17:11:57 (UTC) 07-18-2025
MHC launches Payments Plus to transform AP into a strategic value driver
17:09:54 (UTC) 07-18-2025
Receive raises seed round, launches white-label Titanium Boost Mastercard
17:08:14 (UTC) 07-18-2025
Mercury recognized as leading digital fintech by Better Business Advice
17:06:47 (UTC) 07-18-2025
KUN, a stablecoin payment, embedded finance platform, secures Series A funding
17:04:52 (UTC) 07-18-2025
Currency.com Taps AI to Scale Smarter, Faster, starting with compliance
16:43:11 (UTC) 07-18-2025
UnionPay launches Global Summer Campaign with exclusive travel offers
16:42:00 (UTC) 07-18-2025
Alchemy Pay invests in Hong Kong company that holds SFC Type 1/4/9 licenses
16:40:24 (UTC) 07-18-2025
QuickBooks Online named top solution 2025 by expert consumers
Friday, July 18, 2025
Crypto week ends on high note
Congressional leaders delivered on their promise to pass legislation this week establishing the first-ever set of federal rules governing the U.S. stablecoin market. Stablecoins are digital assets (or cryptocurrencies) pegged to instruments with fixed monetary value, such as the U.S. dollar.
It began like a fad, or perhaps a new way to bypass the prying eyes of government, but now cryptocurrency is taking off like a rocket ship. The price of a single bitcoin, which in 2010 was about a dime, these days well exceeds $100,000. In the interim years, however, the value has ballooned and deflated numerous times.
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Knowing that a square peg will never be happy in a round hole, New York-based payment processor BAMS aims to ensure that merchants and agents are offered the right choices for their unique use cases when selecting their processing platform, consumer acceptance methods, and gateway solutions.
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Chargebacks are evolving - and if you’re selling merchant services, underwriting accounts, or handling compliance, you need to be ahead of the curve. In this episode, James Shepherd interviews Scott Adams, one of the industry’s leading experts on chargeback management and Visa’s new VAMP program. Scott offers a clear breakdown of what VAMP means for ISOs, processors, and merchants, and how to prepare for what’s coming next.
Then, Rich Norton shares sales strategies from the field, and Patti Murphy joins James for Today in Payments, covering key developments in stablecoin, Fed payments, and more.