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AI Agents Shift Power From Marketing to Metadata
Artificial Intelligence // December 11, 2025

Merchants have spent much of the eCommerce era obsessed over understanding a single buyer: the human at the other end of a screen, swayed by brand storytelling, emotional triggers, intuitive design, and social proof. But a second customer class has quickly and stealthily entered the...

Fake Sellers Trap Shoppers Racing for Holiday Deals
Cybersecurity // November 28, 2025

Marketplace scams are emerging as one of the fastest growing threats facing holiday shoppers, taking advantage of consumers who are searching for deals and making rapid decisions during the busiest shopping stretch of the year. As Black Friday approaches, fraudsters intensify their activity across digital...

Juspay Offers Brazilian Merchants Plug-and-Play Integration of Mastercard’s Click to Pay
Partnerships // October 24, 2025

Multinational payments technology company Juspay has integrated Mastercard’s Click to Pay in Brazil and will offer merchants a plug-and-play integration. With the addition of Click to Pay to Juspay’s platform, merchants can enable faster checkout with tokenized card credentials, biometric authentication that shifts fraud liability...

Visa and Paysend Facilitate Cross-Border Money Transfers for North American Merchants
Partnerships // October 21, 2025

Visa and Paysend are now offering merchants in North America a way to offer real-time, transparent cross-border money transfers. This partnership will provide Visa merchants and collaborators across North America with access to Paysend’s Enterprise API, which enables the integration of Paysend’s payment capabilities into...

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AI Agents Shift Power From Marketing to Metadata

December 11, 2025
Merchants have spent much of the eCommerce era obsessed over understanding a single buyer: the human at the other end of a screen, swayed by brand storytelling, emotional triggers, intuitive design, and social proof. But a second customer class has quickly and stealthily entered the marketplace. This new customer does not browse, feel, or behave […]

Update: Judge in Mastercard and Visa Settlement Case Posts 88-Page Opinion

July 02, 2024
After three days of sparse quotes and speculation, the New York Eastern District court judge presiding over the latest chapter in the proposed credit card swipe fee settlement between Visa,...

85% of Retailers See Rise in Online Card-Linked Pay Later Plans

July 01, 2024
With buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans becoming increasingly accepted across merchant sectors, retailers are proving to be the payment method’s biggest champion. A PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Merchants’ Evolving Perspective...

Orchestration Merchants Give Options for Who, How and Where to Pay, Spreedly Says

April 11, 2024
Andy McHale, senior director of product and market strategy at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that online platforms offer advantages to all stakeholders — and they can offer an optimal payments experience. But,...

Quick Reads
Juspay Offers Brazilian Merchants Plug-and-Play Integration of Mastercard’s Click to Pay

October 24, 2025
Multinational payments technology company Juspay has integrated Mastercard’s Click to Pay in Brazil and will offer merchants a plug-and-play integration. With the addition of Click to Pay to Juspay’s platform, merchants can enable faster checkout with tokenized card credentials, biometric authentication that shifts fraud liability away from merchants, and improved conversion rates, the companies said […]

Visa and Paysend Facilitate Cross-Border Money Transfers for North American Merchants

October 21, 2025
Visa and Paysend are now offering merchants in North America a way to offer real-time, transparent cross-border money transfers. This partnership will provide Visa merchants and collaborators across North America...

Global Payments, FIS Upend FinTech With Dual $13.5 Billion, $6.6 Billion Deals

April 17, 2025
Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously...

Temu Opens Online Marketplace to All US Sellers

November 21, 2024
Temu now allows any U.S. seller to join its online marketplace. “Whether small businesses or individual entrepreneurs, [U.S. sellers] can now connect directly with millions of consumers,” a Temu spokesperson told...