The payments landscape is rapidly evolving, moving beyond simple transaction processing to a holistic ecosystem of financial services. Maverick Payments is championing a new era for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), providing them with a robust, white labeled payment stack designed to unlock significant monetization opportunities and enhance customer stickiness. “We’re …
July, 2025
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10 July
New Generation Rolls Out Its Agentic Commerce Platform
New Generation, a technology company that creates AI-native storefronts for merchants, unveiled its agentic-commerce platform early Thursday. The platform allows AI agents to securely check out from merchant Web sites. The company is working with Visa Inc. to enable payments through its platform, handle identity checks, and provide fraud protection …
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10 July
Paze Lines Up Payfinia to Expand Its Digital Wallet to Credit Unions
Paze, the digital wallet from Early Warning Services LLC, says it is working with Payfinia, a unit of banking-services provider Tyfone Inc., to expand its reach. Payfinia, formed by Tyfone in 2024 to provide real-time payments technology, has helped line up Star One Credit Union, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based financial institution, …
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9 July
Day One for Amazon’s Prime Day Lights up Online Sales
Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day online shopping extravaganza got off to a record-setting start Tuesday, and without much of an assist from inflation. The day saw $7.9 billion in spending, up 9.9% from the same day last year, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics, which tracks the annual event. The …
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9 July
QR Codes Make a Splash in the Real Time Payments Pool
QR code payments have taken a big step towards becoming not only a mainstream payment option but also one that can accelerate the adoption of real-time payments. Late last week, the technology was used to facilitate a transaction over the FedNow network using the X9 standard. The demonstration transferred funds in …
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9 July
Click to Cancel Rule Booted and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/9/25
The Federal Trade Commission’s negative option rule, or click to cancel rule, for subscription management, has been struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit because the FTC did not follow procedures for creating the rule, The Hill reported. The rule was set to start July 14, having been delayed …
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8 July
Worldpay Expands Embedded Payments to Canada And the U.K.
Worldpay Inc. is introducing in Canada and the United Kingdom its Worldpay for Platforms service, which allows software developers to embed payment processing in their platforms, the processor announced Tuesday. At the same time, Worldpay announced it is expanding availability of the service in Australia. Demand for embedded payments is …
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8 July
Truist’s Merchant Engage Combines Banking and Payments in One
Truist Financial Corp. is courting merchants and their banking and payment needs with a new service called Merchant Engage. The free service is an integrated merchant-services platform, enabling small businesses up to large merchants to view all of their transaction data in one location. Announced Tuesday, Merchant Engage also brings …
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8 July
PayJunction’s Twilio Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/8/25
Payments provider PayJunction said it is working with customer-engagement platform Twilio to enable PayJunction merchants to process payments over the phone using AI-supported interactive voice-response technology. Gaming-industry specialist Pavilion Payments announced it will launch “VIP Preferred” funding solutions, including eCheck and deferred settlement, at three Pawnee Nation casinos. Kort Payments said it will work with …
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7 July
Embedded lending as a growth strategy for ISVs – how to maximize revenue potential
Steven Velasquez, Head and Senior Vice President of Partner Business Development – U.S. Bank | Elavon As consumer expectations for seamless buying experiences continue to rise, independent software vendors (ISVs) that embed payments into their platforms position themselves to capture greater market share in a growing and increasingly competitive software …