News From the Wire

16:12:52 (UTC) 10-14-2026

Fintech CMOs growing teams as AI raises value of human judgment

16:10:19 (UTC) 10-14-2026

Kount founding CEO Brad Wiskirchen joins Chargebacks911 to propel M&A

16:08:25 (UTC) 10-14-2026

Valuedynamx extends Tesco Clubcard points collection to 500+ retail brands

16:05:57 (UTC) 10-14-2026

Shield adds bank insider to its AI product team

16:04:02 (UTC) 10-14-2026

Even debuts an AI agent that tells you what you spent the moment you need to know

15:59:18 (UTC) 10-14-2026

City First Bank, MANTL partner to advance nationwide growth strategy

15:58:02 (UTC) 10-14-2026

KOHO builds its next products on LoanPro

15:54:33 (UTC) 10-14-2026

CPMI, IOSCO publish final guidance report for FMIs on general business risk, losses



Breaking News

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Businesses lag consumers in moving away from checks

The migration from checks to electronic payments among businesses is progressing, but at a much slower pace than the migration of checks written by consumers. That’s the bottom line finding of a pair of research papers released by the Federal Reserve.

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Online Edition – Issue 26:10:01

Green Sheet moves forward in a digital world

For 43 years, The Green Sheet has chronicled a paperless revolution, describing how payments industry professionals led the transition from paper receipts, checks, merchant applications and contracts to digital records.

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Community Voices

This week's featured contributor:

Bank Associates Merchant Services

Bank Associates Merchant Services

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.

Merchant Sales Podcast

Merchant Sales Podcast

James Shephard & Patti Murphy

October 10th, 2026

The Evolution of the ISO: From Payments to Fintech

What does it take to build a successful payments business in today’s market? James Shepherd sits down with Chris Sandifer, CEO and founder of Peak Pay, to discuss why ISOs need to evolve beyond simply selling payment processing and start thinking like fintech companies. They cover building merchant stickiness through technology and service, adding business financing and consumer finance, processor-agnostic POS solutions, the future of dual pricing, finding profitable verticals, and recruiting the next generation of agents.

Plus, Patti Murphy joins James for Today in Payments to break down the latest developments in retail spending, stablecoins and the $30 trillion B2B payments opportunity, AI-driven payments and fraud, and Europe’s push toward a new payments network.

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Company profile from GS260702

Optimize and personalize gift and loyalty programs

Valutec, a gift card and marketing services pioneer since 1998, is known for its comprehensive closed-loop, stored-value gift card transaction processing and loyalty programs. The company's experienced product team helps partners and merchants strengthen customer engagement and loyalty.

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