Green Sheet
18:57:22 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Temu launches new app for Shopify merchants
17:33:53 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Visa unveils new global stablecoins advisory practice
17:32:18 (UTC) 12-15-2025
MassPay integrates Visa Direct to enable global B2B instant payout solutions
17:30:15 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Klarna launches agentic product protocol to help AI agents discover products
17:28:34 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Nacha announces winners in Spotlight! Payments Video Challenge
17:23:39 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Capital Bank adopts Diebold Nixdorf's newest multivendor self-service software
17:22:01 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Fed introduces Price and Inflation Expectations Survey data explorer
17:19:48 (UTC) 12-15-2025
Introducing Summit Kiosk, a next-gen self-checkout kiosk solution
Breaking News
Friday, December 12, 2025
Cyphlens raises $3.8M to protect data at the Point of View
As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and more visual, Cyphlens is betting that the weakest link in enterprise security is no longer the network or the database, but the screen itself. The New York–based company just raised $3.8 million in oversubscribed seed funding to commercialize what it calls visual encryption, a new layer of protection designed to secure data at the moment it is viewed.
Online Edition – Issue 25:12:01
What do merchants really want - Part 3
This article is the third and final installment in our multipart series exploring the payment-related pain points merchants are raising most urgently. In Parts 1 and 2, industry leaders shared what they're hearing about rising costs, chargebacks, integrations, support expectations and the expanding range of payment options at the point of sale. Here, we continue that conversation by asking a new group of experts to respond to the same five questions, providing additional perspective on where merchants are feeling the most pressure and where providers can make the biggest difference.
Our flipbook edition
Calendar of Events
Events
February 3, 2026
2026 International Trade and Payments Conference
February 4, 2026
February 10, 2026
February 17, 2026
February 23, 2026
Community Voices
This week's featured contributor:
Allen Kopelman,
CEO, Nationwide Payment Systems
Allen, co-founded NPS in 2001, aiming to provide concierge-style service to each client. He now shares a wealth of expertise in his podcast.
December 15th, 2025
Choosing the Right Vertical for 2026
In this week’s episode of the Merchant Sales Podcast, James Shepherd sits down with Juan Ortiz for a motivating and strategy-packed conversation on setting goals for 2026 and choosing the right vertical. Juan shares practical guidance for agents and ISOs on how to focus, niche down, and build a plan that actually drives measurable growth in the coming year. Together, they dig into the challenges reps face today and the mindset shifts needed to win in an increasingly verticalized payments landscape.
After the interview, James and Patti Murphy bring you another Today in Payments update, offering a quick look at what’s happening across the industry right now.
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.
