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Episode 286 - Understanding Trust in the Modern Agentic and Digital Economy, with Jenny Hadlow and Rory O'Neill, Checkout.com

In this episode, Chris Uriarte welcomes Jenny Hadlow, COO, and Rory O’Neill, CMO, from Checkout.com to discuss the findings from their recent report “Trust in the Digital Economy 2025” and explore the interesting dimensions of trust that merchants, consumers, and service providers need to be aware of in today's ever changing digital (and agentic) economy.
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FORM3 Expands Strategic Partnership With SumUp to Bring Real-Time SEPA Payments to European Small Businesses

Form3

“Form3 announced a significant expansion of its partnership with SumUp, as the global fintech extends its use of Form3’s payments platform to support European payment schemes. SumUp, which supports more than 4 million merchants across 37 countries, has adopted Form3’s platform for European payments including SEPA Instant, SEPA Credit Transfer and SEPA Direct Debit.”
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Is Europe Ready to Reduce Its Reliance on Visa and Mastercard?

GlobalData

“…Visa and Mastercard processed 47% of the eurozone’s card payment value in 2025, with 13 out of 19 countries being highly reliant on these two providers with at least 96% of their card transaction values, according to GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics. The duopoly’s combined market share in the eurozone has doubled since 2010; further intensifying […]
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Stripe Is Considering Acquisition of All or Parts of PayPal, Bloomberg News Reports

Yahoo Finance-Reuters

“Payments firm Stripe is considering an acquisition of PayPal or parts of the digital payments pioneer, Bloomberg News reported ‌on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Stripe, which is privately ‌held and is among the industry’s most valuable companies, has expressed a preliminary interest in a ​potential acquisition of PayPal or its assets, the […]
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