Industry Events
Trustech is the annual meeting place of the card and trust technology industries. The event remains a popular mix between tradeshow and conference with over 200 international exhibitors, and around 100 international speakers covering the latest technologies and trends in the fields of Payments & Identification.
Explore the new era of commercial card and B2B payments at CPI Global in 2026. Join issuers, fintechs, networks, and corporate end users to address important changes in AI, virtual cards, and payment economics.
The world's most influential banking and payments conference, organized by SWIFT. Sibos attracts senior executives from global banks, payment networks, correspondent banking organizations, central banks, and payment infrastructure providers. Strong focus on cross-border payments, AI, digital assets, transaction banking, and global payment rails.
MRC San Diego returns 14–16 September 2026, bringing together payments, fraud prevention, and risk management professionals for an exclusive members-only conference focused on collaboration, education, and industry advancement.
Europe's premier summit for payments and transaction banking professionals. It is more than a two-day event; it's the place where industry leaders, innovators, and regulators come together to proactively shape the future of finance.
MPE 2026 will bring together 1,600+ individuals representing companies that are redefining the merchant payments ecosystem, on March 17-19, in the InterContinental Hotel Berlin, Germany.
Industry News
November 3, 2026
RAMP, a fintech provider of spend management software and commercial cards to corporations, has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Ramp National Trust Bank. If approved, the bank would be able to offer fiduciary investment management and custody of digital assets. It will not take deposits or make commercial loans.
November 3, 2026
VALIDIFI, a provider of alternative data and predictive analytics, offers Compass, a decision intelligence layer that connects account validation with identity, ownership, fraud, relationship and payment signals. The service, delivered via a single API, is customized for a business’s use cases.
November 3, 2026
TRANSUNION has launched Transaction Matching, a service that connects transaction activity to privacy-conscious consumers. The product leverages Fiserv’s Unknown Shopper service that helps merchants recognize previously unidentified shoppers, which can include loyalty members who pay with a new card, shoppers who use a mobile wallet or those tap to pay. Merchants can use Transaction Matching to enrich pseudonymized customer profiles with demographic and lifestyle data.
November 3, 2026
INTELLICHECK will provide proprietary technology that analyzes DMV-issued IDs to Agility Credit, an automotive credit bureau reseller. Identity verification from Intellicheck is used before a credit file is pulled. Agility Credit then layers credit data, device intelligence and red flag workflows on top.
November 3, 2026
SELF LABS has launched Agent Vault, a payment login layer for AI agents to sign in and complete a purchase without seeing or storing a buyer’s credentials. Users can use Agent Vault with Muse, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Grok Bot, Claude and Codex. Agent Vault is aimed at buyers that use multiple AI agents. Self Labs has over 20 million users.
November 3, 2026
AIRWALLEX, provider of a financial platform and technology infrastructure to more than 675,000 businesses worldwide, either directly or through platform customers, is now available to restaurants connected to OpenTable. Restaurants will use Airwallex to handle payments tied to managing reservations, for deposits to secure bookings and for prepaid transactions.
Nilson in the News
October 1, 2026
Credit card interchange fees: What they are and how they work
"According to the 2025 Nilson Report, in 2024, merchants paid $187.2 billion in swipe fees on over $11.9 trillion of payments for goods and services."
September 29, 2026
How banks use behavior to spot suspicious payments
"The cost of getting that decision wrong is high. Global payment card fraud losses reached $33.41 billion in 2024, according to the Nilson Report."
September 18, 2026
B2B Payments: A Gradual Shift from Checks to Electronic Payment Methods
"...issues of the Nilson Report provide the value of payments made with business credit and debit cards."
August 26, 2026
The post-penny economy: How cash rounding and credit card surcharges are changing what you pay
"In 2024, credit card spending was up 5.1% from 2023 to about $6.46 trillion, according to the Nilson Report, a publication that focuses on the global card payment business. Credit card processing fees were up more, by 9.3% to $148.52 billion."
August 25, 2026
Amex’s low fraud rate turns on its closed system
"Amex this year once again charted the lowest fraud rate among major U.S. card networks, according to the industry research publication Nilson Report. While Amex does not publicly release its exact fraud rate, the card issuer touted its low fraud track record over the past 19 years in a July 21 press release, citing Nilson’s February issue."
August 14, 2026
Credit card strain rises: study
"A 2025 Nilson report projected that card fraud would total about $404 billion in losses globally over the next decade."
Nilson in the News
Relevant and respected, the Nilson Report is quoted by more business news publications than any other in the payments industry. Here’s a sampling of the articles where our proprietary data has been featured.
Industry News
The latest information about the companies, products and services that are shaping the payments industry, selected by our team of specialists.
Industry Events
The Nilson Report curates the payment industry’s leading conferences, expos, summits, webinars, and executive forums, helping card issuers, merchant acquirers, payment networks, fintechs, processors, and technology providers stay connected to the trends, innovations, and leaders shaping the global payments ecosystem.
