Business payments have a bookkeeping problem that’s been keeping them manual for centuries. Millennia, even. In 2026, after one company approves an invoice, someone often...
Amazon will begin giving customers the option to text its Alexa for Shopping tool for assistance in their product searches. “Select customers can now text...
On October 28, Google told Wall Street something that publishers, small businesses and anyone who’s ever depended on search traffic have been telling Google for...
Lost in the recent earnings announcement from Mastercard was a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI that Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said includes the use of his company’s...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is doing something that years of retail competition struggled to accomplish. It is teaching consumers to start shopping somewhere other than...
Shopify has embedded agentic payment technology developed by Visa, Mastercard and American Express into its checkout feature, Shop Pay. “I’m excited to share that we’re...
An artificial intelligence (AI) agent can now put groceries in a cart and pay for them, and the retailer on the other end decides whether...
A merchant can add another digital shopping channel without necessarily changing the customer it serves. Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping presents a different reality, as the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents could make it easier for consumers to compare products and complete purchases, but they may not change where shoppers spend...