Friday , September 18, 2026

Quill Bank’s Acquiring Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/18/26

  • Quill Bank announced it has launched its Acquiring Line of Business unit to serve payment facilitators, ISOs, ISVs, and fintechs, and has named payments veteran Deborah Camm senior vice president and head of acquiring.
  • Alchemy, a technology developer for agentic commerce and onchain transactions, announced an integration with Mastercard Agent Pay to support efforts by developers in building AI agents for online transactions.
  • Microsoft, along with software developer Marvell Technology and cybersecurity firm Utimaco, announced Azure Payment HSM v2, technology to secure payment transactions for banks and processors.
  • Rules from the automated clearing house regulator Nacha take effect Friday to clarify funds availability and streamline international automated clearing house transactions.
  • The PayPal debit card was named best in class by the General-Purpose Reloadable Card Scorecard from Javelin Strategy & Research. Cash App Card and Wisely Direct were designated overall leaders. Fifth Third Bank issues Wisely Direct.
  • Financial-services platform Pagaya has appointed payments-industry veteran Jason Gardner to its board of directors. Gardner is the founder of the payments companies Marqeta and PropertyBridge.

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