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February 17, 2015
iZettle Releases Free Chip And PIN Reader For European SMBs

Europe’s answer to Square, iZettle, is introducing its new Card Reader Lite, which is reportedly the world’s first free-­of-charge Chip and PIN reader. Get the Full Story Complete the form...


February 17, 2015
Microsoft’s Push Toward Biometrics Security

Microsoft has been building better alternatives to passwords into its forthcoming version of Windows, including support for two-factor authentication and biometrics. Now the company is joining forces with the Fast...


February 16, 2015
Obama: Cybersecurity Is Shared Responsibility

Cyberspace has become today’s “Wild West” and as the country’s leader, President Barack Obama has positioned himself as sheriff. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...


February 16, 2015
Co-Branded Cards Give Retailers The Benefit

American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault announced last week (Feb. 12) that the company couldn’t find an agreement that “made economic sense” to move forward with its co-branded card with Costco,...


February 16, 2015
Antitrust Lawyer Runs Amuck In MasterCard Antitrust Case

The recent MasterCard Antitrust case added another layer of complexity and drama to it last week in the U.S. District Court when — according to Law 360 — the attorneys...


February 16, 2015
Apple Pay Goes LATAM

As Apple works to push its Apple Pay services across the globe – exploring implementation of the mobile payment service in Europe and China – Apple Pay remains solely available...


February 16, 2015
Apple Pay And The Fed – What Does It Really...

Apple Pay is joining EMV chip-and-PIN as a standard for roughly 9 million Federal payment cards, including debit-card accounts used for distributing Social Security and Veterans benefits, Bloomberg News reported. Get...


February 13, 2015
Visa Takes Tokens Online

Later today, Visa CEO Charlie Scharf will take the stage at Stanford University to explain the next evolution of fighting cyber-criminals, making the data they steal totally useless. Get the...


February 13, 2015
Visa Will Soon Track Mobile Phones To Help Fight Card...

Visa customers’ lives are about to get that much easier when they are planning to be traveling far from home.  Whereas it was once necessary to call the bank before...


The Prompt Economy™ - February 2026

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.

How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026

How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce,” a new PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, finds that while many acquirers believe existing payments infrastructure can support agent-led commerce, real-world adoption still hinges on solving practical hurdles such as merchant integration costs, legacy systems and trust around fraud, identity and liability.

Download the full report to see what acquirers say it will take to move agentic commerce from technical possibility to everyday reality.