September 11, 2026
Visa Direct Targets Cross-Border Trade’s SMB Payment Gap
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September 10, 2026
Walmart Opens Checkout as Amazon Builds Its AI Advantage
Today’s most consequential retail technology investments have little to do with making things better, and more to do with redesigning them entirely. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
September 10, 2026
Walmart Adds Papa John’s to Restaurant Delivery Partner List
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September 10, 2026
Modernizing European Competition Policy: Dead on Arrival
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September 10, 2026
Grab Looks to Pick Up BNPL Firm Atome Financial
Ride-hailing/food-delivery company Grab is reportedly in discussions to acquire Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later provider Atome Financial. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
September 09, 2026
MercadoLibre Taps Global Investors to Fuel Logistics and FinTech Growth
Latin American eCommerce and FinTech firm MercadoLibre is tapping global debt markets for only the third time, seeking proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Sept....
September 09, 2026
Consumers Use AI Assistants but Hesitate to Hand Over Their...
Trusted payments are the key to consumers’ willingness to participate in agentic commerce, Visa said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
September 09, 2026
Mastercard Launches Agent Connect to Help Merchants Scale AI Shopping
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September 08, 2026
Visa CEO Says AI Shopping Has Arrived but Agentic Payments...
Artificial intelligence may be changing where consumers decide what to buy before it changes where they pay for it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe are intensifying their efforts to develop and deploy the policies and infrastructure necessary to advance the use cases and real time payments volume of their domestic networks. This month’s “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the progress and future developments of real-time payments across these regions.
They’ve picked the product and are ready to pay. Then their preferred digital wallet is missing, and the sale slips away. New PYMNTS Intelligence research, a collaboration with PayPal, shows which shoppers merchants stand to lose and what they can do about it.