Green Sheet
18:44:31 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Paystand releases new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central financial capabilities
16:36:40 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Cash-strapped SMBs sit out Black Friday despite knowing discounts drive sales
16:34:30 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Bluefin ShieldConex Orchestration named 'Data Protection Solution of the Year'
16:32:52 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Visa, KNEX team up to embed virtual card payments in Oracle ERP
16:31:18 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Tearsheet names Instant Financial best payments app
16:29:13 (UTC) 10-20-2025
PAX Technology signals new era of growth, iInnovation in North America
16:27:51 (UTC) 10-20-2025
Keo World wins Le Fonti Award for 'revolutionary' B2B credit solution
16:17:44 (UTC) 10-20-2025
i3 Verticals, West Virginia Supreme Court expand partnership
Breaking News
Monday, October 20, 2025
AWS outage could spark payment-dispute timebomb
A global disruption caused by Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Oct. 20, 2025 has raised alarm in the payments industry as merchants brace for a wave of chargebacks and disputes. The outage began around 3:11 a.m. ET in AWS’s US-EAST-1 region and was traced to a domain-name-system and database-API failure, according to the Association Press.
Online Edition – Issue 25:10:01
A new kind of holiday rush - faster, smarter, pricier
It's the fourth quarter of 2025, and businesses large and small are preparing for the end-of-year holiday season. And while holiday shopping is far from being in full swing, spending shifts are already noticeable, according to the Mastercard Economics Institute's (MEI) annual holiday forecast for the United States and Canada.
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Community Voices
This week's featured contributor:
AU10TIX
Over 30 years ago, AU10TIX built the technology for ID intelligence at airports and border control worldwide, becoming the world's first enterprise solution for ID verification. That experience led the team to develop innovative, fast and accurate methods for automating the process in today's digital world.
Merchant Sales Podcast
October 20th, 2025
Behind the Scenes: Building Strategic Vertical Partnerships
In this week’s episode, James Shepherd takes listeners behind the curtain of a new strategic partnership between Netevia and Stackably—a collaboration designed to target three highly specific verticals through custom-built technology and focused marketing.
James is joined by Ben Shirey, who leads Stackably, and Isail Flores from Netevia, who brings more than a decade of experience working in these verticals. Together, they break down how this partnership came together, what makes it unique, and how ISOs and tech companies can think differently about vertical specialization in payments.
While this is not part of Stackably’s reseller channel, the conversation offers a rare look into the kind of strategic deals shaping the next generation of payment partnerships.
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.
