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Google Developing New Cross-Border Payment Option
Cross-border Payments // October 28, 2026

Google is reportedly developing a new travel payments capability for its digital wallet. According to a report Tuesday (Oct. 27) from the website Android Authority, the new Google Wallet capability would let travelers make QR-code-based payments overseas using the Alipay Plus network. The report is...

Gen X Wants More From Familiar Payment Tools
Payment Methods // October 27, 2026

Generation X is giving payments providers a clear signal to make payments more flexible, but keep them familiar. This cohort is not particularly interested in the rapid adoption of new methods, but instead largely desires to keep using the same payment tools even as their...

Ebanx Adds Recurring Wallet Payments in Nigeria Through OPay
Subscriptions // October 22, 2026

Cross-border payments provider Ebanx launched recurring payments through Nigerian digital wallet OPay, according to a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. The solution gives international subscription businesses another way to collect payments in a market where credit card ownership remains limited, the release said. Consumers can...

Apple Wallet Car Keys Now Work With GM Vehicles
Mobile // October 20, 2026

Automaker General Motors has begun offering Apple Wallet car key support in some vehicles. The integration went into effect last month, and was flagged Monday (Oct. 9) in a report on the website MacRumors. It applies to select Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC vehicle models, with other General Motors (GM) models to...

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Gen X Wants More From Familiar Payment Tools

October 27, 2026
Generation X is giving payments providers a clear signal to make payments more flexible, but keep them familiar. This cohort is not particularly interested in the rapid adoption of new methods, but instead largely desires to keep using the same payment tools even as their financial situation evolves. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Commerce Runs on […]

21% of Financially Stressed Grocery Shoppers Use Digital Wallets

October 20, 2026
Grocery shoppers under financial pressure are spending more per purchase, giving retailers an opportunity to help households manage bigger bills with more flexible ways to shop and pay. That’s a...

33% of US Shoppers Use Digital Wallets Online

October 14, 2026
Merchants could keep more ready buyers at checkout by accepting the digital wallets those shoppers already use, with wallet gaps putting roughly 36 million U.S. consumers at risk of walking...

AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay

September 30, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Chris Trainor of Paymentus Giving an artificial intelligence agent a wallet is easy to understand. Giving it permission to use that wallet safely...

Quick Reads
Paysafe Expands Digital Wallet Across Entire Euro Zone

October 28, 2026
PaysafeWallet is now available in all euro area markets, after being expanded in Eastern Europe, Paysafe said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. PaysafeWallet is a digital wallet that can be accessed through the PaysafeCard app. It brings together cash and digital money management in one experience, according to the release. PaysafeWallet enables users to manage funds through an […]

Google Developing New Cross-Border Payment Option

October 28, 2026
Google is reportedly developing a new travel payments capability for its digital wallet. According to a report Tuesday (Oct. 27) from the website Android Authority, the new Google Wallet capability...

Ebanx Adds Recurring Wallet Payments in Nigeria Through OPay

October 22, 2026
Cross-border payments provider Ebanx launched recurring payments through Nigerian digital wallet OPay, according to a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. The solution gives international subscription businesses another way to collect...

Apple Wallet Car Keys Now Work With GM Vehicles

October 20, 2026
Automaker General Motors has begun offering Apple Wallet car key support in some vehicles. The integration went into effect last month, and was flagged Monday (Oct. 9) in a report on the website MacRumors. It applies...