Thursday , October 8, 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.

The Solana Blockchain Looks to Mainstream Payments With a Samsung Link

The Solana Foundation said Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay will support stablecoins on Solana’s blockchain, enabling U.S. wallet users to send money cross border using Circle Internet’s USDC stablecoin starting the last week of this month. There are 82 million active Samsung Galaxy mobile devices in the U.S. market and …

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Stripe Enters a Data Deal With Federal Express

Federal Express said Stripe will work with FedEx Dataworks to incorporate signals from FedEx’s network into Stripe’s platform in support of financing for small and medium-size businesses. FedEx has also agreed to offer Stripe as a payments-processing option. FedEx Datworks is the shipping company’s predictive-analytics service based on shipment data. …

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Nayax Partners With Allied for Gas Sales; Partner Tech’s Self Checkout for Gas Stations

The processor Nayax Ltd. said it has reached a distribution partnership with Allied Electronics Inc., allowing Nayax Fuel to offer its VPOS Media 5 outdoor payment technology to fueling stations throughout the U.S. market. The announcement comes as cards now account for 81% of pump transactions, up from 64% 10 …

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Mastercard Will Help Distribute AI Tech Worldwide for Rezolve

Mastercard Inc. has entered into a global reseller deal with Rezolve AI, a provider of commerce and customer-engagement capabilities based on artificial intelligence. The deal calls for the payments network to market, offer, and sell subscriptions to Rezolve AI’s software and services globally to merchants seeking technology to help manage …

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Consumer Sentiment Improved in September, Fiserv’s Index Shows

Consumers made fewer shopping trips in September but demand for back-to-school supplies helped boost overall sales, according to Fiserv Inc.’s Small Business Index, released early Monday. All in all, the index for September registered at 146, up one point from August and a 2.2% increase from the same month last …

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A Checkout for Stablecoins Emerges, As Does Bitcoin on the Installment Plan

Exodus Movement Inc. has launched Exodus Checkout, which allows businesses to accept dollar-denominated stablecoins. The rollout is starting in Argentina, with plans to expand across Latin America. The launch is taking place in partnership with DGO, the streaming platform for DirecTV in Latin America. The move comes as stablecoins—digital currency …

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Stablecoins Get a Boost As a New Fiserv Platform Goes Live

Fiserv Inc.’s digital-asset platform went live on Thursday with Roughrider Coin, a stablecoin from Bank of North Dakota intended to ease money movement among banks in that state. The development comes after Fiserv announced in June last year it would build the platform to address growing interest among financial institutions …

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AppZen Launches Autonomous Cards for AI-Based Payment Controls

How common will agentic payments become, and how fast? Predictions vary, of course, but tech companies are releasing new advances in the autonomous technology almost daily. In the latest example, AppZen early Wednesday unveiled Autonomous Cards, intended for corporate card programs. According to the San Jose, Calif.-based company, the new …

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Toast Offers a C-Store POS System for Fuel and In-store Sales

Toast, known for its point-of-sale payments technology for restaurants, has launched Toast Fuel to support convenience stores in accepting payments in-store and at the pump. The expansion, which includes both retail and foodservice transactions, will enable all payments to be handled on a single platform, Toast says. C-stores sell an …

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A Judge Rules an Apple Pay Fee Case Can Move Forward As a Class Action

A federal judge has ruled that a case brought by three financial institutions against Apple Inc. can proceed as a class action. The ruling, issued Wednesday by Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, certifies the plaintiffs as a class while dismissing Apple’s …

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