to Priority Commerce. Terms were not disclosed.
- The crypto wallet provider Bitget Wallet said it has integrated a tokenized-asset issuance protocol called Reality to allow Bitget Wallet users to trade more than 1,700 tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds directly from a self-custodial wallet.
- Ordr, a ticketing processor for sports and other industries, appointed Jamie Chaplin vice president of payment solutions. In this role, she will run Ordr Pay, the company’s payment processor. Chaplin comes to the company from Olo, a payments processor for restaurants.