17:24:28 (UTC) 04-17-2026
SWIVEL® Expands Corelation Partnership with Innovative Connector Integration
17:14:50 (UTC) 04-17-2026
Alkami launches Alkami Code Studio to expand GenAI capabilities
17:12:51 (UTC) 04-17-2026
SBS debuts SBS Lending Suite: Modular, cloud-based, API/data-criven platform
17:10:43 (UTC) 04-17-2026
MUFG expands strategic relationship with Finastra to power U.S. ACH payments
16:23:53 (UTC) 04-17-2026
Most current manufacturing indicators rise in April, Fed reports
16:22:31 (UTC) 04-17-2026
QKS says BPC positioned as leader in SPARK Matrix enterprise fraud management
16:17:12 (UTC) 04-17-2026
ONEKEY: Vulnerability management, SBOM generation key to EU's CRA compliance
19:18:04 (UTC) 04-16-2026
Prometeo now a Nacha Preferred Partner for Account Validation/Open Banking
Friday, April 17, 2026
What Mastercard’s BVNK deal says about stablecoins in the payments stack
Mastercard’s acquisition of BVNK, a leading stablecoin infrastructure provider, matters not just because of its size, but because of what it signals, according to Started PR, a communications and marketing agency for fintechs helping to shape tomorrow's financial world. Stablecoins, the agency noted, are beginning to look less like a parallel financial experiment and more like part of the infrastructure conversation at the heart of modern payments.
Visa launched the Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP) on April 1, 2025, a global initiative aimed at curbing fraud, disputes and enumeration attacks that account for more than $2.5 billion in annual losses, according to Paul Fabara, chief risk and client services officer at Visa.
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Institute of Commercial Payments Annual Conference
April 29, 2026
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Knowing that a square peg will never be happy in a round hole, New York-based payment processor BAMS aims to ensure that merchants and agents are offered the right choices for their unique use cases when selecting their processing platform, consumer acceptance methods, and gateway solutions.
James Shephard & Patti Murphy
April 18th, 2026
Most agents are stuck competing for small accounts where pricing is everything—but enterprise deals play by a completely different set of rules. In this episode of the Merchant Sales Podcast, James sits down with Jerry Gialanella of Fort Point Payments to break down what it really takes to win larger merchants, from shifting your mindset to focusing on real business problems instead of basis points.
They dive into how to uncover true merchant pain points, manage longer sales cycles, and leverage the right partnerships to close complex deals. Plus, Today in Payments covers rising interchange costs, pay-by-bank momentum, and key trends shaping the future of the industry.
Company profile from GS260101
In April 2020, right after a once-in-a-century earthquake roiled Croatia, Field39 was born. The founders wanted to shake up cross-border commerce with a technology suite and knowledge base where people could learn about the technologies that power financial transactions.