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October 10, 2025
The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Policy Purposes
BIS
“The report examines how central banks, financial regulators and supervisory authorities are using AI for policy purposes. They regularly work with vast data sets and complex decision-making processes to safeguard monetary and financial stability and ensure the integrity of payment systems. New, advanced AI methods – including large language models that power generative AI – […]
Federal Reserve Board Announces Expanded Operating Days of Two Large-Value Payments Services, Fedwire® Funds Service and the National Settlement Service (NSS), to Include Sundays and Weekday Holidays
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
“The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced expanded operating days of two large-value payments services, Fedwire® Funds Service and the National Settlement Service (NSS), to include Sundays and weekday holidays. The Reserve Banks will implement this expansion in several years, no earlier than 2028 to ensure operational and industry readiness.”
Splitit Launches Partner Program to Power Installments for Agentic Commerce
Splitit MediaRoom
“Splitit, the pioneer of embedded card-linked installments, announced the launch of an invite-only partner program designed to make pay-later capabilities native to Agentic AI, the next generation of AI-driven commerce. The Splitit Agentic Commerce Partner Program will bring card-linked installment capabilities to autonomous shopping agents—AI systems that can search, recommend, and make purchases on behalf […]
Consumer Checkpoint: The Tale of Two Wallets
Bank of America Institute
Consumer spending has risen, but the gap between lower- and higher-income households remains pronounced. Total credit and debit card spending per household increased 2.0% year-over-year (YoY) in September, compared to 1.7% YoY in August, according to Bank of America aggregated card data.
Education: Understanding CHIPS: Key US Clearing House for Large Transactions
Investopedia
“CHIPS is a primary clearing house for large U.S. banking transactions, settling over $1.8 trillion daily. Unlike Fedwire, CHIPS uses a netting process for transactions, which is slower but more cost-effective. CHIPS supports various transaction types, such as interbank transfers, corporate payments, and foreign exchange.”
October 9, 2025
How Do Consumers’ Fraud Experiences Vary with Their Financial Vulnerability?
Federal Reserve
“A sizeable share of U.S. consumers has been exposed to financial fraud. In this Payments System Research Briefing, we examine how both the share of consumers who experienced financial fraud and the share who ultimately incurred fraud losses varies by consumers’ level of financial vulnerability.”
Zilch Unveils Intelligent Commerce & Zilch Pay to Power Next Phase of Rapid Growth
Zilch
“Zilch unveiled milestone product developments marking the next phase of its exponential growth. At its first ever Zilch Summit, bringing together over 150 leading retailers, technology and industry experts, the business unveiled Zilch Intelligent Commerce – an AI powered data intelligence platform for retailers and brands to dramatically increase their return on ad spend when […]
African Trade Bloc COMESA Launches Digital Payments System
Reuters
“The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has launched a digital payments system to cut transaction costs by allowing businesses to settle deals in local currencies. COMESA, which has 21 member states including Egypt, Kenya and Ethiopia, joins efforts by the African continent to push for local currency payments systems to cut trade costs by eliminating […]
Affirm Extends Collaboration With Google as a Supporter of Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
“Affirm announced its support for Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open, payment-agnostic protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely support agent-led payments across platforms. The collaboration extends Affirm’s long-standing partnership with Google, which also includes integrations with Google Pay and Chrome’s autofill feature.”
India Rolls Out Pilot for E-commerce Payments via ChatGPT
Reuters
“India’s payments authority National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and fintech firm Razorpay have collaborated with Microsoft-backed OpenAI to launch AI-driven payments on ChatGPT. The initiative, currently in the pilot stage, will allow users to make purchases on ChatGPT, facilitated by India’s homegrown payments network Unified Payments Interface (UPI).”
G20’s Cross-Border Payments Push Set to Miss 2027 Target
Reuters
“Global financial authorities are set to miss a 2027 target set by the G20 group of nations to make international cross-border payments faster, cheaper and more transparent, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Thursday. Goals set in 2021 included cutting the global average cost of a retail payment to no more than 1% and […]
October 8, 2025
Episode 275 - The Criticality of Optimizing the Payments Experience, with Anne Hay and Mike Kaplan, PayNearMe
In this episode of Payments on Fire, Chris Uriarte welcomes Anne Hay, Chief Marketing Officer, and Mike Kaplan, Chief Revenue Officer, from PayNearMe to discuss the evolution and optimization of the payments experience.
Checkout Launches Flow Remember Me, a One-Click Solution for Global Digital Payments
Checkout
“Checkout.com announced a series of innovations across its product suite including the global launch of Flow Remember Me, an extension of Flow that allows shoppers to save their card details once and then have them immediately available for use across Checkout.com’s global network of merchants. Following a beta launch in the Middle East, Flow Remember […]
Sabre Direct Pay Introduces Integrated Chargeback Management Service for the Travel Industry
WebWire
“Sabre Direct Pay, the travel payments division of Sabre Corporation, is introducing a new service designed to help travel companies simplify and scale chargebacks, enabling dispute resolution more efficiently across both issuing and acquiring channels. Developed in partnership with Chargebacks911, the solution enables users to initiate and represent charge disputes without navigating multiple issuer or […]
Bank of North Dakota and Fiserv Partner to Launch "Roughrider Coin," North Dakota's First Stablecoin
Business Wire
“Fiserv, Inc. in partnership with the Bank of North Dakota, announced the Roughrider coin, North Dakota’s first stablecoin. Fully backed by U.S. dollars, the Roughrider coin will be the first U.S. state stablecoin to launch on the Fiserv digital asset platform.”
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