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VizyPay Appoints New Directors, Grows Leadership Team Across the Country

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Together they will bring VizyPay’s services across the Midwest by delivering transparent, cost-saving payment processing services to small town businesses.

Key Points: 
  • Together they will bring VizyPay’s services across the Midwest by delivering transparent, cost-saving payment processing services to small town businesses.
  • He’ll also act as a mentor, coach and leader to the ISOs, providing guidance, training and development insights.
  • With four years at VizyPay, Onofre started in 2019 as a sales director and has since worked up the leaderboard.
  • “Erik and Tod will be bringing in the next generation of payments professionals and I have no doubt they’ll bring excellence and quality service to our merchants across the country.”

Riaz Ladha and Eric Kirk to Head Valor PayTech’s Strategic Payments Business

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Valor PayTech , a rapidly-growing fintech provider of end-to-end, processor-agnostic omnichannel commerce solutions, today announced the appointment of payments veterans Riaz Ladha and Eric Kirk to its new strategic payments business unit.

Key Points: 
  • Valor PayTech , a rapidly-growing fintech provider of end-to-end, processor-agnostic omnichannel commerce solutions, today announced the appointment of payments veterans Riaz Ladha and Eric Kirk to its new strategic payments business unit.
  • Kirk joins Valor as vice president of integrated payments and strategic sales with responsibility for forging strategic partnerships and business opportunities in the CNP arena.
  • “I am excited to lead the charge for Valor and help build the strategic team along with Eric Kirk.
  • “I am happy to join Valor to build and grow its strategic payments business unit along with my long-time payments industry colleague Riaz Ladha,” stated Kirk.

Today's U.S. Electric Power Industry Course: Structure, Function, and Current Status of Renewable Energy, ISO Markets, and Power Transactions (Houston, United States - April 18-19, 2023) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, January 20, 2023

The "Today's U.S. Electric Power Industry, Renewable Energy, ISO Markets, and Power Transactions" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Today's U.S. Electric Power Industry, Renewable Energy, ISO Markets, and Power Transactions" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • If you want to truly understand the U.S. electric power industry, this course is for you.
  • Who the key players in the industry are, and why the industry is so difficult to restructure.
  • John Adamiak is President and Founder of PGS Energy Training and an expert in energy derivatives and electric power markets.

North American Wind PPA Prices Fall for the First Time in Nearly Two Years, but Solar Prices Keep Climbing, According to LevelTen Energy

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Monday, January 30, 2023

SEATTLE, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In the fourth quarter, North American P25* power purchase agreement (PPA) offer prices rose an average of 2.7% to $47.19 per megawatt hour (MWh), according to a new report from LevelTen Energy, operator of the world's largest PPA marketplace. LevelTen's P25 Index includes prices for both wind and solar long-term energy contracts, which are starting to exhibit diverging trends. For the first time in nearly two years, LevelTen's P25 wind index fell 1.9% to $48.71 per MWh, while solar PPA prices climbed another 8.2% to $45.66 per MWh.

Key Points: 
  • LevelTen's P25 Index includes prices for both wind and solar long-term energy contracts, which are starting to exhibit diverging trends.
  • Hopefully UFLPA compliance procedures will become more efficient so that we can see some relief for solar prices, too."
  • Report data is produced from PPA price offers uploaded to the LevelTen Energy Marketplace by wind and solar project developers.
  • All PPA price data in LevelTen's report are based on the prices that developers are offering for PPA contracts, not transacted PPA prices.

Netevia shifts traditional merchant services conversation with Mobile Banking, Merchant Services Bundle

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

 MIAMI , Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Netevia Banking is a fully functional mobile banking app providing a single point of entry for ISOs looking to manage banking, payments, and cash flow. A platform-agnostic solution, Netevia offers a suite of products and services, including merchant portfolio management and various processing plans, to take their business to the next level.

Key Points: 
  • A platform-agnostic solution, Netevia offers a suite of products and services, including merchant portfolio management and various processing plans, to take their business to the next level.
  • "ISOs can earn residuals not just on payment processing, but on banking services, like deposits, balances and debit spend."
  • "ISOs can earn residuals not just on payment processing, but on banking services, like deposits, balances and debit spend."
  • Small businesses banking through Netevia will benefit from the following:
    The ability to create multiple accounts, digital cards, and authorized users to manage cash flow
    To learn more about Netevia Banking, visit https://netevia.com/iso-banking/

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (OTC:SMKG) Company Overview for 2023 & Chatbot AI Spotlight

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc.’s (SMKG: OTCQB) tech suite of 22+ platforms offers a Multi-Industry and Multi-Tier portfolio of solutions for infrastructure projects and commerce strategies. The company’s expertise and knowledge in Data Management, Analysis and Artificial Intelligence allows for “knowledge-based models” with real-time automation that can include payment technology, blockchain protocols and fintech as embedded utilities.   The expansion of both Axepay Cross-border Payments and Xpay World "TMS" in SE Asia continue to enjoy success with more industry partners onboarding. 

