In today's episode, John breaks down a series of developments that are quietly raising the compliance and governance bar for eCommerce businesses. From a major card network rule change that went live last Friday to a critical Adobe Commerce security patch that demands immediate attention, this is a briefing for merchants who want to stay ahead of operational risk rather than reacting to it.

Key topics covered:

• Mastercard's Scam Merchant Monitoring Program (SMMP) is now live - what the 72-hour investigation window means for legitimate eCommerce merchants

• Why BNPL adoption jumping to 45% of US households for back-to-school shopping signals a structural payment shift

• Adobe Commerce security bulletin APSB26-73: 14 vulnerabilities, including critical remote code execution flaws, and why the new monthly isolated patch model removes the old excuses for delay

• Shopify POS UI Extensions 2026-07 introduces a new Printing API for direct hardware receipt printer support

• Google makes passkeys mandatory for new Google Ads API authentication

• How to audit your AI entity footprint and why AI retrievability is a growing competitive advantage

Whether you're managing payments, platform security, or advertising integrations, this episode covers the changes that matter and what to do about them.

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