16:06:20 (UTC) 02-05-2026
PayPal appoints Enrique Lores as CEO, David W. Dorman as Independent Board Chair
16:04:00 (UTC) 02-05-2026
Payment gateway market size worth $114.30 billion by 2030 |CAGR: 21.8 percent
16:01:20 (UTC) 02-05-2026
EBANX taps Eduardo de Abreu as Chief Product Officer to lead strategy from Singapore
15:58:09 (UTC) 02-05-2026
ONEKEY: Cyber Resilience Act enters Phase 1
19:43:12 (UTC) 02-04-2026
PhotonPay scales globally with Stripe to deliver next-gen online payments
19:40:26 (UTC) 02-04-2026
New leadership hires accelerate Dataweavers' AI-native approach
19:37:24 (UTC) 02-04-2026
Fleetworthy launches industry-first AI-driven toll intelligence capabilities
19:34:38 (UTC) 02-04-2026
Agentic AI market enters high-growth phase
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Deep freeze impacts store traffic in January
A prolonged winter deep freeze dampened small business sales in January, as severe weather reduced store traffic and consumers pulled back after a heavy holiday spending season. Fiserv's Small Business Index, released Feb. 3, 2026, showed the impact was most pronounced in in-person transactions, signaling a customary post-holiday slowdown exacerbated by extreme weather conditions.
Payment system architects and engineers describe the evolution from simple POS devices to agentic commerce as a journey shaped by technological breakthroughs and costly break-ins. Each paytech innovation has expanded convenience while introducing new threats.
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Marketplace Risk Austin Conference 2026
February 26, 2026
This week's featured contributor:
Jay Myers runs Bold Commerce with his co-founders Stefan Maynard, Eric Boisjoli and Yvan Boisjoli. Bold Commerce has 20+ apps designed to help ecommerce entrepreneurs make more money online and serves over 100,000 entrepreneurs.
James Shephard & Patti Murphy
January 30th, 2026
In this week’s episode, James sits down with Ben Ross of Green PayTech for a candid discussion on what it really takes to build and scale a payments business in today’s market. They dig into partnership strategy, technology alignment, and why integrated payments are no longer optional for anyone serious about long-term growth.
Later in the episode, Patti Murphy returns with Today in Payments, covering major developments at the Fed, updates on the Credit Card Competition Act, RTP expansion, and other industry shifts every payments professional should be watching.
Company profile from GS260101
In April 2020, right after a once-in-a-century earthquake roiled Croatia, Field39 was born. The founders wanted to shake up cross-border commerce with a technology suite and knowledge base where people could learn about the technologies that power financial transactions.