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April, 2026

  • 22 April

    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 …

  • 22 April

    Tech Vendors Aim New Devices at a More Complex Point of Sale

    Merchants managing a big load of stockkeeping units, or SKUs, look to embrace technology to help with that chore. At the same time, that demand offers opportunity for payments companies. Hence, Bodega AI, announced early Wednesday by the payments provider Payroc WorldAccess LLC. At the same time, a new mobile …

  • 21 April

    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 …

  • 21 April

    AI Comes to Cannabis POS, And Vibe Enlists Mega to Target Independent Sellers

    AI seems to be everywhere these days, and now it’s penetrating the cannabis business as POSaBIT Systems Corp., known for its point-of-sale technology for dispensaries, moves into software for cannabis producers. And, in another point-of-sale development, New York City-based POS tech producer Vibe Retail announced a partnership with the ISO …

  • 21 April

    JetBlue Vacations’ BNPL Pick and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/21/26

    JetBlue Vacations said it will work with Flex Pay, a buy now, pay later platform, to offer monthly payment options to customers planning flight-and-hotel vacation packages. JetBlue Vacations is a unit of JetBlue Airways Corp. SpotOn Transact LLC said four hospitality operators were among new clients signed in the first quarter for …

  • 20 April

    Embedding payments for growth: how ISVs can scale through vertical focus and partnerships

    Josh Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon Embedded finance, embedded commerce, and integrated payments are different names for the same shift: integrating payments and financial services into your platform to deliver more value to customers and unlock recurring revenue streams. As Independent Software Vendors …

  • 20 April

    TechCreate Teams With pQCee to Harden QR POS Terminal Security

    TechCreate Group Ltd., a Singapore-based payments-software provider and consultancy, is partnering with quantum cybersecurity-solutions firm pQCee Pte Ltd to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology post-quantum cryptography algorithms in its QR Hybrid point-of-sale terminals. A QR hybrid POS device adds QR code scanning for digital wallets, mobile apps, …

  • 20 April

    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 …

  • 20 April

    Repay’s Latest Proposal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/20/26

    Processor Repay Holdings Corp. said it has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to buy Repay’s outstanding equity for $4.80 per share in cash. The share price stood at $4.11 at market close on Friday. The company said it will review the offer. The processor Nayax Ltd. said it will …

  • 17 April

    IFPA Opponents Launch New Offensives to Derail the Law

    Opponents of Illinois’s controversial Interchange Fee Prohibition Act have ratcheted up the pressure to preempt the law at the federal level or overturn it at the state level. The latest effort comes after a federal judge earlier this year upheld the law’s key provision, which exempts Illinois merchants from paying …

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