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ETA Announces the Top 10 Payments ISVs and Top Payments Sales Professionals Award Winners

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Software Solutions Providers and Sales Professionals epitomizing the innovative, inclusive, and dynamic spirit of payments industry will be honored at TRANSACT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Electronic Transaction Association (ETA) is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Top 10 Payments ISVs awards and Top Payments Sales Professionals — new this year. The awards honor companies and individuals committed to achieving excellence in the payments industry, including introducing groundbreaking products, adapting to evolving technologies, demonstrating in-depth commitment to customer success, and beyond.

“We saw so many nominations this year, highlighting the talent, bold ideas, and impact of countless members and organizations in our industry. These were extremely tough decisions, we are proud of the winners and nominees alike and cannot wait to celebrate your success at TRANSACT,” said Jodie Kelly, CEO of ETA.

Determined by the ETA Industry Affairs Awards and Recognition Committee, winners of the 2024 ETA Top 10 Payments ISVs awards will be recognized at TRANSACT and hosted in the ISV Village sponsored by MAPP Advisors. 2024 ETA Top 10 Payments ISVs winners are:

Applova, for changing the game for the restaurant industry with an innovative combination of AI-driven capabilities, personalized customer experiences, and comprehensive business tools.

Charge to Charge powered by ISVPay, for building a fully integrated unattended payments platform that closes the gap between the EV charging stations and the consumer with a solution that enables the EV charging OEM to offer payment enablement with their product offering.

Exact Payments for enabling SaaS companies to embed payments quickly in their offering, reducing development time and onboarding merchants faster while ensuring reliable settlement and funding, powerful fraud management, fully managed compliance, and complete data security.

Jobox for creating a one-stop shop for the home services industry complete with marketplace integration, including AI Dispatch capabilities, complemented by post-payment processing and wallet integration with brick-and-mortar stores.

MarketTime, for addressing the complex environment of processing payments to sales agencies and reps in the Gift, Toy, Home and related industries, saving time, saving money and reducing risk.

PaymentLOCK for changing the business model within the ISO community with an entirely SaaS-based model, allowing the ISO to manage their merchant’s entire payment architecture through highly secure military-grade encryption for in-store and online solutions from the same platform.

Paystand for giving businesses the ability to reconcile and pay each other using blockchain in only one banking day, reducing the time, cost, and administrative work.

QuoteMachine for redefining the payment process for SMB retailers, ensuring that transactions are not just secure and efficient but also strategically aligned with the sales journey and customer needs while also empowering salespersons to provide a custom solution from initial contact to final payment for high-ticket retail sales.

Revolv3 for optimizing the credit card approval process on the first pass and reducing customer churn by combining the rules of issuing and acquiring banks and payment processors with machine learning, ensuring the highest approval rates and effectively preventing false declines.

TouchBistro, for continuously investing in an all-in-one POS and restaurant management system that makes running a restaurant easier with solutions that help restauranteurs streamline and simplify their operations.

New in 2024 is the Top Sales Professionals Awards, which recognizes 50 top payment salespersons who have demonstrated commitment and passion for achieving excellence.

The 2024 winners of the new Top Payments Sales Professionals award are:

Dan Akivis, Cross River 

Rainer Avanisian, Wells Fargo

Binnur Avci, Worldpay

Rob Bast, Humboldt Merchant Services

Bryan Beattie, PSP Services

Joshua Bryant, Fortis

Conn Byrne, Payroc

Gina Cermenaro, Square

Jeremy Collins, MerchantE

Denise Collins, Rainforest

Myra Crowder, Worldpay

Mark Davis, US Alliance Group

Deb Dewar, Ingenico

Sean Douglas, Exact Payments

Arash Dounel, Archer Payments

Kevin Feagan, Everyware

Robert Fox, NMI

Joe Furlong, WorldPay

Jim Gabriel, J.P. Morgan Chase

Patrick Gallagher, Reliable Payments

Jaclyn Garcia, Talus Pay

Carlos García Huerta, American Express

Perryn Holtrop, PayNation

Amanda Hottel, J.P. Morgan Chase

Sarah Humphrey, Fitech by Deluxe

Eric Jacobsen, Elavon | US Bank

Jono Keedy, Stripe

Bart Kohler, ALLCARD USA

Helen Kruskamp, Spreedly

John Lee, Wells Fargo

Leila Li, Universal Processing

Ryan Malloy, North American Bancard

Kelly Mcmillan, American Express

Tim McWeeney, Ingenico Group

Troy Mechura, BlueSnap

Isabel Mifsud, Moneris

Sugeesan Naguleswaran, Moneris Payment Solutions

Wendy Nelson, NETbilling

Matt Ouellette, Apple

Lindsay Pajor, Paya, a Nuvei company

Jaron Rice, Magothy Payments

John Rozic, Moneris

Gene Schenberg, Valor Paytech

Dustin Siner, Payarc

William Stakes, Truist

Rich Swiderski, NMI

Marc Taylor, Wells Fargo

Ryan Thiede, Tilled

Ramon Toribio, Merchant Industry

Tuan Tran, Universal Processing

Register today to attend TRANSACT 2024, where payments meets business. Join the entire industry in Las Vegas for three days of innovation, connection, and endless opportunities for your business. Visit etatransact.com to learn more.

