Affirm Opens AI-Powered Promotion Platform to Merchants
Affirm Launches AI-Powered Platform ‘AdaptAI’ for Retail Partners Affirm is extending the capabilities of its proprietary artificial intelligence platform, AdaptAI, to its network of merchant partners, upgrading the checkout experience...
Mastercard Unveils Agent Pay
Mastercard has introduced Agent Pay, a purpose-built payment infrastructure designed to support agentic commerce, where autonomous AI assistants perform transactions on behalf of users. This is a strategic step toward...
Checkout.com Launches Face Authentication
Checkout.com, a leading global payment solutions provider, has launched advanced facial authentication technology. With this move, the company aims to expand its identity verification (IDV) suite. This new feature enables...
Perplexity Selects PayPal to Power Agentic Commerce
Perplexity Doubles Down on AI Shopping with PayPal Partnership Perplexity is turning up the heat in the AI race, taking on Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google with a major new move:...
Revolut and Lightspark Join Forces to Speed Bitcoin Payments
Revolut Supercharges Bitcoin Payments with Lightspark Integration Across the UK and Europe Revolut, a global leader in financial technology, has taken a decisive leap forward in digital payments by integrating...
Mastercard Partners with OKX and Nuvei to Power Stablecoin Transactions
Mastercard Doubles Down on Stablecoins as the Future of Global Finance Mastercard is betting on stablecoins, seeing them as the future backbone of efficient, programmable payments, disbursements, and remittances. With...
Visa and Bridge Partner to Make Stablecoins Available for Everyday Purchases
Stablecoins Are Going Mainstream – And the Visa-Bridge Partnership Is Leading the Charge What began as a niche innovation confined within crypto communities is rapidly gaining traction as a mainstream...
Truist Completes Initial Test of Alias-Based Bill Payment Solution
Truist has completed the initial testing of an innovative alias-based bill payment solution powered by The Clearing House’s RTP® network and Request for Payment (RfP) platform. Through an internal pilot...
FIS Harmonizes Payments with Launch of Unified Money Movement Hub
FIS Launches Unified Money Movement Hub to Streamline Payment Processing for Financial Institutions FIS has introduced the Money Movement Hub, a next-generation platform designed to simplify and centralize payment processing...
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