AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer

AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer
AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer
September 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

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Card Installment Use Jumps 13 Percentage Points as BNPL Holds Steady
Card Installment Use Jumps 13 Percentage Points as BNPL Holds Steady
September 18, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Credit card installment plans are turning the biggest promise of buy now, pay later (BNPL) into an advantage for the card industry. Get the Full...

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Issuers Race to Win Spending Before the Card Arrives
Issuers Race to Win Spending Before the Card Arrives
September 18, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Waiting for a physical card to arrive is becoming less relevant to the moment when an issuer can start competing for a cardholder’s spending. Get...

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Citi Launches Mastercard Subscription Management Tool in UAE
Citi Launches Mastercard Subscription Management Tool in UAE
September 17, 2026  |  Mastercard

Citi has launched Mastercard’s subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mastercard said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. Get...

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Apollo Backs AI Hardware Startups to Win Future Infrastructure Financing
Apollo Backs AI Hardware Startups to Win Future Infrastructure Financing
September 17, 2026  |  Startups

Apollo Global Management is investing in startups focused on artificial intelligence and the related hardware and plans to lend them money in the future, The...

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Fed Deadline Passes as Payment Access Debate Continues
Fed Deadline Passes as Payment Access Debate Continues
September 17, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

For payments firms, direct access to the Federal Reserve can remove an intermediary from the chain between a transaction and settlement. For banks, expanding that...

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CFOs Spent Years Adding to the Payments Stack. Now They May Need to Tear It Apart.
CFOs Spent Years Adding to the Payments Stack. Now They May Need to Tear It...
September 17, 2026  |  Payment Methods

CFOs have typically solved payments problems by buying more payments technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets
CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets
September 17, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued a staff letter declaring a no-action position for the benefit of providers of passive software, the...

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Cloudflare Blocks AI Agents From Ad-Supported Pages
Cloudflare Blocks AI Agents From Ad-Supported Pages
September 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare has started blocking artificial intelligence agents by default on pages that carry ads, putting the tools consumers use to compare products in direct conflict...

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