August 03, 2026
Visa Buys BioCatch for $2.4B to Detect Scams Before Money...
Visa is set to acquire Israel-based fraud intelligence company BioCatch for $2.4 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
August 03, 2026
The Performance Gap: Why Every Transaction Is a Growth Opportunity
The payments industry has mastered how to move money but not how to maximize its value. Despite rapid digital innovation, revenue leakage continues to widen the gap between customer intent...
August 03, 2026
Cards Make Their Case in an Agentic World
When AI agents start buying things, somebody has to settle the transaction. This week, the four largest card networks in the United States each made the same declaration: The Prompt...
August 03, 2026
Visa Says the Agentic Enterprise Starts With Better Controls
Agentic AI systems need clear guardrails around an organization’s data to protect privacy while ensuring value, Visa SVP, Global Head of Growth and Partnerships Rubail Birwadker writes in a new...
July 31, 2026
Chime Cuts 10% of Workforce in AI Pivot
Chime Financial plans to lay off about 150 people, or 10% of its workforce, Bloomberg reported Friday (July 31), citing a memo to employees from Chime CEO and Co-Founder Chris...
July 30, 2026
Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Platform
Agentic customer interaction platform Encore AI has raised $30 million in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
July 30, 2026
Keystone Launches Washington Antitrust Practice With 2 Former DOJ Officials
Consulting firm Keystone has opened a Washington office anchored by antitrust economists Malika Krishna and Brian Clark, expanding its competition practice with two former senior officials from the U.S. Department...
July 30, 2026
Amazon Narrows AI Ambitions as Retail Rivalry Intensifies
Amazon’s decision this week to scale back parts of its homegrown artificial intelligence portfolio has been taken by the marketplace as a retreat from the frontier-model competition. Get the Full...
July 30, 2026
Stripe Helps Data Firm Dune Accept Stablecoin Payments
Dune says it is one of Europe’s first companies to receive stablecoin payments through Stripe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
AI agents are rapidly becoming the new power brokers in digital commerce, making purchases, managing subscriptions and choosing merchants before a consumer ever lifts a finger. Tokenization is giving these agents the authority to act and rewriting long-standing assumptions about checkout, loyalty and customer control.
Read more in “Prompt Economy™: Tokens, Trust, and Transactions,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa collaboration.
Based on surveys of 5,241 consumers and 1,185 merchants, a new report from PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Acceptance Solutions shows how payment choice, mobile use and AI are changing where Americans shop. The data also reveals why merchants need to make checkout easier and support the payment methods customers already prefer.