Companies

How Can Visa's Intelligent Commerce Connect Power AI Agents?

Zacks

“Visa Inc. is expanding its footprint in next-generation shopping with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect. This platform acts as a unified system, enabling businesses to connect directly with AI agents through a single integration on Visa’s acceptance network. Instead of people browsing and clicking through websites, AI agents can interact with merchant systems, compare […]

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Global

Cross Switch Goes Live With Absa Pay to Deliver Frictionless, Bank Authenticated Payments for South African Merchants

Cross Switch

“When customers select Absa Pay at checkout, they are routed to a secure Absa environment to authenticate the payment directly with their bank before being returned to the merchant’s platform to complete the transaction. Absa developed Absa Pay to provide fintechs, e‑commerce platforms, and other digital partners with a safe, authenticated way to engage with […]

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Industry

NRF: Swipe Fees Could Cost Easter Shoppers Almost $600 Million

Chain Store Age

“The National Retail Federation has a not-so-happy forecast for the financial impact of swipe fees on consumers who shop for Easter using credit cards. The Merchant Payments Coalition, a subsidiary of the NRF , estimates that if all of the record $24.9 billion the NRF has forecast consumers will spend on Easter this year were […]

Global

FOMO Pay Launches AI Soundbox and Targets AI-Powered Merchant Portal

Asian Banking & Finance

“FOMO Pay, a Singapore-headquartered payment institution, has launched the FOMO AI Soundbox and announced its plans to roll-out a comprehensive payment suite empowered by artificial intelligence (AI). FOMO AI Soundbox, described as a “compact payments acceptance device”, supports cards, QR payments, e-wallets, and stablecoins through a single terminal. It also establishes the groundwork for the AI-powered […]

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Companies

Visa and Fiserv Expand Partnership to Strengthen Payment Acceptance Across Europe

Visa

“Visa and Fiserv today announced an expansion of their long-standing partnership to deliver the Visa Acceptance Platform within Fiserv’s merchant acquiring and processing solutions across Europe. The collaboration introduces a unified, API driven acceptance layer designed to simplify integration for acquirers while helping merchants improve authorisation rates, reduce fraud and deliver seamless customer experiences. The […]

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Companies

PPRO and PayPal Enable Swish Payments for Global eCommerce

IBS Intelligence

“PPRO has partnered with PayPal to enable Swedish mobile payment service Swish on PayPal’s platform, allowing millions of Swedish consumers to use their preferred domestic payment method when shopping with international online merchants. The integration connects Swish’s user base of around 8.7 million people to PayPal’s global merchant network, enabling them to pay at thousands […]

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Spreedly Makes Agentic Commerce a Live Channel for Merchants

PR Newswire

“AI agents have advanced from recommending products to completing purchases at checkout. Spreedly announced that agentic commerce is now live as a channel within its open payments platform, enabling merchants to process agent-initiated transactions over their existing payment infrastructure. Spreedly enables agent-initiated transactions to flow through existing payment service provider (PSP) relationships while merchants remain […]

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Companies

UK Fintech Firm Revolut Opens India Waitlist for Digital Payments

Tech In Asia

“Revolut will launch an INR-only prepaid wallet with UPI integration and Visa cards for domestic and international use. The wallet will support peer-to-peer transfers, merchant payments, budgeting tools, and UPI transfers via QR codes, phone numbers, and contacts, subject to NPCI limits, plus recurring payments and biometric authentication.”

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Industry

BillDesk to Acquire Worldline India Payment Businesses, Advancing Integrated Payments

BillDesk

“BillDesk announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Worldline India’s payment businesses, in a strategic transaction that brings together large-scale payment aggregation, bank-grade transaction switching, and omnichannel merchant acquiring within a single, unified platform. This strategic move establishes a premier, vertically integrated payments stack designed to power the next era of […]

Companies

Merchant Steering of Consumer Payment Choice

Atlanta Federal Reserve

“This paper investigates the degree to which merchants influence consumers’ choice of how they pay for transactions. Using data from the Survey and Diary of Consumer Payments Choice, we examine consumers’ adherence to their preferred payment method when making in-person transactions. We also investigate whether merchants are able to steer consumers away from their preferred […]

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Companies Global

Mastercard Completes Fully Authenticated Agentic Commerce Transaction in India

VARINDIA

“Mastercard announced the completion of a fully authenticated agentic commerce transaction on its payment network expanding the company’s global payment capabilities into the Asia Pacific region. Cards issued by Axis Bank and RBL Bank were used to complete the transaction. The purchase was processed through payment aggregators including Cashfree Payments, Juspay, PayU and Razorpay. Merchant […]

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Industry

Stablecoin Usage Statistics 2026: Explosive Growth

SQ Magazine

“Stablecoins have emerged as a cornerstone of digital finance, blending the speed and accessibility of blockchain with the stability of fiat currencies. Stablecoin transaction volumes reached unprecedented heights, with on-chain activity underscoring their expanding role across global markets. Corporations are using stablecoins to settle cross-border payments instantly, reducing costs and delays vs traditional banking rails. […]

Global

PhonePe Takes Its Diversification to Dalal Street

The Economic Times

“For most users, PhonePe remains a payments app. As the Walmart-backed fintech prepares for a public listing, its UDRHP filed last month outlines a company that is expanding beyond payments, using UPI primarily as a distribution layer rather than a revenue engine. More notably, growth is increasingly being driven by businesses that sit on top […]

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Companies

Mastercard Launches Fleet: Next Gen to Streamline Fleet Payments in Apac

Asian Banking & Finance

“Mastercard has launched Mastercard Fleet: Next Gen, a portfolio of new solutions for car fleet management and logistics operations. It offers global acceptance across millions of locations, including fuel, electric vehicle (EV) charging, maintenance, tolling, and ancillary fleet speed, according to a press release on 4 February 2026. Mastercard promises smarter authorisation controls and spend policies […]

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Industry

Payfinia and Deluxe Partner to Enable Paze® for ISVs, Embedding Payments Across Issuer and Merchant Ecosystems

Business Wire

“Payfinia, an independent payment services firm providing an open payments framework, announced a new partnership with Deluxe, a trusted Payments and Data company serving millions of small businesses and financial institutions. Together, the organizations are expanding access to Paze®, a digital wallet and online checkout experience developed by Early Warning Services and offered by leading U.S. financial […]