The world of payments is evolving — and so are the ways businesses accept them.Coming soon from the Octalas Group, Softalas (www.softalas.com) is set to redefine how merchants, entrepreneurs, and service providers handle transactions with nothing more than a smartphone or tablet. Built for Android and iOS, Softalas is a Soft Point of Sale (SoftPOS)...
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Mastercard sidesteps reported crypto deal question
Mastercard remains on the hunt for potential acquisitions, but the card network’s executives declined Thursday to comment on a report the company may acquire the crypto infrastructure business Zerohash.
Global Payments leans into Genius
Global Payments is leaning into its rollout of the Genius brand worldwide to increase its payments volume and revenue, CEO Cameron Bready said Wednesday in discussing the company’s third-quarter earnings results with analysts.
Open banking lurches onward
The open banking trend, which revolves around consumers being more easily able to share their financial data, has taken hold in other parts of the world, particularly Europe.
How agentic AI could turbocharge fraud
Payments professionals attending the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas last week foresee bad actors using AI to perpetrate payments scams on a larger scale.
JPMorgan prospers on payments
JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, is benefiting from its increasingly lucrative sale of payments services on the commercial bank side of its business.
Fiserv turns to AI for help
As Fiserv looks to mend customer relationships and rebuild its business, its management team is embarking on what CEO Mike Lyons called a “transformation agenda” using artificial intelligence to boost productivity.






