Friday , August 28, 2026

John Stewart

Starting as an editor on Bank Network News at Faulkner & Gray, John ultimately played a key role in starting, editing, and publishing many of F&G's flagship publications, including Credit Card Management, Card Technology, Card Marketing, and Collections & Credit Risk. Before co-founding Boland Hill Media, John was a group publisher at Thomson Media responsible for a $10 million division embracing magazines, newsletters, and Web sites.

Affirm and Shopify Expand Shop Pay to Australia, the Pair’s Fourth Market

The installment-payments platform Affirm Holdings Inc. and online commerce service Shopify late Thursday announced they have expanded their 5-year-old collaboration, Shop Pay Installments, to Australia. The service, which lets consumers use the Shop Pay button to check out on e-commerce sites and then pay over time with Affirm, is active …

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A New Partnership Seeks to Thwart Dark Web Cyber Thieves

Nasdaq Verafin, a developer of fraud-prevention technology, and Q6 Cyber, a supplier of fraud intelligence, have paired to offer a service to financial institutions that the parties say helps identify and respond faster to scam threats on the dark Web as they are developing. The partnership, announced early Thursday, is …

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Priority Payments’ Deals for IntelliPay and Tampa Bay Bucs Ticketing

Priority Technology Holdings Inc. announced within a two-day span a processor acquisition and a deal to process ticket payments for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. The Alpharetta, Ga.-based processor said early Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Convenient Payments, which does business as IntelliPay, a privately …

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Nayax Lays Out $350 Million to Acquire Parking Maestro IPS Group

The combination will expand Israel-based Nayax’s reach by adding the 250,000 parking spaces San Diego-based IPS controls in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The locations include city street spaces as well as college-campus and commercial slots. IPS manages the spaces through smart …

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PayRewards Enters the U.S. Offering Points for Small Business Spending

An Australia-based payments processor and rewards player is launching in the U.S, market on the back of $28 million in fresh investor funding. PayRewards, which specializes in small businesses, says it will offer rewards on a wide range of corporate spending, including automated clearing house transactions as well as credit …

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How Recurly And Justt Are Looking to Fight Subscription Chargebacks

Chargebacks have plagued the card-payments economy for years, leading payments providers to seek solutions, often to no avail. The latest move involves subscriptions, with Recurly early Thursday announcing an integration with Justt, a company that helps sellers manage chargebacks, to reduce losses on a problem that drains significant revenue for …

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Kraken Debuts in the U.S. a Debit Card Backed by 600-Plus Fiat And Digital Assets

The digital-asset trading platform Kraken announced the U.S. launch of its Krak Card, a debit card that allows users to conduct transactions in cash and digital currencies. Issued by Kansas City, Mo.-based Lead Bank, the card can be used at Visa-accepting merchants and offers up to 2% cash back. Stripe Issuing …

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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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