News

April, 2026

• 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 …
• 17 April

  Bybit Card Reaches 3 Million Users and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/26

  

  The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced its Mastercard-branded Bybit Card has reached 3 million users a little more than three years after its introduction. The card enables users to spend both fiat and digital currencies. The Cost of Bills Index from bill-payment platform doxo indicates a wide gulf between the most and least expensive states, …
• 16 April

  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 …
• 16 April

  AmEx Digs Deeper in AI With Its Deal for Hypercard

  
• 16 April

  Early Warning’s Certos Launches and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/16/26

  

  Early Warning Services LLC, provider of Zelle and Paze, launched Certos, a suite of products to help financial institutions counter fraud and expand financial access in the U.S. banking system. Digital-currency platform Binance has introduced Binance Chat, a feature in its app that enables cryptocurrency transfers, messaging, and other functions. MegPrime, a …
• 15 April

  Quantiiv’s Virtual Executive for Restaurants; Popmenu and SpotOn Create a Unified Commerce Platform

  

  Quantiiv, an AI-powered data warehouse and analytics platform for restaurants, has launched what it calls a virtual executive that provides restaurant managers with management insights, reportedly without having to navigate dashboards across disparate applications.    The application, known as ROGER, provides an email-based interface that allows managers to send the …