CDE Enlists Bodega AI in New Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/26 – Digital Transactions
- CDE Solutions, a provider of retail point-of-sale technology, said it has worked with Bodega AI to develop an AI-based point-of-sale platform for independent retailers.
- Self Labs has launched Agent Vault, a payment and log-in layer requiring AI agents to sign in to make purchases on behalf of human shoppers without seeing or storing shoppers’ information.
- Finix Payments Inc. said its eligible U.S. clients now have access to Cash App Pay and Afterpay as payment options. Both products of Block Inc., Cash App Pay enables one-time and recurring payments and Afterpay offers buy now, pay later methods.
- In a post, FedNow executive Nick Stanescu outlined how the real-time payment service and other Federal Reserve Financial Services products can help institutions adopt instant payments.
- Cash-back shopping service Rakuten launched its American Express Card Limited Edition Naruto Shippuden Design, a card featuring cartoon characters from a popular Japanese television show. The card carries no annual fee and pays 4% on top of what users earn on eligible Rakuten purchases, subject to eligibility. Based in Tokyo and with an international hub in San Francisco, Rakuten does business in more than 30 countries.