ABOUT ETA

The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $44 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.www.electran.org

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stalbott@electran.org

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Automated Drone Technology Further Transforms Polish Mountain Rescue Operations

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How Poland’s TOPR Team is Revolutionizing Mountain Rescues with Automated DJI Docks

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — With its steep peaks, deep valleys, and harsh winter conditions, the Tatra Mountains present immense challenges for search and rescue operations. Powered by DJI Enterprise’s next-generation automated drone technology, TOPR (Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe), Poland’s dedicated volunteer mountain rescue service, is actively transforming its emergency response in rugged regions.

Building on their successful integration of DJI Enterprise equipment like the DJI Dock 3, TOPR recently initiated a pilot program with the newly released DJI Dock 4. The concept is groundbreaking for alpine rescues: launching a drone from an automated rooftop dock before the ground rescue team has even left the base.

“Certain locations are completely inaccessible by car, bike, or even snowmobile during winter,” explains Marcin Józefowicz, a TOPR rescuer and Head of Cybertech. Traditionally, a full mountain deployment could take up to two hours just to assemble the team and reach the trailhead on foot. To overcome this critical bottleneck, TOPR is looking to the sky.

This early deployment means a drone can reach a reported accident site in minutes instead of hours. “Crucially, we can assess the situation before we begin a physical operation,” says Józefowicz. This rapid aerial reconnaissance allows duty officers to determine if a rescue is genuinely needed, how many volunteers to dispatch, and exactly what equipment is required.

Once on the scene, the DJI Matrice 5TD helps TOPR make contact with people on the ground. Rescuers can use its loudspeaker to give instructions and ask whether assistance is needed, with hikers responding through gestures. If they indicate that they do not need help, the team can continue searching elsewhere. In total darkness, advanced thermal fusion imaging provides operators with near-daylight clarity, allowing them to pinpoint hikers’ headlamps and read topographic details simultaneously.

To conquer the mountainous terrain that frequently blocks standard communication signals, TOPR’s trial creatively utilizes a network of DJI O4 video transmission ground stations. By placing relay stations on observation towers and distant peaks, the drone can seamlessly roam between them. “This infrastructure allows us to extend our flight range even into neighboring valleys,” Józefowicz notes.

With automated flight triggers and a dock capable of swapping batteries in just 25 seconds for continuous operations, TOPR is exploring the ultimate future of mountain rescue. Beyond active missions, the automated fleet is testing the waters for daily hazard reconnaissance and trail monitoring. For TOPR’s dedicated volunteers, this continuous innovation serves one ultimate goal: reaching the injured faster, safer, and more effectively in the unforgiving Tatras.

1 All data was measured using a production model in a controlled environment. Some features are only available when paired with specific DJI drones, and may not be available in certain regions and countries. For more information, please refer to our official website: https://enterprise.dji.com/dock-4

About DJI

Since 2006, DJI has led the world with civilian drone innovations that have empowered individuals to take flight for the first time, visionaries to turn their imagination into reality, and professionals to transform their work entirely. Today, DJI serves to build a better world by continuously promoting human advancement. With a solution-oriented mindset and genuine curiosity, DJI has expanded its ambitions into areas such as renewable energy, agriculture, public safety, surveying and mapping, and infrastructure inspection. In every application, DJI products deliver experiences that add value to lives around the world in more profound ways than ever before.

For more information, visit our:

Website: https://enterprise.dji.com  
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DJIEnterpriseOfficial/       
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/dji    
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@DJIEnterprise   

About TOPR:

TOPR (Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe) is the dedicated volunteer mountain search and rescue organization operating in the Tatra Mountains, headquartered in Zakopane, Poland.

(Note: The accompanying multimedia case study was co-produced by DJI Enterprise and INNPRO.)

 

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SlidesAI Expands Beyond Google Slides With Standalone AI Presentation Platform

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Users can now create, edit and share presentations directly in their browser, alongside integrations with Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint and ChatGPT.

SHARJAH, UAE, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SlidesAI, an AI presentation maker that began as a Google Slides add-on, has expanded into a standalone presentation platform with its own browser-based workspace.

First released earlier this year, the SlidesAI web app lets users turn ideas, notes and documents into presentations without installing an add-on or working inside Google Slides or PowerPoint. It brings presentation planning, content creation, design and editing into one workspace.

“We started as a Google Slides add-on, then a PowerPoint add-in, and that’s where we found our first users and grew to over twelve million,” said Anurag Bhagsain, founder of SlidesAI. “But honestly, the product outgrew that framing.”

