Almost Half of Brits Would Let Bots Shop for Them as AI-Driven Spending Is Set to Top £99bn Within Five Years
- 7 hours 26 min ago
- Payments
Nearly half of UK adults (48%) have already used, or would consider using, an AI agent to shop within the next 12 months, according to new research from Global Payments Inc. . This marks a significant increase from just 31% a year ago, signaling that shopping bots are rapidly gaining acceptance. Brits are ready to let AI hunt for bargains
SoFi Becomes First National Bank to Go Live with Stablecoin Settlement Across Mastercard’s Global Payments Network
- 8 hours 23 min ago
- Payments
SoFi Technologies, Inc. and Mastercard today announced that stablecoin settlement is now live across SoFi Bank, N.A.’s debit and credit card program, bringing stablecoin settlement through SoFiUSD, issued by a federally regulated bank, to Mastercard’s global payments network following the companies’ partnership announced in March.
Vocalink Partners with National Preparedness Commission to Bring Always-On Payments Expertise into UK Resilience Agenda
- 9 hours 43 min ago
- Payments
Vocalink is partnering with the National Preparedness Commission to bring its unique experience running the UK’s always-on payments infrastructure into the country’s wider resilience and preparedness agenda. The partnership comes as AI-enabled threats, cyber risk and geopolitical uncertainty are putting UK resilience in sharper focus, alongside climate-related disruption, including heatwaves, drought and flooding.
Changing Lanes: Cross-Border Payment Providers in New Race to Win SME Loyalty
- 11 hours 3 min ago
- Payments
Nine in 10 (91%) small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) trading internationally are set to switch their current cross-border payment provider in the next two years, according to Mastercard’s new Money in Motion report, compiled by Bain & Company. The findings point to a fast-changing market, as SMEs look for more efficient ways to move money across borders.
New Research from The Payments Association Reveals Gap Between Firms’ AI Inclusion Confidence and Reported Practice
- 11 hours 9 min ago
- Payments
A new report from The Payments Association, a trade group for the payments sector, assesses how prepared organisations are to deploy AI to support vulnerable customers.
Form3 Launches AI Agentic Payments Infrastructure
- 11 hours 15 min ago
- Payments
Form3, a leading global fintech offering account-to-account payments technology, today announced the launch of its new AI-enabled payments platform that will enable banks and fintechs to leverage AI agents within their payments operations. This launch marks the evolution of Form3 from cloud-native and API-first to AI agent-ready payments infrastructure, enabling banks and fintechs to adopt AI with clearly defined controls.
Reap and Visa Collaborate to Launch Stablecoin Card Programs Across 100+ Markets
- 11 hours 38 min ago
- Payments
Reap, a global financial technology company building stablecoin-enabled infrastructure, and Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today 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... more
Adyen Launches First-to-Market Upgrade to Authenticate, Unlocking Double-Digit Conversion Gains for Global Merchants
- 1 day 7 hours ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced a major upgrade to its Authenticate offering, a part of its Adyen Uplift payment optimization suite. Authenticate now routes every transaction to the highest-performing authentication technology in real-time, while simultaneously optimizing the data issuers use to approve transactions.
Akurateco Enables Apple Pay Payments in Chrome, Firefox and Edge for Its PSP and Acquiring Clients
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Payments
Akurateco, a white-label payment software provider for PSPs, acquiring banks and enterprise merchants, has rolled out support for Apple Pay in third-party browsers. The capability is now live on its platform, so shoppers can pay with Apple Pay in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and other non-Safari browsers, on a Mac or a Windows PC.
ACI Worldwide Extends ACI Connetic to Support Payments Orchestrated Through Swift’s Ledger
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced it is bringing intelligent routing for Swift ledger transactions to ACI Connetic, its cloud-native payments hub. The capability will allow banks to process tokenized deposit payments alongside traditional payment types using the same operational controls, workflows and infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate digital-asset payment operations.
HSBC and Conferma Expand Collaboration to Simplify B2B Payments Across Asia Pacific
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Payments
HSBC and Conferma have expanded their long-standing-collaboration into Asia Pacific, enabling businesses to embed virtual card payments directly into procurement, travel, and supplier workflows.
SurePay Appoints Robert Soetens as Chief Product Officer
- 1 day 12 hours ago
- Payments
SurePay, a leader in payment verification and fraud prevention, today announced the appointment of Robert Soetens as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Soetens will lead the growth of the company’s fraud risk intelligence platform, built on the payment verification network the company has operated since 2016. That network reaches more than 4,500 banks and 30,000 businesses globally.
Mangopay Launches Echo to Give Platforms More Flexibility and Control over Multi-PSP Payment Flows
- 1 day 12 hours ago
- Payments
Mangopay, the wallet-first payment infrastructure for enterprise platforms, has introduced Echo, a new solution that enables businesses to centralize and manage payments processed by their existing PSPs in one single place for reconciliation, wallet allocation, splits, and payouts. A response to payments complexity
LenderDock and Tranzpay Partner to Deliver an End-to-End Digital Payments and Lienholder Automation Experience
- 2 days 7 hours ago
- Payments
LenderDock, Inc., the leading provider of online P&C insurance policy verification and automated lienholder process management, today announced a strategic partnership with Tranzpay, a FinTech/InsurTech payments platform purpose-built for insurance.
