The framing of agentic commerce as a future-only capability is increasingly an outdated one. At least, that’s becoming the case within the payments industry. Findings in “How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce,” a new PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, reveal that a growing share of acquirers...
In the early days of regulated online gaming in the United States, payments were less a utility than a bottleneck. Seven years ago, as states like New Jersey began legalizing digital wagering, operators faced a paradox: consumer demand was surging, but the financial infrastructure needed to support...
FIS has debuted a tool to offer 24/7 post-trade clearing for regulated prediction markets. The FIS CD Prediction Clearing solution, announced by the financial technology company in a news release Tuesday (March 24), comes amid the continuing growth in prediction markets such as Kalshi and...
Embedded finance has matured past its land-grab era. What once began as a race to bolt payments, lending and insurance into digital platforms is now confronting a new reality of being judged not as an innovation experiment, but as operational infrastructure where benchmarks as tangible...
Elon Musk said X Money is set to launch in April. “X Money early public access will launch next month,” Musk said in a Tuesday (March 10) post on X. ? Money early public access will launch next month — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2026...
Watch more: Need to Know With North’s Suril Patel When merchants viewed payments solely through the lens of cost, they typically looked for as little cost as possible. But that one-dimensional calculus is breaking down in the face of today’s multifaceted commerce realities. As transactions...
Consumer credit is entering a new phase—one shaped by rising demand for flexibility, personalization and real-time control. As installment plans and hybrid repayment models become more common, issuers are seeing renewed momentum. However, the ability to capture that growth increasingly depends on whether the underlying...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With The Clearing House’s Sal Karakaplan A single word rarely captures the trajectory of an entire industry. Yet during periods of structural change, language often provides a useful lens through which priorities, anxieties and ambitions can be understood. During...
For more than two decades, financial technology companies have been racing to expand a financing model invented by General Motors over a century ago. The model established in‑house finance arms so that car buyers could get a loan at the dealership instead of trudging to...