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The future is not ISOs versus ISVs. It’s ISOs and ISVs working together. By: Josh Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon The payments industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, driven by innovations such as agentic commerce, instant payments, and embedded financial services. …
August, 2026
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18 August
Full-Service Payments Provider vs Retail or Wholesale ISO or PayFac-as-a-Service: Why the Difference Matters
“White-label” has become a popular term in the payments ecosystem, alongside ISO, PayFac, and PayFac-as-a-Service. There are many ways to bring a branded payments experience to the market. Some providers own the underwriting, risk, and operational infrastructure behind that experience. Others rely on a third party to provide these functions.While …
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18 August
Card-on-File Is the Top Use of Debit Cards, SoFi Report Says
Using a debit card as a card-on-file payment accounted for 25% of debit transactions made in the second quarter, says the SoFi Tech Solutions Debit Spend Index. That’s up from 24% in the first quarter, and marks the payment method’s rise past card-not-present debit transactions as the most popular. Released …
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18 August
COMMENTARY: Stablecoin Adoption Doesn’t Have To Be a Deposit Retention Problem
When people discuss mainstream stablecoin adoption, the conversation usually focuses on payments: Will consumers pay with stablecoins? Will merchants accept them? Will blockchain replace card networks? The bigger challenge is not payments—it is deposits. The real battle is where money lives, not how it moves. Banks have spent decades building …
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18 August
Francisco Partners Acquires Weave and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/18/26
Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire Weave Communications Inc. in a deal valued at $650 million, representing a 34% premium to Weave’s share price. Weave is an 18-year-old payments-software developer specializing in health care. The news follows by a week Francisco Partners’ deal to acquire Canadian payments platform Moneris Solutions Corp. in a $1.43 …
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17 August
CardFlight Adds ACH Acceptance to its SwipeSimple POS App
Automated clearing house payment acceptance is now available in the SwipeSimple point-of-sale app from CardFlight Inc., adding invoice and payment links to the mix. New York City-based CardFlight says ACH acceptance is immediately available to merchants processing with Nuvei Corp., which is providing the technology for it. Launched in 2014, …
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17 August
An eTip Integration With Toast Digitizes Gratuities for Restaurant Servers
The gratuity platform for restaurants, eTip Inc., said it has integrated with the Toast Partner Ecosystem, allowing restaurants using Toast’s POS system to automate tip calculations and send tip sums directly to workers’ bank accounts. With the integration, eTip says it has widened its presence in the restaurant business with …
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17 August
Fiserv, Thunes Pair on Payouts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/17/26
Clients of Fiserv Inc. will reach 12 billion bank accounts and mobile wallets for payouts in more than 140 countries through a collaboration between the processor and cross-border payments platform Thunes, the parties announced. Xsolla, which supports payments for videogame players, said it has added more than 15 local payment methods worldwide …
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14 August
Eye on Cards: Citi’s Kard Acquisition; Grandstand’s High-Roller Debit Card; Lithic’s Tie With Monavate
Citigroup Inc.’s U.S. consumer-cards business says it will acquire card-marketing specialist Kard Financial Inc., while card issuer processor platform Lithic pairs with Monavate and online-gaming specialist Grandstand Ltd. issues a high-limit debit card. Citi, which has not disclosed terms of its deal, says New York City-based Kard provides personalized rewards …
