Workday Adds PayPal Direct Deposit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/12/26 – Digital Transactions
- PayPal Holdings Inc. said direct deposit to a PayPal account is now an option in Workday’s Enhanced Direct Deposit program.
- Payments provider Checkout.com has agreed to process subscriptions and payments from client companies using SurveyMonkey in the U.S., Europe, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
- Many consumers—88%—are likely to shop at a small business this holiday, the highest percentage since 2012, the 2026 American Express Shop Small Impact Study found.
- Square, the acquiring unit of Block Inc., expanded its AI suite to include Squaremates, an intelligent business agent that can take on multi-step work across a seller’s business. Available to U.S. Square merchants, Squaremates is the primary way sellers use Square Dashboard when they sign in.
- Toast Inc., a point-of-sale provider for restaurants and other businesses, has agreed to provide Toast POS, Toast Go 3, kitchen-display systems, and other products for Great Harvest, a dining franchisor with more than 150 U.S. locations.
- Mews, a payments and operations platform for hospitality businesses, announced it has joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ Alliance Partner Program, allowing member properties to access Mews’s services.
- Certification and monitoring services provider LegitScript said it experienced a 160% year-over-year increase in the number of payment providers participating in its Enterprise Referral Partnership program. It did not disclose the actual tally.
- E-commerce services provider Linnworks found that 64% of e-commerce executives it surveyed said artificial intelligence is among the most important factors when choosing operations software. Linnworks commissions OnePoll to survey 500 e-commerce executives, split evenly in the United States and United Kingdom.
- International payments messaging servicer Swift said a review of its transactions found that 50% sent over its network arrived within 40 seconds and 75% did so within 10 minutes.
- Klarna Group plc has appointed Chris Koegel chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Niclas Neglen, who is leaving to join Adyen NV as CFO. Koegel joins Klarna from Robinhood Markets Inc.
