Helium Acquires Maroo and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/8/26

Helium Ventures said it has acquired Maroo Inc., a payments platform specializing in weddings and events and serving more than 13,000 businesses. Terms were not disclosed.
Fraud-prevention platform Fingerprint said recommendations based on artificial intelligence are now available on its Suspect Score service, a move the company said improves detection accuracy.
O Bee Credit Union said it will adopt the nFinia Digital Banking Platform, whose features include instant payments based on QR codes. The credit union operates six branches serving more than 36,000 members across the state of Washington.
Kolin Whitley has joined QuickRefund, a merchant-risk management platform, as chief risk intelligence officer. Whitley arrives from Visa Inc., where, as acceptance risk head for North America, he played a part in the development of the Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program, or VAMP, which rolled out a year ago.
Lynne Laube, a co-founder and former chief executive of Cardlytics, has joined the board of directors at ClarityPay, a point-of-sale technology provider.
James Rinn will step down as chief financial officer at PSQ Holdings Inc. effective April 30 and will be succeeded by Michael Pena, effective May 1. The payments firm also named Krista Wenzel chief accounting officer, effective May 1.

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