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While there may be apparent good news in the 23rd edition of the Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Study, it’s likely premature to think that criminals and scammers are backtracking. In 2025, the combined impact of identity fraud and scams totaled $38 billion, down $9 billion or 18.6% from …
April, 2026
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21 April
AI Comes to Cannabis POS, And Vibe Enlists Mega to Target Independent Sellers
AI seems to be everywhere these days, and now it’s penetrating the cannabis business as POSaBIT Systems Corp., known for its point-of-sale technology for dispensaries, moves into software for cannabis producers. And, in another point-of-sale development, New York City-based POS tech producer Vibe Retail announced a partnership with the ISO …
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21 April
JetBlue Vacations’ BNPL Pick and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/21/26
JetBlue Vacations said it will work with Flex Pay, a buy now, pay later platform, to offer monthly payment options to customers planning flight-and-hotel vacation packages. JetBlue Vacations is a unit of JetBlue Airways Corp. SpotOn Transact LLC said four hospitality operators were among new clients signed in the first quarter for …
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20 April
Embedding payments for growth: how ISVs can scale through vertical focus and partnerships
Josh Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon Embedded finance, embedded commerce, and integrated payments are different names for the same shift: integrating payments and financial services into your platform to deliver more value to customers and unlock recurring revenue streams. As Independent Software Vendors …
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20 April
TechCreate Teams With pQCee to Harden QR POS Terminal Security
TechCreate Group Ltd., a Singapore-based payments-software provider and consultancy, is partnering with quantum cybersecurity-solutions firm pQCee Pte Ltd to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology post-quantum cryptography algorithms in its QR Hybrid point-of-sale terminals. A QR hybrid POS device adds QR code scanning for digital wallets, mobile apps, …
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20 April
Nacha: Same-Day ACH First-Quarter Volume Grew 23.6%
The climb in same-day automated clearing house volume continues as 403 million of these payments were made in 2026’s first quarter, a 23.6% increase from the same quarter a year ago. Started in 2016 for credit payments only, same-day ACH volume has steadily grown, especially with the 2017 addition of …
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20 April
Repay’s Latest Proposal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/20/26
Processor Repay Holdings Corp. said it has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to buy Repay’s outstanding equity for $4.80 per share in cash. The share price stood at $4.11 at market close on Friday. The company said it will review the offer. The processor Nayax Ltd. said it will …
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17 April
IFPA Opponents Launch New Offensives to Derail the Law
Opponents of Illinois’s controversial Interchange Fee Prohibition Act have ratcheted up the pressure to preempt the law at the federal level or overturn it at the state level. The latest effort comes after a federal judge earlier this year upheld the law’s key provision, which exempts Illinois merchants from paying …
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17 April
Bybit Card Reaches 3 Million Users and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/26
The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced its Mastercard-branded Bybit Card has reached 3 million users a little more than three years after its introduction. The card enables users to spend both fiat and digital currencies. The Cost of Bills Index from bill-payment platform doxo indicates a wide gulf between the most and least expensive states, …
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16 April
Blackhawk Debuts a Consolidated Stored Value Platform for Brands
Blackhawk Network, best known as a gift card platform, says it wants to make it easier for brands to present a consolidated view of a consumer’s gift card balance, refunds, promotional funds, loyalty rewards, and funds used to appease unhappy shoppers. The company’s new stored-value platform enables brands to send …
