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replacing existing fare vending machines with 450 new The companies said Android terminals offer easier
customer terminals across 98 stations and providing remote management, faster software updates and longer
maintenance for 15 years. device lifecycles compared with legacy systems. The
N950K is designed for attended retail and hospitality
The terminals will support accessibility features, mul- payment environments.
tilingual interfaces, digital wallets, EMV payments and
account-based ticketing. Indra said part of the manu- Payful picks BPC for launch
facturing process will take place at its new facility in of virtual corporate card
Olathe, Kansas, supporting the company's broader U.S.
expansion strategy. Payful launched a cloud-native Visa charge-card pro-
gram for corporate and merchant clients using BPC's
Infinite, Sardine integration links SmartVista platform. The Hong Kong-based rollout
compliance, risk, payments enables merchants to manage spending through virtual
Visa charge cards with real-time visibility, fraud controls
Infinite and Sardine announced a two-way integra- and direct access to settlement funds, Payful said, add-
tion combining Sardine's fraud and risk intelligence ing the cloud-based issuing platform allows it to launch
with Infinite's AI-powered compliance and payments new card programs quickly without custom coding
infrastructure for stablecoin businesses. The integration while supporting future international expansion plans.
allows customers to incorporate real-time risk signals
into compliance workflows while connecting account The program includes six Visa charge-card products for
infrastructure, onboarding and payments operations. purchasing, travel and corporate credit, along with fraud
prevention features including adaptive transaction scor-
The companies said the partnership is designed to help ing and 3DS 2.0 authentication.
fintechs and financial institutions improve compliance
decisions, reduce manual reviews and streamline stable- Personetics embeds AI within Experience Digital
coin transactions. Infinite also said the integration cre-
ates a unified foundation linking identity verification, Personetics stated its AI-driven banking platform is
now embedded within Experience Digital from Fiserv,
risk management, compliance and payments for digital
asset and stablecoin ecosystems. enabling banks and credit unions to deliver more per-
sonalized digital banking experiences. The integration is
NCR Atleos, Sesami collaborate on designed to allow financial institutions to use customer
intelligent teller solutions data in real time to provide contextual guidance, finan-
cial insights and targeted offers within digital banking
NCR Atleos partnered with Sesami to resell Sesami's channels.
CM-Series Intelligent Teller Cash Recycler solutions to
U.S. banks and credit unions. The devices automate Personetics said consumers can receive support man-
routine cash transactions at teller lines, helping financial aging cash flow and savings, while small businesses
institutions reduce manual processes, improve accuracy gain tools to better manage working capital and finan-
and modernize branch operations. Under the agreement, cial planning. The companies said the integration is
NCR Atleos will provide field service support, includ- designed to improve customer engagement, retention,
ing hardware repairs, operational monitoring and issue deposit growth and overall digital banking experiences.
resolution, through its nationwide service network.
APPOINTMENTS
The companies said the collaboration combines Sesami's
cash automation technology with Atleos' branch services
and customer relationships to support branch modern- OneSource Virtual adds three to its board
ization and operational efficiency initiatives. OneSource Virtual appointed Amit Aghara, Matt Brandt
NPT, PeP bring Android payment and Bala Janakiraman to its board of directors, adding
expertise in technology, enterprise software and pay-
technology to Polish merchants ments. Aghara currently serves as chief technology offi-
Newland Payment Technology partnered with Polskie cer at Fintech and previously helped launch the agentic
Pełatności, part of Nexi Group, to deploy the Newland AI platform at Kore.ai. Earlier in his career, he held a
N950K Android payment terminal in Poland. The rollout senior technology role at Kony and worked at IBM,
marks Newland's first attended payment device launch where he developed software products and earned sev-
in the Polish market and supports PeP's strategy to mod- eral patents.
ernize merchant terminal estates with Android-based
devices. PeP is using its own payment application while Brandt most recently served as senior vice president of
Newland provides the terminal infrastructure layer. global partners at Workday, leading the company's tran-
sition to a partner-first strategy after earlier roles at SAP
and other enterprise software firms. Janakiraman brings
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