Weekly Brief
Thursday, October 15, 2026 
Featured Vendors
Mitchell Fleming, Founder and CEO
Optec Payments provides payment processing solutions designed to integrate with business operations. It offers flexible routing, compliance-focused infrastructure and real-time transaction visibility, helping businesses improve authorization... Read more ‣
Tracy Brewster, CEO
ICI Consulting helps banks and credit unions navigate complex core, digital, payment, and ancillary banking decisions through a vendor-neutral, strategy-first approach. By combining industry expertise, market intelligence, and objective... Read more ‣
CXO Insights
By Darpan Khanna, Deputy Global Chief Compliance Officer, Kraken
Darpan Khanna is the Deputy Global Chief Compliance Officer at Kraken, bringing extensive experience... Read more ‣
By Kaloyan Yanchev, Head of Payments at Trading 212
Through this article, Kaloyan Yanchev, Head of Payments at Trading 212, discusses his role in driving... Read more ‣
By Michael Noftsger, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Forcht Bank
As one of the early adopters of Interactive Teller Machines (ITMs) in our area, I have seen changes in... Read more ‣
Feature of the Week
Payment failures rarely announce themselves as technology failures. They show up in card declines, chargeback files, pricing surprises and reconciliation gaps. Read more ‣
