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“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 …
August, 2026
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12 August
Five Years Later, the Beneficial Ownership Rule Will End
Created as part of the Corporate Transparency Act in 2021, a rule that required millions of U.S. small businesses to report their ownership structures to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, will officially end following a final rule from FinCEN. The original reporting rule, meant to combat money laundering …
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12 August
How Merchants Are Exploiting E-Commerce Tech And Strategies
As e-commerce expands, issues pile up for both online merchants and their customers. One such problem concerns shipment tracking, a necessary function when packages go awry. That issue creates opportunity. Early Wednesday, Veho Tech Inc. announced an integration with the e-commerce giant Shopify that offers real-time delivery tracking data directly …
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11 August
Eye on Small Business: Square Expands its Credit Card Program; J.P. Morgan Backs Dream Payouts’ Launch
Small businesses dominate the U.S. economy, and two payments companies are taking steps to ensure they offer relevant services. First, Square added 3% cash back on Square Bill Pay transactions and the ability to pay vendors even if they don’t accept cards. And, with J.P. Morgan Payments’ backing, Dream Payments …
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11 August
Francisco Partners Agrees to Acquire Canadian Processor Moneris
Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire Toronto-based Moneris Solutions Corp., a payments-technology developer, from Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada for $2 billion Canadian, or $1.43 billion U.S. The banks will each take half of the sale price. The two institutions have owned the Ontario-based processor as a …
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11 August
Repay Revenue up 33% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/11/26
Repay Holdings Corp. reported second-quarter revenue of $100.7 million, up 33% year-over-year, with $21 million contributed by Kubra Data Transfer Ltd., a bill-payment platform Repay acquired for $372 million in cash on June 1. Repay narrowed its net loss to $11.5 million from $108 million a year ago. Bill pay services …
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10 August
Consumers Like AI for Product Discovery, But Don’t Fully Trust It for Purchases
As artificial intelligence continues to make gains in consumers’ purchasing decisions, most are not quite ready to fully trust an AI agent to make a purchase on their behalf, with just 35% globally wanting human approval before an AI completes a purchase, finds a new report from RTB House. Released …
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10 August
Venmo Now in Google Play and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/10/26
PayPal Holdings Inc. said its Venmo payment service is available to consumers using the Google Play store, a digital content store. Google Play has accepted PayPal payments since 2014. Paysafe Ltd. announced it has launched PaysafeWallet in Poland. The digital wallet allows users to spend online or offline, withdraw cash, and send …
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7 August
Pay-By-Bank Enters Agentic Commerce with a Sionic and Agentix Tie-up
Account-to-account payments are about to meet the agentic-commerce age with a new partnership between Sionic, a bank-to-bank payments provider, and Agentix, an agentic-commerce technology firm. In the deal, Atlanta-based Sionic will supply an artificial-intelligence shopping agent with its Bank Perks to enable payment directly from a user’s bank account. Bank …
