News

October, 2026

• 28 October

  Identity Theft and Scam Fallout Is More Than Financial, ITRC Finds

  

  Consumers victimized in financial scams and fraud tend to feel that impact not just financially, but emotionally, too, finds a new Identity Theft Resource Center report. The “2026 Consumer Impact Report” determined that, among general consumer scam victims, 33.7% experienced an adverse impact, compared to 17.3% among traditional identity theft …
• 28 October

  Visa Posts a Robust Final Quarter to Fiscal 2026

  

  Visa Inc. late Tuesday reported a strong September quarter featuring a 13% year-over-year  rise in revenue to $12.1 billion, generating GAAP net income of $6 billion. The financial momentum stemmed from a 9.5% increase in payments volume, to $4.08 trillion in constant dollars. For the full fiscal year ending Sept. …
• 27 October

  Eye on POS: First Watch Picks NCR Voyix; Priority Commerce Lands Bengals Ticketing Deal

  

  NCR Voyix Corp.’s Aloha Next point-of-sale terminals will soon be used in nearly 600 First Watch Restaurant Group Inc. locations. In related news, Priority Commerce says it signed a multiyear deal to process ticket payments for the Cincinnati Bengals. Atlanta-based NCR Voyix says its multiyear deal with First Watch also …
• 27 October

  After a Court Ruling the Durbin Debit Cap Is Poised for a Rewrite

  

  The Federal Reserve is now required to rewrite the key interchange limits included in a controversial 15-year-old debit card rule following a federal appeals court decision Monday striking down an interchange cap the Fed established in 2011. The Fed could still appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Interchange, …
• 27 October

  PayPal Revenue up 2% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/27/26

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. reported a 2% rise year-over-year in third-quarter net revenue, to $8.58 billion, on a 6% increase in total payment volume, to $487.1 billion. Payment transactions rose 7% to 6.796 billion, while active accounts, at 440 million, were virtually flat, rising 0.6%. GAAP net income fell 14%, to $1.07 …
• 26 October

  AI and Deepfakes Are Streamlining Account Takeover Attacks

  

  The allure of financial accounts continues to attract bad actors, and now they are using AI and deepfakes to impersonate legitimate consumers, making it tougher for companies to protect these accounts. That’s one takeaway from Microblink’s latest review of account-takeover fraud data. Microblink, a fraud-prevention firm based in Brooklyn, N.Y., …
• 26 October

  The Faster Payments Council Issues a Guide on Messaging

  

  The U.S. Faster Payments Council on Friday released guidelines for messages that financial institutions use in association with real-time payments or other transfers processed within a matter of hours or minutes. Such messaging can cover matters related to payment requests, return of money, payment status reports, and exchange of other …
• 26 October

  Chargebacks911’s AI Chargeback Tool  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/26/26

  

  Chargebacks911 launched an AI agent to help merchants protect qualifying purchases made through AI agents without replacing their existing fraud prevention tech or restructuring their payments systems. The new service also provided indemnification against qualifying chargebacks associated with these purchases. Investment firm Francisco Partners completed its $650 million acquisition of …
• 23 October

  Sezzle Joins BNPL Rivals in Seeking a Bank Charter

  

  Joining a trend building in the buy now, pay later payments sector to gain more control over their operations and offer more diversified services, Sezzle Inc. reported Thursday it has filed an application with the Comptroller of the Currency to charter a national bank to be known as Sezzle Bank …
• 23 October

  AmEx Keeps a Tight Rein on AI As It Posts Record Revenue