Reviews website Trustpilot is reportedly seeking partnerships with eCommerce giants amid the rise of AI-powered shopping. “If you imagine AI agents are out there doing the shopping, they want to know as much as possible about different businesses, and the best AI agents will be...
Video editing software company MotionVFX says it has been acquired by Apple. “For over 15 years, we’ve been on a mission to create world-class, visually inspiring content and effects for video editors,” the company said on its website Monday (March 16) “From the very beginning, we’ve been all about...
Visa has expanded its partnership with payments and financial technology provider Fiserv. The collaboration, announced in a news release Monday (March 16), introduces what Visa calls a “unified, API driven acceptance layer” aimed at simplifying integration for acquirers and helping merchants boost authorization rates, prevent fraud and improve customer...
Truist Financial has teamed with Plaid to expand open banking access for its clients. The data access agreement is designed to give customers better financial control and insights, Sherry Graziano, Truist’s head of digital, client experience and marketing, said in a Thursday (March 12) news release. “This is...
FinTech Wizz Financial achieved a company milestone for cross-border transactions, according to a Thursday (March 12) press release. Wizz completed its first stablecoin-powered cross-border remittance and treasury transaction originating from the United States, with capabilities into 80 countries, the release said. The transaction was carried...
Visa and Santander have launched an agentic commerce partnership in Latin America. The companies announced Thursday (March 12) that they had completed a series of pilot agentic commerce transactions in five markets — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay — powered by Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC) solution. The pilot marks...
Zelle introduced an application that permits charitable disbursements from donor advised funds (DAFs), according to a Thursday (March 12) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new offering, announced in partnership with Bank of America, lets nonprofits receive charitable grant funding in near real time, replacing...
Google says it has finalized its acquisition of cloud/artificial intelligence (AI) security platform Wiz. With the deal concluded, Wiz will become part of Google Cloud as that division of the company invests in improved cloud security, the tech giant said Wednesday (March 11). The $32...
Thredd is working with Cross River Bank to help international FinTechs enter the U.S. The collaboration makes Thredd one of Cross River’s strategic processing partners outside of the bank’s own stack, the companies said in a Wednesday (March 11) news release. “The arrangement enables Thredd to introduce a...