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Education: The “Alien” Economics of AI Monetization

Stripe

“Two-thirds of the companies on the Forbes AI 50 list now use some form of usage-based pricing, reflecting AI’s variable costs and unpredictable demand. At the second annual Monetize conference last month, Metronome CEO and Cofounder Scott Woody put it more bluntly: today’s leading companies operate in ways that would seem “alien” to traditional SaaS […]

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While Amazon Blocks AI Agents, Walmart Rolls Out the Welcome Mat

TechCrunch

“Walmart is embracing agentic commerce with the launch of its own Agent Gateway to manage transactions and other new features aimed at customers using AI agents, the retailer announced on Wednesday. The move comes shortly after Walmart’s top competitor, Amazon, began blocking AI agents from making purchases on behalf of online shoppers. Walmart, on the […]

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Companies Global

Interswitch Group Leads Nigeria’s Tokenization Charge, Mobilizing Issuers, Schemes & Merchants to Make Tap-to-Pay the New Default for Digital Payments

This Day Live

“Interswitch Group, a leading African integrated payments and digital commerce company, is at the forefront of pioneering tokenization infrastructure and enablement, supporting multiple banks, financial institutions and card schemes as they bring tokenized payments to merchants and customers in Nigeria and across key African markets, including Kenya and Uganda. Tokenization, which is more popularly described […]

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Mesh and Visa Partner to Make Stablecoin and Crypto Balances Spendable Across 175 Million Merchants

PR Newswire

“Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, announced a strategic partnership with Visa to make crypto and stablecoin balances spendable across Visa’s global acceptance network. The first-of-its-kind collaboration combines Visa’s global acceptance network with Mesh’s orchestration infrastructure, enabling consumers to pay in-store and online directly from the balances they already hold in their wallet apps.”

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J.P. Morgan Payments Powers Mercado Libre’s Global Selling Expansion

J.P. Morgan Payments

“J.P. Morgan Payments is supporting leading Latin America e-commerce marketplace’s Global Selling program, which enables U.S. businesses to sell across Latin America. Mercado Libre is leveraging Embedded Payments from J.P. Morgan Payments for its U.S. sellers. The solution was designed to improve the cross-border payment experience for Mercado Libre’s sellers by simplifying cross-border payment management and improving […]

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Mollie Strengthens Pay by Bank to Power the Next Generation of European Payments

Mollie

“Mollie launched a renewed version of Pay by Bank, built on the technology of GoCardless, which Mollie acquired this year. Thanks to GoCardless’s open banking technology, Mollie connects directly to the banks Dutch consumers already use. Pay by Bank combines GoCardless’s pan-European open banking connectivity – direct connections to 2,500+ banks – with Mollie’s own […]

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Stripe Agrees to Acquire Parafin to Expand Revenue Opportunities for Platforms and Help Small Businesses Grow

Stripe

“Stripe announced that it has agreed to acquire Parafin, a leading embedded financial products platform. Parafin supports some of the largest and most complex platforms in the world, including DoorDash, Gusto, Jobber, and Mindbody, by providing credit offerings for their small business customers. With Parafin, Stripe will strengthen its support for ambitious platforms while bringing […]

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Merchants

Episode 303 - Fanning the Flames: Every Payment, Every Environment, All at Once

This episode is a follow up to Drew Edmond's 2025 payments performance optimization series, and an accumulation of what he has learned about how optimization actually works today. And here's the short version - for subscription payments and for subscription businesses, an individual transaction success depends on a lot more than just the payment.  Tune in as Drew outlines a data-forward approach that spans every environment a payment touches, highlighted by clips from previous guests from the payments performance optimization series.

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Ant International’s Antom Supports Google Gemini in Expanding Access to AI Service in Asia

Business Wire

“Google Gemini and Antom, a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, announced a strategic partnership to make AI tools for learning, creativity and productivity more accessible to users in Asia. The collaboration will leverage A+Rewards, Antom’s digital marketing solution powered by privacy-preserving computing and AI technologies, and its extensive partner network […]

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Reap and Visa Collaborate to Launch Stablecoin Card Programs Across 100+ Markets

PR Newswire

“Reap, a global financial technology company building stablecoin-enabled infrastructure, and Visa announced a strategic collaboration to bring stablecoin-linked Visa credit card programs to over 100+ markets globally, powered by Reap’s card issuance infrastructure, in compliance with local regulations. The collaboration will bring Reap’s market-leading Visa credit card issuing infrastructure beyond Asia and Latin America, into […]

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Companies Global

UPI Merchant Fees Set To Boost PhonePe And Google Pay

StratNews Global

“India’s decision to introduce merchant fees on UPI payments could create a major new revenue stream for leading digital payment apps. Walmart-backed PhonePe and Google Pay could earn millions of dollars annually. From October 15, merchants will face a 0.4% fee on transactions above 2,000 rupees ($21). According to estimates from Bernstein, the new fee […]

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PayPal Keeping Options Open Amid Buyout Rumors, CEO Says [Video]

Yahoo Finance

“New PayPal CEO Enrique Lores doesn’t sound like a guy running toward the exit after inking a huge deal to sell the company he just started leading. He sounds like a veteran top executive who’s head-down trying to reinvent a fintech icon. “First of all, we have said that we are totally open and objective […]

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Glory and Velera Announce Partnership to Offer Co-op Shared Branch Express Using TellerConcierge™

Business Wire

“GLORY, a global leader in cash automation and management solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Velera, a leading payments credit union service organization. The collaboration introduces Co-op Shared Branch Express functionality to credit unions using Glory’s TellerConcierge™ integrated kiosk as the enabling technology. The partnership will integrate Velera’s account-based network with TellerConcierge to independently perform […]

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Ant International Secures Payment Institution License from the Central Bank of Brazil

Yahoo Finance

“Ant International, the leading global digital payment, digitisation, and FinAI solutions provider, today announced that it has received a Payment Institution (PI) licence from the Central Bank of Brazil. Ant International provides cross-border payments and account services, embedded credit and treasury services, and other finAI and blockchain solutions to clients across Asia, Europe and the […]

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PayTabs to Acquire Amazon Payments Services’ MENA Operations

IBS Intelligence

“Saudi Arabia-based PayTabs Group has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ payments operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a transaction valued at more than $100 million. Approved by both parties, the deal will see Amazon Payment Services’ MENA operations integrated into PayTabs, expanding the FinTech company’s scale, processing capabilities, and market […]

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