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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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