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Kevin Woodward

Kevin's role at Digital Transactions is to write news and features stories for publication on the Web site and in the magazine. He also oversees the digital editorial aspect of the site and the Digital Transactions News daily newsletter.

FedNow Participants Get an API To Help Counter Fraud

FedNow, the real-time payment service offered by the Federal Reserve, will make what it calls a network intelligence API available beginning April 28. The API means FedNow users, be they banks, credit unions, or service providers, will be able to access receiver account-level data seen over the instant payment network. …

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Zelle in Bill Pay Test with Truist

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service launched in 2017, is testing a potential new use case with the announcement of a bill-payment pilot with Truist Financial Corp. The pilot will look at how consumers could use Zelle to pay recurring credit card bills, with the potential for other bill payments, such …

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Nuvei’s Direct Acquiring Move in Mexico Has Local and International Impacts

Nuvei Corp. is making its next move in Mexico with the launch of direct acquiring. This will enable businesses to process card transactions locally through Nuvei’s own licensed infrastructures, Montreal-based Nuvei says. The move enables Nuvei to operate directly inside domestic payment systems in Mexico, which should help merchants improve …

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The Decrease in Identity Fraud and Scam Losses Might Be an Omen, Javelin Suggests

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 …

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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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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 …

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76% of U.S. Companies Were Subjected to Fraud in 2025

It’s a sobering condition of today’s payments industry that fraud is a persistent, pervasive, and unwelcome counterpart to legitimate transaction activity. Testifying to that is that 76% of U.S. organizations experienced attempted or actual fraud in 2025, says the Association for Financial Professionals’ 2026 edition of its Payments Fraud and …

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AmEx’s Next AI Step Is a Developer Kit

As the number of U.S. consumers who have heard nothing at all about artificial intelligence continues to drop, organizations are preparing for the expected infusion of AI into everyday life. Payments companies are no exception. American Express Co. is releasing a software-development kit called Agentic Commerce Experiences to help consumers …

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Notch A Credit Union Win for Payroc

Already known for its payment-processing services to merchants, Payroc LLC has added Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union, with its more than 100,000 members, as a payment-processing client. Announced Monday, the partnership sees Tinley Park, Ill.-based Payroc serving the credit union’s business clients with point-of-sale systems, online payments, electronic invoicing, and other …

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Vegas’s Resorts World Adopts Ordr POS Technology

Two venues at Resorts World Las Vegas will adopt point-of-sale technology from Ordr Technologies. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Ordr says the Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub venues at the Resorts World property will take advantage of Ordr’s artificial intelligence-capable POS system to unify all elements of the transaction, including the …

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