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i2c supports Visa Click to Pay
globally, marks 25th anniversary

i2c Inc. was certified by Visa to support Click to Pay
globally, allowing issuers to enable the EMVCo one-
click, tokenized checkout experience through a single
integration. Click to Pay is designed to remove the need
for manual card entry and replace card numbers with
network tokens, resulting in 31 percent less fraud and a
4.3 percent increase in authorization rates. The payment
method is rapidly gaining adoption, with 128 percent
annual transaction growth and high consumer satisfac-
tion, i2c stated, adding that it is the first issuer processor
to offer Visa Click to Pay worldwide as a standard fea-
ture for credit, debit and prepaid programs.

In addition, i2c is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and
i2c founder and CEO Amir Wain credited the company's
longevity to its decision to build its platform in-house
rather than rely on acquired or legacy systems, enabling
ANNOUNCEMENTS the scalability and configurability that now power clients
in more than 200 countries and territories. The company
Auditoria.AI on CB Insights' Fintech 100 noted that over the past year, it has added major part-
ners and earned multiple industry awards. The company
Auditoria.AI was named to CB Insights' 2025 Fintech also invested 1.5 million engineering hours into innova-
100 list, recognizing the most promising private fintech tions to reinforce its role as an infrastructure partner for
companies worldwide. Judges found that the company banks, fintechs and emerging digital lenders worldwide.
is distinguished for its use of agentic AI to automate
finance workflows, replacing scripted task routing with LiquidTrust a finalist in Paytech Awards
autonomous digital "teammates" that execute, reconcile LiquidTrust was named a finalist in the 2025 PayTech
and learn across systems. Auditoria CEO Rohit Gupta Awards USA in the Best Cross-Border Payments Solution
said the company enables finance leaders to delegate category, following its recent Silver win in the 2025
outcomes, not just steps, thereby turning automation Datos Impact Awards. The company is gaining recogni-
into "a balance-sheet lever" rather than a tooling project. tion for helping small and midsize businesses overcome
Auditoria's AI agents support accounts payable, receiv- payment risk. Nearly half of U.S. SMBs surveyed said
able, general ledger, FP&A, and real-time financial data fear of losing funds has held them back from interna-
analysis with SmartResearch. The honor, Auditoria AI tional growth. LiquidTrust addresses this through its
believes, reflects growing industry momentum toward platform, which offers two payment options: Simple Pay
AI-driven financial infrastructure. for fast, verified global payouts and Protected Pay, pow-

CPI Card Group opens Fort Wayne ered by its patent-pending Micro Escrow technology,
which releases funds only when agreed-upon conditions
production facility are met. LiquidTrust founder and CEO Saujin Yi said the
CPI Card Group opened a new production facility in award validates the company's mission to modernize
Fort Wayne, Indiana, more than doubling the space of its and secure commercial payments for banks, platforms
former site after 16 years of local operations. The Lima and marketplaces.
Road location, now partially active and expected to be New VAMP guidelines went into effect Oct. 1
fully operational by year-end 2025, will support expand-
ed capacity, modern automation and faster delivery for Visa's new Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP)
customers. John Lowe, CEO of CPI, said the upgrade replaced all prior Visa fraud and dispute programs
strengthens service quality while reinforcing CPI's long- with a single, stricter global framework that holds both
term commitment to the Fort Wayne community, where merchants and acquirers accountable for dispute rates,
it employs nearly 200 people. The facility features inline fraud levels and evidence quality. The updated rules
production, co-bots, AI-enabled equipment, and sustain- introduce new ratio formulas, lower thresholds and
ability initiatives, including renewable energy options portfolio-wide oversight. Thus, a small spike in disputes
and planned LEED certification, supporting both effi- can now trigger fines, remediation plans or account
ciency and environmental goals. loss. In response, Chargebacks911 updated its dispute-
management platform to help merchants and acquirers
meet the program's higher standards, including sup-

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