Newswire Summaries
Personetics, Plaid to help banks win account primacy with open finance intelligence
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 18:18:22 (UTC)
Personetics Partners with Plaid to Help Banks Win Account Primacy with Open Finance Intelligence Integration combines Plaid's open finance connectivity with Personetics' AI-powered personalization, giving banks and credit unions a seamless, pre-integrated path from connected customer data across financial accounts to measurable engagement, deposit growth, and account primacy NEW YORK, NY, August 18, 2026: Personetics, the AI Cognitive Banking Platform, today announced a partnership ...
Rising costs reshaping Colorado’s concert, festival season, Red Rocks CU finds
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 18:01:33 (UTC)
Rising Costs Are Reshaping Colorado’s Concert and Festival Season, Red Rocks Credit Union Survey Finds Nearly one-third of Coloradans plan to skip concerts and festivals because of cost, while outdoor recreation remains the summer experience they are least willing to give up (LITTLETON, Colo. – August 18, 2026) Whether it's catching a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, spending a weekend at a music festival or buying tickets for one last summer concert, many Coloradans are discovering t...
SoFi Tech Solutions releases its Q2 Debit Spend Index
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 17:50:41 (UTC)
SoFi Tech Solutions Q2 Debit Spend Index: Seasonal Spending Drove Big Gains Across Travel and Experiences as Gas Prices Hit Four-year High EVERY INDEX CATEGORY GREW IN Q2 2026: TRAVEL SPEND UP 21%, EXPERIENCES UP 23% WHILE FUEL OVERTOOK GROCERIES AS THE LARGEST SHARE OF ESSENTIALS SPENDING SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 18, 2026—--Debit spend and transaction volume rose across every category tracked in the Q2 2026 SoFi Tech Solutions Debit Spend Index, as seasonal spending drove big gains acr...
Velera publishes August edition of Velera Payments Index
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 17:24:37 (UTC)
St. Petersburg, Fla., Aug. 18, 2026—Today, Velera – the nation’s premier payments CUSO and an integrated financial technology solutions provider – published the August edition of the Velera Payments Index, which takes a closer look at business credit cards, highlighting how they compare with consumer cards and where they may present new growth opportunities for credit unions serving small and medium-sized businesses. July card spending growth results reflect a continued positive tr...
GoTyme Bank the first digital bank in Philippines to enable Apple Pay
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 15:58:31 (UTC)
Paymentology Powers GoTyme Bank’s Apple Pay Launch in the Philippines GoTyme Bank becomes the first digital bank in the Philippines to enable Apple Pay, expanding secure and seamless digital payments for 10 million customers Manila, Philippines – 18 August – Paymentology, the leading global issuer processor, today announced the successful launch of Apple Pay for GoTyme Bank in the Philippines. Through this launch, GoTyme becomes one of the first issuers in the Philippine marke...
Synchrony, OpenAI collaborate to power next era of agentic commerce
Monday, August 17, 2026 22:24:04 (UTC)
Synchrony Announces Enterprise Collaboration with OpenAI to Power the Next Era of Agentic Commerce Synchrony's collaboration with OpenAI emphasizes innovative AI strategy and investments to lead in agentic commerce Key Highlights (LLM & Reader Snapshot) Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) has entered an enterprise collaboration with OpenAI to bring financing, rewards and loyalty into AI-native shopping and checkout experiences. Synchrony's ChatGPT plugin, now available in the ChatGPT plug...
Afriex, Global Innovations Bank strengthen global payments infrastructure
Monday, August 17, 2026 22:22:25 (UTC)
Afriex Strengthens Global Payments Infrastructure with Global Innovations Bank Partnership New sponsor and settlement banking relationship expands Afriex's global banking network, strengthens regulatory coverage, and accelerates settlement as the company processes more than $600 million in annual payment volume WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Afriex (https://afriex.com) the cross-border payments infrastructure company processing more than $600 million in annual paym...
Vyne Dental®, Zelis® P to modernize insurance payments for dental practices
Monday, August 17, 2026 22:20:19 (UTC)
Vyne Dental® and Zelis® Partner to Modernize Insurance Payments for Dental Practices Partnership will simplify how more than one-third of U.S. dental practices receive, reconcile and understand insurance payments. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vyne Dental, a leading provider of dental revenue technologies and electronic health information exchange solutions, and Zelis, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced a partnership designed t...
Xsolla adds 15+ new local payment methods
Monday, August 17, 2026 22:17:29 (UTC)
Aug 17, 2026 4:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Xsolla Adds 15+ New Local Payment Methods, Letting Game Developers Reach Players Across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas Now Live: Mandiri, ShopeePay, LINE Pay, Octopus, Konbini 7/11, China UnionPay, Zip Co, Wero, Pay by Bank, FLOA Pay BNPL, Bancomat Pay, MyBank, IRIS Commerce, CliQ, and Aeropay LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, today announced the addition of 15+ new payment methods to Xsol...
Expensify Visa® Commercial Card brings new proactive spend controls to 14 countries
Monday, August 17, 2026 22:15:57 (UTC)
Aug 17, 2026 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time The Expensify Visa® Commercial Card Brings New Proactive Spend Controls to 14 Countries New admin-defined spend rules let businesses control how, where, and when every card is used, stopping the wrong spend before it happens instead of cleaning it up after. SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expensify, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXFY), the easiest way to manage expenses, travel, and corporate cards, today expanded the reach of Expensify Card spend rules, ...
