Fraud & Security

NCR Atleos Corp. said convenience store chain Casey’s joined its Allpoint ATM network. Casey’s has more than 2,900 locations. In related news, NCR Atleos said it will provide “thousands” of new ATMs to FCTI Inc., an ATM owner-operator and subsidiary of Seven Bank Ltd.. FCTI is the sole ATM operator in U.S. 7-Eleven …

Darwinium, a provider of cybersecurity software, has rolled out two new modules aimed at enhancing its digital-security and fraud-prevention platform. The modules detect criminals’ use of malicious AI agents to bypass a business’s fraud prevention defenses. The two new modules, called Beagle and Copilot, simulate malicious AI-based attacks to distinguish …

Card91, a payments-software platform based in India, announced merchant onboarding and verification technology based on artificial intelligence and aimed at banks and payment aggregators. FreedomPay’s gateway will support e-commerce and in-store payments for restaurants as part of an agreement with Deliverect, a provider of commerce technology for fast-food chains, including Taco …

Embedded lending is rewriting the rules of how payments work, eliminating the need for separate credit approvals and enabling built-in financing directly into digital wallets and checkout processes. In the past year, 45% of Gen Z and Millennials used BNPL services, and these numbers are expected to rise. The global …

Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments service from Early Warning Services LLC, began a multi-city financial education training roadshow with Consumer Action, a consumer protection and financial awareness organization. Payments-technology provider Alacriti said Citizens Business Bank launched real-time payments services based on Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub. The services involve connections to FedNow and the …

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced early Tuesday the launch of an AI-powered fraud-detection system that provides PayPal and Venmo users real-time alerts before a payment is made. The new feature, available to PayPal and Venmo users globally, is intended to protect users from sending payments that are not eligible for refunds, …

Tapping a buy now, pay later app to acquire a new couch or pair of shoes means more decisions for consumers beyond choosing how to fund the purchase. A new report from Incogni Inc., a data-monitoring service, suggests they also need to be mindful of the quantity and type of …

Global Payments Inc. announced a renewal and expansion of an agreement with Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. to offer acquiring and banking services in Mexico. CareVet LLC, operator of more than 200 veterinary practices across the country, announced it has agreed to integrate payments processing from Scratch Financial Inc., a fintech …

The number of publicly reported data breaches through the first half of 2025 totaled 1,732, up 5% from the same period a year ago, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 …

American Express Co. said it is making more than $2,000 in statement credits available to holders of AmEx’s Business Platinum card. The move is part of an update to the company’s U.S. Consumer and Business Platinum cards, said by AmEx to be “the largest investment ever in a card refresh.”In related …