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Turning Payment Declines into Trust-Building Moments

In a recent podcast, i2c Founder and CEO Amir Wain discusses how financial institutions can reframe payment declines, not as failures, but as opportunities to strengthen customer relationships. The conversation explores how modern payments infrastructure enables real-time contextual decisioning, the balance between fraud prevention and minimizing false positives, and what the rise of agentic AI means for the authorization proccess. 

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New Study: Jack Henry 2026 Strategy Benchmark 

Explore the latest peer benchmark data and industry research to inform your bank's strategic planning. Gain competitive insights for today’s emerging hybrid monetary ecosystem and more from your trusted preferred service provider, Jack Henry.

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i2c Named Overall FinTech Company of the Year - 2026 FinTech Breakthrough Awards

i2c Inc. has been recognized as "Overall FinTech Company of the Year" in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards, a testament to i2c's 25-year legacy of innovation in global banking and payments. The recognition highlights our unified platform, cloud-native design, and continued investment in AI as key drivers of this achievement.

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i2c Expands Executive Leadership to Accelerate Global Growth

i2c has welcomed four accomplished industry leaders to its executive team, including Dean Scharmen Jr. (Chief Growth Officer), Mickey Lynch (SVP, Strategic Partnerships), Candace Davies (Chief Marketing Officer), and Meredith Carlo (General Counsel), an exciting step forward as we accelerate global growth, strategic partnerships, and product innovation.

Their combined experience will help further i2c’s mission of enabling financial institutions and fintechs to modernize faster, scale smarter, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.

As CEO Amir Wain stated, this leadership team reflects i2c’s commitment to not only meeting the demands of today’s financial services landscape, but helping redefine the next generation of banking and payments.

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When Incidents Hit: How to Build an Incident Response Plan That Supports Operational Resilience

Cybersecurity incidents, vendor outages, operational disruptions, and compliance breakdowns are no longer rare events for financial institutions — they’re a predictable part of today’s risk landscape. When they happen, the difference between a controlled response and a full-scale crisis often comes down to preparation.

In this session, we’ll walk through how to design and operationalize an incident response plan that supports resilience, aligns with regulatory expectations, and gives leadership, boards, and examiners confidence that your institution can respond decisively when disruption occurs.  

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