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc.’s (SMKG: OTCQB) tech suite of 22+ platforms offers a Multi-Industry and Multi-Tier portfolio of solutions for infrastructure projects and commerce strategies.
  • The expansion of both Axepay Cross-border Payments and Xpay World "TMS" in SE Asia continue to enjoy success with more industry partners onboarding.
  • The company uses this to embedded payment services into its own IP portfolio to accelerate commercial deployments for its customers.
  • SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (SMKG:OTCQB) with its business solutions portal for commerce emphasis introduced its Ambassador Program to Partners and Authorized Resellers.

NMI Acquires Agreement Express's Payments Solutions, Providing More Value for Partners

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NMI, a leading full commerce enablement technology company, has acquired the Agreement Express payments solutions, including onboarding, underwriting and risk monitoring capabilities designed for current and emerging leaders in financial services. Together, the pair's joint offering enables ISV, ISO and fintech partners to sign up and monetize merchants more quickly and easily.

Key Points: 
  • This acquisition further strengthens NMI's vision to enable payments from sign-up to pay-out for its channel partners and merchants.
  • "NMI continues to push the boundaries beyond traditional payments, and this acquisition exemplifies exactly that," said Vijay Sondhi, CEO of NMI.
  • "Bringing together NMI with Agreement Express addresses market demand for simplifying underwriting and will allow us to deliver more value per merchant to our partners."
  • NMI welcomes the Agreement Express employees from the payments segment of the business into the NMI family.

YES ENERGY ADDS LIVE POWER PROPRIETARY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION DATA FOR NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS

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Monday, December 5, 2022

BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yes Energy, a leader in North American power market data, is now delivering comprehensive 60-second New York (NYISO) and New England (ISO New England) generation and transmission data through its Live Power solution–the most comprehensive coverage available from any data vendor.With the US grid facing unprecedented risk this winter, this state-of-the-art coverage enables two power markets with very high price exposure to cold weather conditions to navigate continuous change. This coverage surpasses anything available on the market and delivers immediate value to Yes Energy Live Power customers to make day-ahead and real-time trade decisions."This is just the beginning," said Live Power President, Jack Farley. "Live Power will continue growing its plant and transmission coverage aggressively. As always, we will focus on monitoring new capacity additions that give our customers efficient access to important data to support their tough commercial decisions day-in and day-out." 

Key Points: 
  • Energy Market Data Leader Launches 60-Second Data Service to its Market-leading Power Market Platform, Creating Most Comprehensive Coverage Available
    BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yes Energy, a leader in North American power market data, is now delivering comprehensive 60-second New York (NYISO) and New England (ISO New England) generation and transmission data through its Live Power solutionthe most comprehensive coverage available from any data vendor.
  • Live Power adds to Yes Energy's data catalog by measuring grid activity, a critical leading indicator of market moves and volatility.
  • For more information or to schedule a demo for Yes Energy's Live Power solution, please visit the Yes Energy website .
  • Yes Energy aggregates and standardizes data from all Independent System Operators (ISOs), non-ISOs, and third-party partnerships, and that includes historical data from the inception of the markets.

Potential Chargeback Impact Ricochets on News of CFPB Being Ruled Unconstitutional

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Monday, November 28, 2022

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit deemed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unconstitutional because it violated the separation of powers of the U.S. Constitution, and while the ruling against the CFPB gives relief to financial institutions by lifting unnecessary burdens and offering an immediate remedy for unfair regulation, industry experts cite potential disruption in the dispute mediation space.

Key Points: 
  • As the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ruled unconstitutional, the effect on consumer disputes and chargebacks leaves experts divided.
  • In 2010, the CFPB was established as a regulatory agency overseeing consumer-related financial products and services.
  • The CFPB was intended to protect consumers against financial institutions engaging in abusive monetary practices.
  • Contributing to heightened fraud amounts, the cost of chargeback fraud for retail businesses has risen nearly 20% since 2019.

NMI Partners With Kount, an Equifax Company, to Enhance Advanced Fraud Protection for Independent Software Vendors

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. , Nov. 17, 2022   /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NMI, a leading full commerce-enablement technology company, today announced a product collaboration with Kount, an Equifax Company, and the leader in digital identity trust, fraud, and chargeback prevention, to enhance fraud protection for independent software vendors (ISVs), independent sales organizations (ISOs), and merchant partners.

Key Points: 
  • SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NMI , a leading full commerce-enablement technology company, today announced a product collaboration with Kount , an Equifax Company, and the leader in digital identity trust, fraud, and chargeback prevention, to enhance fraud protection for independent software vendors (ISVs), independent sales organizations (ISOs), and merchant partners.
  • Kount solutions from Equifax are designed to detect and prevent fraud for e-commerce, m-commerce, and card-not-present transactions.
  • Payment fraud is on the rise, considering merchant losses to online payment fraud are expected to exceed $206 billion between 2021 and 2025.
  • Layering Kount technology on top of the NMI Fraud Prevention platform is designed to provide ISVs, ISOs, and merchants with a greater ability to detect and mitigate fraud through the Kount real-time risk analysis and fraud assessment capabilities.