The standalone platform extends SlidesAI’s role across the presentation process. Users begin with a topic, notes or a document, then specify their audience, tone, language and slide count. Before generating the deck, they can review the outline, reorder slides and refine the content. Once the presentation opens in the editor, they can edit text directly or request AI revisions, review the suggested changes and accept them.

The need for help across those steps is reflected in a recent SlidesAI onboarding survey. Among more than 18,000 responding new users, roughly two-thirds selected design and visuals as a presentation challenge, while nearly half selected the time required. Respondents could select multiple challenges.

Those responses illustrate why generating slide text addresses only part of the work. Turning that content into a structured, visually coherent presentation also requires decisions about sequence, layout and design. SlidesAI’s web-based AI presentation maker lets users work through those stages within the same environment.

For organizations creating recurring presentations, Brand Kit lets users import an existing PowerPoint template and apply their colors, fonts, logos and layouts to generated decks. Finished presentations can be presented directly, shared through a link or exported to PowerPoint or Google Slides.

SlidesAI also continues to support its existing integrations. Users can create and refine presentations through the PowerPoint add-in, work directly within Google Slides, or use ChatGPT to generate presentations directly in their SlidesAI account.

About SlidesAI

SlidesAI is an AI presentation creation and editing platform for professionals, educators and students. Available as a standalone web app and through integrations with Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint and ChatGPT, SlidesAI helps users turn ideas and source material into editable presentations. Learn more at  https://www.slidesai.io/.

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RepData Launches Verified Intelligence Platform, Establishing New Category for End-to-End Research

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Quality-led market research platform combines survey creation, participant sourcing, data quality verification, analysis and AI-powered automation in a closed-loop system 

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rep Data has launched the Verified Intelligence Platform (VIP), an end-to-end research and insights solution that takes teams from business questions to actionable insights, with data quality verified throughout. The platform allows researchers to design studies, source verified respondents, detect fraud and low-quality responses, and analyze results in one connected system, with the flexibility to manage research themselves or work with Rep Data’s experts.

The platform builds on RepData’s sample sourcing and fraud prevention technology, adding survey design, behavioral data quality assessment and advanced analytics through its recent acquisitions of ReDem, OWL and SightX. It incorporates RepData’s curated participant network and quality checks at the source, respondent and response levels. The launch establishes Verified Intelligence as a new category of research with data quality verified at every step and visible to customers.

“Insights teams shouldn’t have to make high-stakes decisions on questionable data or choose between quality and speed,” said Patrick Stokes, CEO and Founder of RepData. “We’ve built the only research platform that offers this level of capability, technology and transparency in one place. Quality has been part of our DNA since day one, and VIP sets a new standard for conducting research and making decisions with confidence.”

Verification is integrated throughout the platform, with customers able to see how data quality is assessed at each stage:

Source: The next generation of Research Defender scores sample sources and blocks low-quality sources in real time, including during and after fieldwork.Respondent: More than 120 signals are analyzed and scored together for each respondent, identifying fraud, inattention and AI text responses before and during surveys.Response: Every response receives a score from 0 to 100 across five criteria (open-ended responses, behavioral analytics, time, grid and coherence), with plain-language explanations of flagged responses.Replacement: Rejected respondents are automatically replaced during fieldwork, eliminating need for data cleaning after the fact and shortening research timelines.Learning: Results from each study are used to retrain quality models, improving detection over time.

RepData’s VIP supports and embeds agentic research workflows, where AI agents can create surveys, launch studies, collect results, analyze data and prepare reports, with verification throughout.

Customers can use RepData’s technology and services in three ways:

Integrated platform: The Verified Intelligence Platform includes more than 50 research methodologies and question types, a panel network spanning 50 countries, pre-survey quality checks, automated data cleaning, analysis, reporting and actionable recommendations.Individual products: RepData’s sample marketplace and data quality tools are available through API and MCP connections for use with existing survey platforms.Research services: RepData’s research team manages projects from scoping and study design through field management, analysis and reporting.

Enterprise and mid-market teams can conduct research in-house or outsource projects, while research agencies and technology platforms can integrate RepData’s capabilities into existing systems.

The launch introduces RepData’s new brand identity and website, reflecting its expanded capabilities.

About RepData
RepData helps businesses make high-stakes decisions with confidence through verified research, advanced technology and human expertise. Its Verified Intelligence Platform (VIP) provides an end-to-end solution for designing, conducting and analyzing research, with data quality verification integrated at every step of the process. RepData works with enterprise and mid-market businesses, research agencies and technology platforms, offering flexible options for teams conducting research across a range of business functions, including self-service research, individual technology solutions and fully managed research services. www.repdata.com

Contact: Michelle Andre, 426176@email4pr.com, +1-415-577-8634

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