Green Sheet
18:01:40 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Decades-long partners Yodlee, JPMorganChase update data access agreement
17:59:01 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Citi unveils strategic expansion of Citi Token Services
17:57:53 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Paystand acquires Bitwage to make stablecoins ready for global B2B finance
17:56:19 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Fiserv to participate in upcoming investor conferences
17:54:42 (UTC) 11-07-2025
MEXC dominates early-stage token growth
17:51:35 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Black Friday starts early at Curacao
16:00:19 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Drata appoints Aneal Vallurupalli as Chief Financial Officer
15:58:59 (UTC) 11-07-2025
Global standard-setting bodies publish an assessment report
Breaking News
Friday, November 7, 2025
GS interviews Payfuture's Zaki Farooq
In today's fast-moving payments landscape, growth often comes from stepping into the unknown. In this Q&A, Zaki Farooq, co-founder and CTO of Payfuture, shares how adopting a Blue Ocean mindset—targeting underserved, high-potential markets—helped his company scale rapidly without following the crowd. He also reflects on lessons learned from leading through uncertainty, building across cultures and redefining what it means to grow globally.
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.
Our flipbook edition
Calendar of Events
Community Voices
This week's featured contributor:
Jay Myers, Bold Commerce
Jay Myers runs Bold Commerce with his co-founders Stefan Maynard, Eric Boisjoli and Yvan Boisjoli. Bold Commerce has 20+ apps designed to help ecommerce entrepreneurs make more money online and serves over 100,000 entrepreneurs.
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.
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.
