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This article contains summaries of news stories recently posted under tions into accounting systems. Targeting sole proprietors
Breaking Industry News on our homepage. For links to these and other and gig workers, Tap2Local supports use cases like flea
full news stories, please visit www.greensheet.com/breakingnews.php. markets and pop-ups.
The product, in closed beta, will soon be available to over
1,000 banks and credit unions using Jack Henry's Banno
Digital Platform. Executives said it empowers SMBs to ac-
cept payments quickly and locally while strengthening
ties between financial institutions and their communities.
With small businesses seeking more payment options,
the partners believe Tap2Local positions banks and credit
unions as key players in local commerce.
Shift4 helps Blue Origin
accept crypto for space travel Multiple payments standouts
earn spot on 2025 Inc. 5000
Shift4 Payments partnered with Blue Origin to enable
cryptocurrency and stablecoin payments for commercial Several payments industry firms earned spots on the
spaceflight. Travelers booking seats on Blue Origin's reus- 2025 Inc. 5000 list. PayBright (No. 1,273) posted 344 per-
able New Shepherd rocket, which has flown more than 75 cent growth and supports 15,000 businesses. ePayPolicy
people past the Kármán Line, can now pay with Bitcoin, (No. 1,759) serves 10,000 insurance-industry clients with
Ethereum, Solana, USDT, and USDC using wallets like AR/AP tools. Ncontracts (No. 3,068) extended governance
Coinbase and MetaMask. solutions to 5,000 institutions, marking its seventh year
ranked. Jupiter Payments (No. 3,338), founded in 2020, of-
The move broadens payment options for high-end con- fers vertical POS and payroll services. VizyPay (No. 4,029)
sumers and leverages crypto's global, always-on settle- launched VEXIS, a CRM for SMB partners.
ment capabilities, the partners stated. Shift4 founder Jared
Isaacman, who commanded SpaceX's Inspiration4 and Po- DCCSupply (No. 4,695) continues as a POS hardware
laris Dawn missions, is no stranger to space exploration. leader. Fora Financial (No. 3,973) has provided $4 billion to
Executives described the integration as part of Shift4's SMBs. Input 1 debuted on the list with 115 percent growth,
mission to simplify transactions and make space acces- serving insurers and managing $16 billion in premiums.
sible. They stressed crypto's potential as a $4 trillion asset The Green Sheet applauds these standouts and invites oth-
class. ers on the list to share announcements.

NY AG picks up Zelle fraud case feds dropped KnowBe4 warns a 'perfect storm'
of cyber threats looms
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit
against Early Warning Services, operator of Zelle, alleging KnowBe4 warned that banks and other financial services
it knowingly exposed users to fraud losses over $1 billion providers face an unprecedented wave of cyber threats fu-
between 2017 and 2023. The OAG claimed Zelle was de- eled by AI-enhanced phishing, credential theft and sup-
signed without essential safeguards, enabling scammers plier vulnerabilities. Attacks on financial firms occur 300
to exploit instant, irreversible transfers and weak sign-up times more often than in other industries, with breaches
verification. rising 25 percent in 2024. Adversaries increasingly favor
stolen credentials over ransomware, using AI tools to craft
Consumers lost money to unauthorized transfers, fake convincing phishing emails, deepfakes and synthetic voic-
sales and impersonation scams, while EWS allegedly ig- es.
nored warning signs and delayed fraud reporting. The
CFPB filed a similar case in late 2024 but dropped it Testing revealed up to 45 percent of big-bank staff clicked
months later. New York seeks restitution for residents and on malicious links, but training programs reduced that
mandatory anti-fraud protections. EWS denies wrongdo- risk below 5 percent. The report stressed layered defenses,
ing, calling the action political and noting that 99.95 per- tighter vendor oversight and employee awareness as key.
cent of transactions occur without fraud reports. KnowBe4 concluded that empowering people is as critical
as deploying advanced security technology.
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