News From the Wire

18:49:53 (UTC) 11-05-2025

Butter Payments names Sonali Sambhus as Chief Technology Officer

18:48:38 (UTC) 11-05-2025

Ripple announces $500M strategic investment led by Fortress, Citadel Securities

18:47:06 (UTC) 11-05-2025

U.S. Bank launches Split™ World Mastercard®

18:44:57 (UTC) 11-05-2025

VGS offers 3DS via single API to reduce fraud, lift online payment approval rates

17:37:51 (UTC) 11-05-2025

TRUSTECH 2025 coming to Paris, December 2 – 4

17:31:11 (UTC) 11-05-2025

AI agents set to transform how Americans shop, $261B online spend predicted

17:27:04 (UTC) 11-05-2025

The one thing 56% of businesses say is holding back their expansion

17:21:18 (UTC) 11-05-2025

RS2 reveals how banks can thrive in era of embedded B2B finance



Breaking News

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Court backs Fed's refusal to let fintech access payment rails

A federal appeals court dealt a blow to crypto banks seeking access to the Federal Reserve's payment rails. In a two-to-one decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver, affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming that the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City had the authority to deny a request by Custodia, a crypto bank, for a so-called master account with the Reserve Bank.

Read the Entire Story

Online Edition – Issue 25:10:02

Insider's report on payments Addressing the downside of AI

Gone are the days when changes in shopping and payment trends were slow to take shape. It took generations for electronic funds transfers to displace the billions of checks written each year by Americans.

Read the Entire Story

Our flipbook edition

Merchant Sales Podcast

Merchant Sales Podcast

November 3rd, 2025

Financing Point of Sale Hardware (with Leasing)

This week on the Merchant Sales Podcast, James Shepherd revisits a topic many thought was long gone — leasing. With today’s advanced and often expensive POS hardware, leasing is once again becoming a smart tool for ISOs and agents to close deals and increase adoption.

James sits down with Robert Ensminger to discuss modern leasing strategies, real-world use cases, and how to position leasing as part of a profitable merchant services offering. They break down what’s changed, what still works, and how agents can use leasing to drive portfolio growth.

After the interview, James and Patti Murphy tackle this week’s top headlines in their Today in Payments segment.

Visit the podcast page

Listen on:

Company profile from GS240602

Drive revenue, scale operations with B2B cellular connectivity

OptConnect began life in 2000 as a Grant Victor company, providing cellular routers for ATMs. After years of selling routers as ATM accessories, the company expanded into other markets and established OptConnect LLC in 2009, a global wireless connectivity provider that offers a range of cellular connectivity options, from self-managed to fully managed solutions. Chris Baird, president and CEO of OptConnect, said the company is focused on simplifying connectivity. "One size doesn't fit all, especially when it comes to cellular connectivity," he said, adding that OptConnect provides IoT project expertise, resources and support.

Read the Entire Company Profile

skyscraper ad