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Monday, September 14, 2026

FTC follows Nuvei case with $12 million Humboldt settlement

Humboldt Merchant Services, a registered ISO, will pay $12 million and accept sweeping restrictions on its business to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it knowingly facilitated payment processing for more than 1,000 sham merchants tied to unauthorized billing schemes.

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Online Edition – Issue 26:08:02

Who are you? A different way to think about business

I've spent most of my career in the payments industry. Long enough to watch it reinvent itself more than once. Long enough to see technologies come and go, companies merge, business models evolve, and ideas that once seemed revolutionary become everyday expectations.

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Merchant Sales Podcast

Merchant Sales Podcast

James Shephard & Patti Murphy

September 13th, 2026

Winning More Business in the POS Industry

In this episode of the Merchant Sales Podcast, James Shepherd sits down with Roman Vanegas from The POS Cloud to explore how agents and ISOs can overcome two major point-of-sale challenges: managing installations and support, and securing processing business when merchants want to keep their existing system.

They discuss processor-agnostic integrations, outsourced hardware deployment, implementation strategies, and how having the right POS expertise can help agents close more deals without taking on every technical headache themselves.

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Optimize and personalize gift and loyalty programs

Valutec, a gift card and marketing services pioneer since 1998, is known for its comprehensive closed-loop, stored-value gift card transaction processing and loyalty programs. The company's experienced product team helps partners and merchants strengthen customer engagement and loyalty.

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