Newswire Summaries
TNS' Smart SIM enhanced with industry-leading connectivity, resilience
Friday, June 27, 2025 18:15:39 (UTC)
Reston, VA – June 26, 2025—Transaction Network Services (TNS) announces a significant update to its innovative Smart SIM product, further strengthening its industry-leading global wireless connectivity solution. Included in this upgrade are new local breakout capabilities in Asia, which means traffic remains in the region, helping to significantly reduce latency. TNS’ Smart SIM is designed to deliver resilient and secure mobile connectivity for payment terminals, ATMs, and IoT d...
xMoney taps Episode Six for global crypto, fiat payments infrastructure
Friday, June 27, 2025 18:13:12 (UTC)
London, June 26, 2025 – Episode Six, a leading global provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, has partnered with xMoney to power a unified on-and off-ramp ecosystem—seamlessly connecting fiat and crypto rails to unlock real-time access to digital and traditional financial networks across borders. The collaboration underpins xMoney’s international growth strategy and showcases Episode Six’s ability to meet the speed and scale demands of modern financial techno...
Ballerine expands EMEA leadership by appointing Christian Chmiel
Friday, June 27, 2025 18:10:25 (UTC)
San Francisco, CA, 26 June, 2025 — Ballerine, an AI risk intelligence platform designed to help financial institutions, fintechs, and marketplaces automate and optimize merchant onboarding, verification, and lifecycle monitoring processes, today announced the appointment of Christian A. Chmiel as its new General Manager for the EMEA region. Christian brings more than two decades of experience in risk management, compliance, and merchant oversight, and will play a key role in expanding Ballerin...
SWIVEL®, Paydoff partner to empower financial institutions share
Friday, June 27, 2025 17:59:42 (UTC)
SAN ANTONIO – June 25, 2025 – SWIVEL®, a leading digital payments solutions company, is excited to announce a new strategic integration with Paydoff, a cutting-edge collections automation and engagement provider for financial institutions. This partnership delivers a powerful and unified solution that empowers credit unions to enhance collections operations while offering an intuitive, frictionless member experience. Key benefits of the integration include: Streamlined Collections: ...
Onramp Funds launches ISO program to fuel ecommerce growth
Friday, June 27, 2025 17:57:56 (UTC)
Austin, TX (6.25.25) - Onramp Funds, an innovative fintech that is redefining the way SMB eCommerce businesses are funded, has launched an Independent Sales Organization (ISO) program, allowing select ISOs to partner with Onramp in support of their online retail clients. Qualified third-party brokers are intermediaries between business owners needing capital and the funding companies available to provide it. ISOs make it easier for business owners to get the financial support they need when t...
Ransomware attacks decline in May, Safepay the top threat actor
Friday, June 27, 2025 17:55:41 (UTC)
Manchester, UK, June 25, 2025—Ransomware attacks fell by 6% in May, with 393 cases. This was the third consecutive month in which ransomware attacks dropped, following a record-breaking start to the year, according to new research from NCC Group. Despite the decline in numbers, geopolitical tensions and high-profile cyber attacks highlight growing instability, potentially heightening the risk of cyber threats. Consumer Discretionary Attacks Rise as Scattered Spider Makes Headlines ...
Sift finds AI-generated scams claim 62% more victims year-over-year
Friday, June 27, 2025 17:52:51 (UTC)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sift, the AI-powered fraud platform delivering identity trust for leading global businesses, today released its Q2 2025 Digital Trust Index, revealing a troubling disconnect between consumer confidence and actual vulnerability to AI-generated fraud. The report exposes a dangerous "confidence paradox" where scam sophistication is outpacing consumer awareness, creating unprecedented risks for businesses and their customers. The Confidence Parad...
Alkami studies generational trends in digital banking
Friday, June 27, 2025 17:48:07 (UTC)
June 25, 2025 (Plano, Texas) – Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced the release of its new national research study conducted in partnership with Jason Dorsey and The Center for Generational Kinetics (CGK). The report, titled Anticipatory Banking: Establishing Primacy Across Generations Through Digital Sales and Service, reveals significant generational shifts in how digi...
Midnight Network Tokenomics introduces new distribution model
Friday, June 27, 2025 16:47:41 (UTC)
New York, USA—June 23rd, 2025: The Midnight Network Tokenomics Paper is published today, detailing the economic model that will underpin the Midnight Network—the privacy enhancing, zero knowledge smart contract blockchain—and introducing Glacier Drop, the multi-phase airdrop that initially allocates 100% of $NIGHT tokens to users across eight major blockchain ecosystems namely Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, Binance Chain, Brave, Ripple, and Avalanche. Published by the Midnight TGE,...
62% say crypto fraud is unacceptably high, CoinCover finds
Friday, June 27, 2025 16:31:51 (UTC)
Cardiff, UK – June 24, 2025—As the crypto industry stands at a crossroads between mass adoption and increased scrutiny, CoinCover, a leading provider of digital asset protection, has launched its new whitepaper titled ‘The Trust Factor,’ which uncovers the urgent public demand for smarter and stronger cryptocurrency regulation. Amongst market volatility, high-profile collapses and renewed attention from global regulators, the whitepaper explores a timely and critical question, what ...
