Fresha And Adyen and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/22/26 – Digital Transactions
- In the “In Other News” section of Wednesday’s issue of Digital Transactions News, Boost Payment Solutions was misidentified as Boost Payments. Digital Transactions regrets the error.
- Fresha, a booking and payments platform for beauty and wellness businesses, said its Fresha Capital offering for shops has lent more than $20 million since the program’s launch early this year, with more than 80% of borrowers seeking additional financing. Fresha’s partner in the venture is the payments provider Adyen NV.
- American Express said an agreement with Airbnb will make more than 1 million Airbnb listings globally available in Amex Travel, a platform that lets U.S. AmEx cardholders plan, book, and earn rewards on travel.
- Payments provider Ordr has introduced Ordr Insights, a service that uses AI to extract customer intelligence from payment data. The company says it developed the service with sports teams, entertainment venues, and the hospitality industry.
- Payments provider Lightspeed Commerce unveiled a series of new products and services across its retail, restaurant, and golf-course businesses aimed at harnessing data and AI to support merchants.
- Payments platform Bread Financial announced a long-term renewal of its contract with Sephora, a beauty retailer operating online and through some 3,400 stores.
- Klarna announced it has reached an agreement with FreshBooks to integrate its payment methods into FreshBooks’ invoicing and payment flows. The integration, managed by Stripe, requires no additional setup for merchants, the parties say.
- OneDine, a provider of guest-engagement and payments technology for the hospitality industry, has launched Restaurant Ordering Mentor, a server intelligence platform that the company says simplifies tableside orders for servers.
- Point-of-sale technology provider Square said Old Spike, a London coffee roaster, has adopted a dashboard using Square point-of-sale data to show customers how purchases in Old Spike’s seven cafes support its training and paid-work placement program. Square is a unit of Block Inc.
