Visa’s Next Step in China and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/13/26 – Digital Transactions
- Visa Inc. said the People’s Bank of China has approved the global payment network’s Application to Prepare, a step toward the establishment of a domestic bank-card clearing institution in China. Visa’s goal is to establish processing for domestic payments in that country.
- Euna Solutions, a technology provider for the public sector, said its Euna Payments unit has simplified management of its payment methods, allowing users to edit payment methods directly in their online accounts, among other actions.
- Cyberattacks are on the rise in U.S. health care, with the average number of attacks per provider rising to 51 from 43 last year, according to the Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare report from the Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint Inc. AI agents acting without guardrails are now seen as the top cause of data loss, with 24% of respondents citing that factor. The fifth annual study relied on responses from 705 IT and IT security practitioners at U.S. health-care organizations.
- Payments processor Repay Holdings Corp. said it will integrate its services with travel-and-expense management firm Emburse’s account-payable technology to offer a single platform to businesses in legal services, health care, financial services, and other fields.
- AetherBridge Financial Ltd., a Denver-based fintech, launched AetherBridge, which allows financial institutions to manage on a single platform transactions using both dollars and cryptocurrency.
- New York City-based Payoneer said its Payoneer Canada Ltd. unit has been registered with the Bank of Canada as a payment service provider, a move the company says bolsters Payoneer’s ability to process transactions in that country.
- Transaction Network Services Inc., or TNS, said its payment orchestration platform now supports more than 100 alternative payment methods.
- Priority Commerce announced a multiyear agreement to be the official orchestration partner of Rally, the name, image, and likeness agency for University of Notre Dame student-athletes. Rally will use Priority’s NIL management platform, GameTime, to administer payments for NIL agreements.
- SpotOn Transact LLC released SpotOn Handheld, a tableside point-of-sale terminal available to restaurant operators. SpotOn said new features include 30% faster processing than the previous device, a longer NFC range, and 18-hour battery life.
- Payments-technology provider Xplor Technologies appointed Shivani Stumpf chief AI officer and chief technology officer and James Black president of the company’s new global payments and infrastructure unit. Both appointments are effective now.
