Payments Innovation

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Mastercard Helps Danske Bank With Denmark-First Agentic Transaction
September 21, 2026

Mastercard said it has helped Denmark’s Danske Bank reach an agentic payments milestone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Bottomline Connects Payment Rails and Blockchains in One Platform
September 17, 2026

Business payments firm Bottomline introduced a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to improve payment messaging, according to a Thursday (Sept. 17) news release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Paymentus Scales Bill Payment Platform Across Additional Sectors
September 14, 2026

Paymentus executives emphasized the company’s position as a specialized technology provider navigating bill payment modernization, agentic artificial intelligence and expansion into additional verticals during the Goldman Sachs 2026 Communacopia + Technology conference. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Fiserv CEO Says Divided Structure Left Products Underused
September 14, 2026

Fiserv aims to tap several growth opportunities by bringing together the capabilities of its Financial Solutions (FS) and Merchant Solutions (MS) segments, which have operated separately, and operating as one company, Fiserv CEO Takis Georgakopoulos said Thursday (Sept. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Cash App Pilots No-Fee Business Tools for Sole Proprietors
September 10, 2026

Cash App is piloting a new experience that helps eligible sole proprietors accept peer-to-peer payments and manage their earnings in their personal Cash App account, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money
September 03, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, stablecoins and tokenized securities put some of the mechanics of digital finance before lawmakers Wednesday (Sept. 2), including how software-driven transactions will be authorized and settled. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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The G20 Is Coming for Stablecoins’ Best Cross-Border Sales Pitch
September 02, 2026

Stablecoins have pinned their corporate finance hopes on a straightforward proposition: better cross-border B2B payments. Traditional cross-border payments are constrained by banking hours, fragmented data and layers of intermediaries. Digital dollars, by contrast, can move continuously across programmable networks. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
September 01, 2026

A financial market that trades around the clock can’t wait until the next banking day to settle. A business selling digital services overseas has a different problem: the product can cross the border more easily than the payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Why Merchants Get Better Results When Their Payment Systems Work Together
September 01, 2026

Adding payment processors is relatively easy. Getting substantially better payment performance from the resulting network appears to be much harder. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....