Mastercard Advances Agentic Commerce with New Trust and Intelligence Services
- 2 hours 59 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Today, Mastercard announced an expansion of Agent Pay, its agentic payments program, with new trust and intelligence services that provide greater context for AI-initiated transactions. By bringing together identity, intent, behavioral and fraud insights, the services give financial institutions and merchants a clearer, shared understanding of AI-driven activity – enabling smarter authorization decisions, less unnecessary friction and more... more
Brits Trust AI More with Their Health than with Their Money
- 4 hours 25 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
UK consumers trust artificial intelligence more with their health and their legal problems than they do with their money, according to new research from Enfuce, Europe's card issuing and processing powerhouse. The findings point to a payments-specific trust gap. And as AI moves deeper behind every transaction, it's arriving in the one place people already struggle to see, understand and trust. Key findings:
Survey: 63% of Americans Open to Letting AI Choose Brands for 20% Savings
- 4 hours 55 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
A nationwide survey of 2,000 U.S. adults conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Spreedly found that 63% would or might allow an AI shopping assistant to choose brands for them if it consistently saved them 20% on purchases.
Payhawk Expands in Poland to Support Growing Businesses with AI-Native Spend Management
- 1 day 31 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Payhawk, the AI-native spend management platform helping finance teams save time and money, today opened its Warsaw office and established Poland as a standalone commercial region with a dedicated team. The expansion follows nearly 30% growth in demand from Polish businesses using Payhawk over the past year, achieved without a local sales presence.
Ant International’s Antom Supports Google Gemini in Expanding Access to AI Service in Asia
- 1 day 55 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Google Gemini and Antom, a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, today announced a strategic partnership to make AI tools for learning, creativity and productivity more accessible to users in Asia. Promoting Google AI Plus through AI-powered growth engine
Sumsub Agentic AI Council Launches in APAC and Invites Experts to Advance Trusted AI Adoption
- 1 day 1 hour ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Cross-sector leaders will develop practical guidance on responsible use cases, trustworthy technical foundations and workable guardrails for agentic AI Sumsub, the first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale, today announced the launch of the Sumsub Agentic AI Council (the “Council”), an APAC-focused cross-sector forum that convenes expertise to develop practical frameworks, advance shared best practices and inform... more
Domino Data Lab and EPAM Partner to Accelerate AI Adoption in Life Sciences
- 1 day 2 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Domino Data Lab, provider of the unified platform to build, scale, and govern enterprise AI solutions for the most consequential industries, today announced a strategic partnership with EPAM, a leading global AI and digital transformation services, product engineering, and integrated strategy, experience, and technology consulting company. The collaboration pairs EPAM’s custom systems engineering expertise with Domino’s platform, helping joint... more
BMLL and Simudyne Partner to Power AI Market Simulation with High-Fidelity Historical Data
- 1 day 5 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
BMLL, the leading independent provider of harmonised, continually engineered historical Level 3, 2 and 1 data and analytics for Capital Markets, today announced a partnership with Simudyne, an advanced generative AI and agent-based simulation platform designed to model and replicate market dynamics.
Bottomline News: 36% of Financial Institutions Have No AI in Payment Systems, Yet Nearly Half Call It a Top Priority
- 2 days 46 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Bottomline, a global leader in business payments, has released findings from its sixth annual ‘The Payments Intelligence Gap’ global report. Based on speaking with 300+ professionals from banking and non-banking financial institutions, the findings highlight that financial institutions have made progress on connectivity, transformation and network access. But their challenge has now shifted as they struggle to integrate visibility, intelligence... more
Finastra Launches AI-Powered Repair Recommendations for Modern Payments Processing
- 2 days 49 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Today at Sibos 2026 in Miami, Finastra announced the launch of Repair Recommendations – a new AI-powered capability within AI OperatorAssist. This move will help banks respond more quickly to growing payment activity by adding smarter decision-making into their existing workflows.
NatWest Research Finds Biggest AI Growth Gains Are Still Ahead for London and South East – and Trust Is Key
- 3 days 49 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
New flagship report shows 83% of businesses in both London and the South East report improved efficiency from AI adoption The NatWest research highlights trust, transparency and human oversight as critical drivers of successful AI adoption. Through the NatWest Accelerator, the bank will deliver 5,000 AI learning and adoption engagements over the next year across the UK
NatWest Group First to Unveil Next Generation of AI Tools to Help Customers Manage Money and Receive Fraud Support
- 6 days 1 hour ago
- Artificial Intelligence
NatWest Group is set to trial an industry-first fully generative audio-visual Spending Insights tool, becoming the first bank to test a real time voice-to-voice conversational AI experience that allows customers to discuss their finances naturally.
Narmi Launches AI Marketplace to Bring Practical AI Directly into Financial Institution Workflows
- 6 days 3 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Narmi, a leading provider of digital banking technology, today announced the launch of the Narmi AI Marketplace, a centralized destination for practical and innovative AI capabilities built for community financial institutions. The AI Marketplace brings together Narmi’s powerful lineup of homegrown AI features, available today and continuously evolving, to help financial institutions move faster, serve smarter, and act with confidence.
Bluwhale Delivers Always-On AI Agents for Tokenized Stock Trading
- 6 days 4 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Bluwhale, the AI financial operating system connecting millions of users to traditional and blockchain financial services managed by AI, today announced trading agents for tokenized stocks and real-world assets, including gold, silver and oil. The broader tokenized-stock market already includes instruments linked to widely held companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Tesla, although availability varies by issuer, venue, user eligibility and... more
Ripjar Ramps Up AI in Customer Screening to Disrupt Global Economy of Crime
- 1 week 1 hour ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Ripjar, the provider of smarter screening and risk intelligence solutions, has introduced new AI innovations within ULTRA, the real intelligence engine that powers screening operations at financial institutions and enterprises, including 25% of the Global Systemically Important Banks and 35+ of the Global Fortune 500. The updates enable compliance teams to identify and manage risk with greater confidence, speed and clarity, making screening... more
