Newswire Summaries
Cash-strapped SMBs sit out Black Friday despite knowing discounts drive sales
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:36:40 (UTC)
DENVER, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New research from global small business platform Xero reveals a fundamental dilemma facing small business owners this holiday season: many recognize the power of promotional strategies, but are held back from participating by financial constraints. A new Xero study of more than 500 small business owners across various industries in the U.S. uncovers a difficult catch-22 at the heart of the holiday season. While 72% of respondents say discounts have b...
Bluefin ShieldConex Orchestration named 'Data Protection Solution of the Year'
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:34:30 (UTC)
ATLANTA, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Atlanta, October 9th, 2025 – Bluefin, the global leader in security-first payment infrastructure, today announced that ShieldConex® Orchestration has been selected as winner of the "Data Protection Solution of the Year" award in the 9th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. Conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization, the awards honor the most innovative companies, products, and technologies d...
Visa, KNEX team up to embed virtual card payments in Oracle ERP
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:32:52 (UTC)
Oct 13, 2025, 08:00 ET KNEX, a trusted Oracle partner, announces a global collaboration with Visa to embed Visa's virtual card capabilities directly into Oracle ERP systems, including Fusion Applications and NetSuite. The partnership delivers a turnkey, secure way to automate supplier payments, reconciliation, and onboarding within Oracle ERP. IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- KNEX, a trusted Oracle partner, today announced a global collaboration with Visa, a world...
Tearsheet names Instant Financial best payments app
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:31:18 (UTC)
ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Instant Financial, the fintech company modernizing payments and earned wage access (EWA) for hourly workers and their employers, today announced it has been named Best Payments App (B2B or B2C) as part of the 2025 Tearsheet Power of Payments Awards. Founded in 2015, Instant's platform enables employers in industries such as restaurants, hospitality, retail, and staffing to offer employees instant access to their earned wages and tips, through payme...
PAX Technology signals new era of growth, iInnovation in North America
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:29:13 (UTC)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PAX Technology, Inc. (PAX), a leading provider of electronic payment solutions, today announced a renewed strategic focus on the North American market, entering a new era centered on listening to customers, simplifying operations, and strengthening partnerships so that PAX and its partners can shape the future of payments together. The North American payments landscape, supported by a strong and expanding ecosystem of ISOs, processors, s...
Keo World wins Le Fonti Award for 'revolutionary' B2B credit solution
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:27:51 (UTC)
MILAN, Oct. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Keo World has been honored with the prestigious "Excellence of the Year in Innovation & Leadership in Integrated Credit Solutions and B2B Payments" award at the XV edition of the Le Fonti Awards®, held at the iconic Palazzo Mezzanotte in Milan. This accolade crowns several years of international expansion, strategic partnerships with institutions such as BTG Pactual, Ingram Micro, and among other financial intuitions, the development of pioneering solu...
i3 Verticals, West Virginia Supreme Court expand partnership
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:17:44 (UTC)
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 20, 2025 -- i3 Verticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIV) (“i3 Verticals” or the “Company”) today announced a new contract with the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia that provides for the delivery of the i3 CourtOne™ Case Management Solution (CMS) to the state’s Circuit, Family and Magistrate Courts. This engagement represents a significant milestone in the state’s ongoing modernization efforts, and promotes a more unified, transparent, and efficient judicial syst...
Worldpay signs exclusive agreement to power Kroger’s payment processing
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:16:36 (UTC)
CINCINNATI, October 20, 2025 – Worldpay®, an industry leading payments technology company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement to provide Kroger with comprehensive payment processing services for in-store, online and mobile transactions. Kroger is one of the world's largest food retailers and serves over 11 million customers daily through e-commerce and grocery stores under a variety of banner names. "We are pleased to be selected by Kroger to provide our full suite o...
PayRetailers launches new AI platform, EON, to enhance merchant experience
Monday, October 20, 2025 16:14:11 (UTC)
London, 20 October 2025: PayRetailers today announces the launch of EON, its in-house enterprise AI platform designed for the payments sector. EON combines advanced AI capabilities with integrated tools and PayRetailers’ own knowledge of payment processing to enhance both internal operations and customer services. For merchants, EON is integrated directly into the existing Merchant Portal. It enables natural language searches across transactions, on-demand customised reporting, adaptive ...
AEON expands to Georgia with local QR-based crypto payments
Friday, October 17, 2025 16:12:38 (UTC)
HONG KONG, Oct. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AEON, the next-generation crypto payment framework, has expanded its Web3 mobile payment solution AEON Pay to support local QR-based crypto checkout in Georgia. Users can now pay with digital assets at local merchants simply by scanning QR codes, while AEON settles payments directly in Georgian Lari (GEL). This expansion builds on the Keepz QR standard, which has already been adopted by over 20,000 merchants across the country. As the first company in ...
