Fiserv opened an avenue for payment card acceptance at cannabis dispensaries: the Accel debit card network. Cannabis is an industry bursting with cash, largely due to federal law that classifies it as a dangerous drug and card brand rules that prohibit the processing of cannabis purchases on their networks.

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Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion disclosed on Aug. 27, 2025, that a data breach compromised sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to over 4.4 million Americans in what experts say may be just the beginning of a wave of similar disclosures.

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Authvia, a Massachusetts company that specializes in conversational commerce and text-based payments, announced an integration with Visa Direct, Visa's real-time money movement platform, into its TXT2PAY solution.

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The global financial sector is grappling with a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks that threaten the stability of banks, payment systems and customer trust, according to new research from KnowBe4. The cybersecurity firm's latest report, Financial Sector Threats Report, details how AI-enhanced phishing, credential theft and supplier vulnerabilities are converging into a systemic crisis.

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The Green Sheet congratulates several payments industry companies that contacted us to share their inclusion on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing privately held businesses. Each has distinguished itself with unique strategies, innovations, and customer focus.

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Jack Henry & Associates is launching a new digital payment solution that helps community banks and credit unions meet the evolving needs of small and midsize businesses.

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With the launch of MerchantConnect Marketing, Christopher Hernandez brings more than two decades of marketing expertise—and eight years focused on payments—to the challenge of helping ISOs and merchant service providers stand out in an increasingly competitive landscape. In this Q&A, Hernandez shares insights on the biggest marketing missteps to avoid, strategies for building lasting merchant relationships, and how emerging trends like AI and data-driven personalization are reshaping payments marketing.

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The Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) filed a lawsuit against Early Warning Services LLC, the company behind the bank-controlled peer-to-peer payment network Zelle. The OAG alleges that EWS failed to protect users from being pilloried by massive amounts of fraud: more than $1billion between 2017 and 2023.

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Visa's new Acquirer Monitoring Program combines fraud and dispute ratios into one powerful metric. Chargeback Gurus CEO Tim Tynan shares who's at risk—and how merchants can stay compliant.

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Shift4 Payments Inc. is working with Blue Origin so the space exploration company can accept cryptocurrencies and stablecoins from travelers who want to take trips into space. To date, more than 75 people have boarded the reusable Blue Origin New Shepherd rocket to travel past Karman Line, the internationally boundary into space. Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos, who also founded Amazon.

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Surcharging—once a niche, often-misunderstood practice—is moving steadily into the mainstream, offering merchants a way to offset rising payment processing costs. But it’s not as simple as flipping a switch. From card brand caps and state-by-state rules to customer perceptions, the road to a compliant, customer-friendly surcharge program can be full of pitfalls. In this Q&A, Adam Gray, chief transformation officer at Stax Payments, shares insights on separating myth from fact, tailoring programs to a business’s unique needs, and leveraging technology to make compliance transparent and effortless.

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If 2024 is any indication, then 2025 will be a good one for gift card sales. A new report from Bank of America and The Strawhecker Group shows increasing gift card purchasing over the past year as consumers find new ways to give, receive and use gift cards.

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The Federal Reserve Board may need to start from scratch its work capping debit card interchange if a decision handed down by a federal court judge on Aug. 6, 2025, is upheld on appeal. Justice Daniel M. Trayner of U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota stayed his summary judgement until the Fed has an opportunity to appeal the decision to the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis.

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As mobile commerce continues to surge, projected to reach $4.01 trillion and represent 59 percent of total retail ecommerce sales by 2025, industry leaders are placing heightened focus on digital payment security. In response, the U.S. Payments Forum released two new resources aimed at bolstering defenses against fraud and improving the resilience of mobile and contactless payments.

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PayPal is rolling out Pay with Crypto, which the company claims will simplify cross-border commerce for merchants by connecting a combination of cryptocurrencies, digital wallets and merchants worldwide, and slashing transaction fees by up to 90 percent vis-à-vis cross border credit card payment fees.

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A group of investors is suing the payment processing giant Fiserv and key executives over what they allege was a sleight of hand to pump up revenues from its Clover POS system in violation of the Securities and Exchange Act.

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