Newswire Summaries
Lightspeed debuts new innovations across Lightspeed Retail, Lightspeed Restaurant
Friday, July 17, 2026 21:47:16 (UTC)
Lightspeed Commerce Advances Unified Commerce Vision with New AI, Payments, Fulfillment and Operations Innovations New capabilities across retail and hospitality help high-volume businesses simplify operations, move faster and deliver more seamless customer experiences MONTREAL, July 17, 2026 /CNW/ -- Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD) ("Lightspeed" or the "Company"), the unified omnichannel platform powering ambitious retail, golf and hospitality businesses in over 100 c...
UnionPay drives cross-border interoperability, digital commerce infrastructure
Friday, July 17, 2026 21:44:00 (UTC)
UnionPay Drives Cross-Border Interoperability and Digital Commerce Infrastructure at the 7th Africa Fintech Forum NAIROBI, Kenya, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International has actively participated in the premier 7th Africa Fintech Forum, held at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The strategic move signals a major milestone in solidifying its brand equity and expanding its footprint within the pan-African fintech ecosystem, while simultaneously accelerating ...
Strivve extends Top of Wallet to agentic commerce
Friday, July 17, 2026 21:42:20 (UTC)
Strivve Extends Top of Wallet to Agentic Commerce -- Making the Issuer's Card the One the AI Agent Uses As AI assistants begin shopping and paying on consumers' behalf, Strivve gives every credit and debit card issuer — from the largest banks to community credit unions — the technology to be the default card at agentic checkout: automatically, securely, and across the long tail of merchants where households actually spend. SEATTLE, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Strivve, the ...
Payfina, MAP partner to expand embedded payments for credit unions
Friday, July 17, 2026 20:24:53 (UTC)
Payfinia and Member Access Processing (MAP) Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Embedded Payments for Credit Unions ~ Strategic alliance delivers instant payments, digital wallet services and embedded payment innovation to more than 100 credit unions nationwide ~ PORTLAND, Ore., July 17, 2026 — Payfinia, a Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) delivering embedded instant payment and digital wallet services to credit unions, today announced a strategic partnership with Member Acce...
Cardano advances decentralization, partners take ownership of core infrastructure
Friday, July 17, 2026 17:53:52 (UTC)
Cardano Advances Decentralization as Specialist Partners Take Ownership of Core Infrastructure Built by Many. Owned by All. July 17, 2026–Input Output (IO) today announced the next stage of Cardano's decentralization, as a growing network of specialist partners takes ownership of core components, including the Haskell node, Plutus, Daedalus, Hydra, and developer experience (DevRel). Cardano has already decentralized its protocol and governance. This next step decentralizes how Cardano i...
RS2 selected to participate in ECB Digital Euro pilot
Friday, July 17, 2026 17:49:45 (UTC)
RS2 Financial Services GmbH Selected to Participate in ECB Digital Euro Pilot German-regulated e-money institution will contribute acquiring expertise to practical testing of a possible future digital euro Neu-Isenburg, 63263, Germany, July 17, 2026—RS2 Financial Services GmbH, an electronic money institution supervised by BaFin and part of the RS2 Group, operating under its innovation brand Beyond by RS2, has been selected to participate as an acquiring payment service provider...
INETCO launches AI-assisted investigation to help fraud teams work smarter and faster
Thursday, July 16, 2026 20:26:55 (UTC)
INETCO launches AI-assisted investigation to help fraud teams work smarter and faster Agentic AI fraud agents automatically triage payment fraud alerts, surface the highest-risk cases, and deliver explainable risk scoring, all while keeping every decision in human hands and sensitive data securely on-premise VANCOUVER, B.C. — July 16, 2026 — INETCO, a global leader in real-time payment fraud prevention, is proud to launch INETCO BullzAI Investigate, a new AI-assisted fraud investiga...
TRWD appoints tech and payments veteran Jeremy Woertink to Advisory Board
Thursday, July 16, 2026 16:58:54 (UTC)
TRWD Appoints Technology and Payments Veteran Jeremy Woertink to Advisory Board Former Marine and Joystick.tv senior programmer to support payment development and technology acquisitions NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradewinds Universal (OTC: TRWD) today announced that Jeremy Woertink has joined the Company’s Advisory Board, supporting its Financial Services Division and Management Group. TRWD adds former Marine and Joystick.tv programmer Jeremy Woertink to advance its payment gat...
New payments capabilities let hotels capture revenue at every stage of guest journey
Thursday, July 16, 2026 16:51:18 (UTC)
From Booking to Checkout, New Payments Capabilities Let Hotels Capture Revenue at Every Stage of the Guest Journey On the heels of Uber partnership - Mews launches Recurring Payments, the expansion of Multicurrency to US and Canada, and Accounts Receivable give hotels revenue coverage, from first booking to final invoice AMSTERDAM and New York, NY July 16, 2026 --- Mews, the hospitality operating system used by 15,000 properties globally, today announced three new features designed to ...
REPAY, SBT bring compliant text communications, payments to AR, financial services
Thursday, July 16, 2026 16:48:10 (UTC)
REPAY and SBT Bring Compliant Text Communications and Payments to the Accounts Receivable Management and Financial Services Industries Integrating advanced payment processing and text messaging capabilities to deliver convenient customer interactions and streamline revenue workflows ATLANTA, July 16, 2026 – Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY) (“REPAY”), a leading provider of bill payment solutions, and SBT, a leader in compliance-first conversational commerce, today announced a...
