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Powering AI Commerce With the New Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)

Google Cloud Blog

“Google announced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms. The protocol can be used as an extension of the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol and Model Context Protocol (MCP). In concert with industry rules and standards, it establishes a payment-agnostic framework for users, merchants, […]

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Global

Alipay+ and Grab Make Ride Hailing Services Available to Global Digital Wallet Users via Alipay+ Voyager

Ant International

“Alipay+, Ant International’s global wallet gateway, and Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, announced the integration of Grab’s ride-hailing services into Alipay+ Voyager, its inbuilt end-to-end AI travel agent. This will make local transportation services in Southeast Asia more accessible for users of Alipay+ Voyager, who can now book rides directly from within their digital wallets.”

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Major Partnership Achieved: LianLian Global Joins Forces with UnionPay International to Facilitate Efficient Cross-Border Fund Transfers

PR Asia

“On September 9, LianLian Global and UnionPay International announced a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border money movement solutions. The collaboration brings together a leading global digital payments provider and an international card network, combining complementary strengths to deliver greater value for customers. By connecting LianLian’s worldwide payment infrastructure with UnionPay’s Money Express platform, the companies […]

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EBANX Launches Integration with Capitec Pay, enabling Open Banking for Cross-Border e-commerce in South Africa

PR Newswire

“EBANX has announced the integration of Capitec Pay, South Africa’s leading open banking-based, real-time payment method. This move marks EBANX’s first open banking solution outside Brazil and makes EBANX one of the first global Payment Service Providers (PSPs) offering Capitec Pay for cross-border e-commerce.”

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Industry

Paysecure Boost Transparency and Control with Customisable Surcharge Fee Solution

Gambling Insider

“Paysecure, leading payment orchestration platform in iGaming, roll-out customisable surcharge fee solution, built to enhance their dynamic cashier functionality. With this enhanced functionality at Paysecure, operators can define fees according to card details (e.g., credit vs. debit), location, market, currency, payment method, customer segment and more.”

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U.S. Bank Launches All-In-One Cash Flow Management Platform for Small Businesses

Business Wire

“U.S. Bank announced an all-in-one cash flow management platform for small businesses. Providing a comprehensive accounts payable solution with streamlined cash flow management, enhanced bill pay capabilities with industry-leading flexible payment options, and the ability to easily sync with accounting software, it’s all seamlessly integrated into the U.S. Bank online banking platform. The accounts payable […]

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Extending the Reach of Zelle®: Alacriti and Early Warning Join Forces

PRWeb

“Alacriti, a leading provider of cloud-native money movement services for banks and credit unions, today announced a new partnership with Early Warning Services, LLC, the company behind Zelle®. Zelle will be embedded in Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub, an all-in-one payments platform that provides financial institutions with all the tools, services, and technology infrastructure they need to […]

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Ant International’s Antom Debuts Agentic Payment Solution, Pioneering APM Checkout Solution and Trusted AI for Secure Transactions

Yahoo Finance

“Antom, a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, announced the launch of an agentic payment solution, featuring a first-of-its-kind secure APM checkout solution. Antom is also among the first partners of Mastercard and Visa to pilot card-based transaction capabilities for AI agents. Antom can connect AI agents to diverse APMs, including […]

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Chargebee Acquires Inai to Supercharge AI-Powered Payments Intelligence

Business Wire

“Chargebee, a leading billing and monetization platform for recurring revenue businesses, announced its acquisition of Inai, a payments intelligence and analytics company. The acquisition reinforces Chargebee’s long-standing commitment to giving companies of all sizes more power and intelligence in managing their payments stack.”

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Episode 272 - Fanning the Flames - 2025 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update

To help you read the tea leaves in the mountains of publications, Yvette Bohanan rounded up Chris Uriarte and Drew Edmond for this mid-year update on payments industry trends. Tune in to hear updates and perspectives on topics like regulation, stablecoins, agentic commerce, tokenization, and fraud.

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Adyen Partners with Prommt to Power Seamless, Secure Payments in Hospitality and Beyond

Prommt

“Adyen announced a joint partnership with Prommt, the premium pay by link solution trusted by top brands in hospitality, travel, luxury retail, and professional services. Prommt’s market-leading platform enables hotels to request and collect secure, efficient and premium branded remote payments. It supports features like scheduled sends, automated reminders (SMS/email), file attachments, reporting, and refund […]

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Global

Standard Chartered and Ant International Collaborate on AI-Powered Treasury and FX Management Solutions

Ant International

“Standard Chartered and Ant International announced a new collaboration to introduce an AI-Powered Treasury and FX Management Solution. Standard Chartered and Ant International are active Pathfinder institutions in MAS’s financial sector PathFin.ai programme, and this collaboration is a leading example of how AI is augmenting Singapore’s financial sector services.”

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Global

Whitepaper: Unlocking Business Opportunities With Real-Time Payments [Australia]

Australian Payments Plus

“The way businesses pay and get paid is undergoing a fundamental shift. This whitepaper explores the benefits, opportunities, and considerations for businesses as they prepare for Australia’s payments future and includes case studies of leading organisations already realising the benefits, including: Amazon.com.au’s new payment check-out option; BP’s support for small retailers and efficiency improvements.”

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Nuvei Integrates with Zuora to Power Global Subscription Payments

Morningstar

“Nuvei announced a strategic integration with Zuora, a leading monetization platform for modern business. The partnership enhances Nuvei’s ability to support enterprise recurring revenue at a global scale and provides Zuora’s customers with a robust payments infrastructure to accelerate growth in both established and emerging markets.”

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Riskified Joins Forces with HUMAN to Help Merchants Embrace Trusted AI Shopping Agent Commerce

Riskified

“Riskified announced a new partnership with HUMAN Security, a leading cybersecurity company, with a shared vision to advance a unified security framework that helps merchants win and grow safely via emerging agentic channels. The partnership underscores their joint commitment to leverage their respective industry-leading AI platforms and expansive network insights to secure the next era of […]

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