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PARTech lands Pizza Factory and other digital transactions news briefs from 6/16/26. * PAR Technology Corp. said it has signed Pizza Factory for its PAR POS, PAR Ordering, and other PAR technologies to be installed at all of the restaurant chain's 110 stores. * Zip Co Ltd. announced it intends to support Stripe Inc.'s Shared Payment Tokens for checkout via AI agents. * Pacific Gas & Electric is warning customers of a scam in which fraudsters call the utility's customers to demand immediate payment on an allegedly overdue bill while sending a barcode or QR code. The scammer tells the customer to take the code to a store and show it to a cashier to make payment. * Precoro Inc., an automation platform for procurement, has launched Precoro Payments, aimed at enabling direct payment of invoices within the procurement workflow via ACH, same-day ACH, and wire. * A survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by processor NMI found that 30% have received a parking ticket because of confusing payment instructions. Some 37% have struggled with technical issues while trying to pay at parking kiosks or pay stations. * Prepaid card specialist Blackhawk Network launched Game On Ontario, a multi-brand gift card to fund both online sportsbook and casino accounts. * NCR Atleos Corp. said Global Credit Union will deploy Atleos ATMs at its Utqiaġvik, Alaska, location, the northernmost city in the United States. * Akamai Technologies announced its unified agentic framework for its Bots & Agent Control service. Among the components are verified identity and human attribution, user-centric authentication, and security and performance requirements for AI interactions. * ACI Worldwide Inc. announced it is processing Wero transactions for Rabobank, a Dutch financial institution, as the Netherlands transitions from the country's iDEAL payment system to Wero, the payment method sponsored by the European Payments Initiative. * New York City's Rockefeller Center has named Visa Inc. a Proud Partner of Top of the Rock, the building's observation deck. The designation will allow Visa cardholders to have early access to tickets for access and a 20% discount at the Top of the Rock shop.

ACI Worldwide has joined the European Payments Initiative as a principal member and integrated the Wero pan-European instant-payments wallet onto its Payments Orchestration Platform. The integration enables banks, payment providers and merchants across multiple EU markets to offer Wero for peer-to-peer, e-commerce and in-store transactions. The move strengthens ACI's position in Europe's instant payments infrastructure as EU regulation pushes universal instant-payments capability across the Eurozone. The development follows the recent Kwik Payments launch on ACI's platform, demonstrating the company's strategy to position orchestration as a common layer for cards, account-to-account and digital wallet transactions. ACI Worldwide's narrative projects $2.0 billion revenue and $277.3 million earnings by 2028, requiring 5.1% yearly revenue growth.

UBX Tanzania deepens partnership with ACI Worldwide to power the next phase of the nation's digital economy. The upgraded platform is expected to double monthly payment transaction processing capacity ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with UBX Tanzania Limited, Tanzania's leading national payment service provider. The extended partnership marks a significant milestone in a relationship that spans nearly two decades and is focused on strengthening infrastructure resilience, enhancing scalability and enabling innovation to support Tanzania's rapidly evolving digital economy. UBX currently powers the core payments infrastructure for 18 banks in Tanzania, supporting a nationwide network of over 250 ATMs and processing more than 1.3 million transactions monthly. Through this extended collaboration, UBX is positioned to accelerate the onboarding of new financial institutions and is projected to nearly double its payment-processing capacity over the next five years. Built on an active, high-availability infrastructure across two certified PCI-compliant data centers in Tanzania, the platform strengthens resilience and reduces service disruption and operational risk. "As Tanzania's payments landscape continues to grow in scale and complexity, we need infrastructure that is not only reliable but also adaptable to future demands," said Seronga Wangwe, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of UBX Tanzania Limited. "ACI gives us the confidence to expand our services, support more institutions, and continue delivering secure, high-performance, and always-on payment experiences that underpin economic activity across the country." Under the extended partnership, UBX can now serve merchants directly, expanding its market reach and service portfolio while streamlining operations and delivering significant savings in cost, time, and effort. The platform also enables UBX to launch new value-added services, such as digital wallets, supporting innovation across Tanzania's growing fintech ecosystem. Designed to meet global and local regulatory standards, the platform secures transactions and helps UBX navigate evolving regulatory complexity without the burden of infrastructure management. "Our extended partnership with UBX reflects a long-standing relationship grounded in decades of mutual trust, underpinned by ACI's deep global expertise in the payments industry and a shared commitment to advancing digital payment transformation in Tanzania," said Nick Craig, General Manager, EMEA at ACI Worldwide. "ACI is proud to support UBX's vision in the development of an inclusive, sustainable, and innovative payments ecosystem that promotes financial inclusion and drives long-term economic growth."