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48% of Online Shoppers Now Use AI Before Buying

July 16, 2026
Cover image for the July 2026 edition of the PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Acceptance Solutions Global Digital Shopping Index: The Agentic Deep Dive. PYMNTS Intelligence reports on how AI agents are reshaping shopping, payments and merchant trust. Download the report to learn more.
Thredd and Visa Enable AI-Powered Card Payments for EU
Artificial Intelligence // July 15, 2026

Artificial intelligence-focused issuer-processing platform Thredd joined the Visa Agentic Ready program, according to a Wednesday (July 15) press release. 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...

Visa Readies AI Financial Assistant for Banking Apps
Artificial Intelligence // July 14, 2026

Visa will soon begin piloting an AI Financial Assistant that financial institutions will be able to add to their banking apps to offer artificial intelligence-powered conversational financial guidance to cardholders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Visa Teams With ACE Money Transfer on Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border Payments // July 13, 2026

U.K.-based remittance provider ACE Money Transfer has launched a cross-border payments partnership with Visa. 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...

Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds
Credit Cards // July 13, 2026

Customer lifetime value has long been treated as an output metric, a way to judge whether a card portfolio performed well after the fact. Increasingly, issuers are using it as an operating discipline, measuring whether every decision improves the odds that a customer stays longer,...

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Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds

July 13, 2026
Customer lifetime value has long been treated as an output metric, a way to judge whether a card portfolio performed well after the fact. Increasingly, issuers are using it as an operating discipline, measuring whether every decision improves the odds that a customer stays longer, spends more consistently and becomes harder to displace. Get the […]

Government Disbursements Open New Paths to Financial Inclusion

July 09, 2026
Government payments rarely get discussed as financial infrastructure. They’re usually treated as administrative outputs. Benefits are approved, refunds are issued and claims are processed. For millions of households, however, the...

Real-Time Payments Target Healthcare Benefits Bottlenecks

July 06, 2026
Real-time money movement is beginning to alter the expectations surrounding healthcare and HR benefits where reimbursement timing and payout clarity have long been sources of frustration for employers and participants...

The Customer Lifetime Value Playbook: A New Framework for Issuer Growth

June 24, 2026
Card issuers are under pressure to make their card programs do more than process transactions. Consumers expect cards to work instantly, safely and everywhere, whether the card is physical, virtual...

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Thredd and Visa Enable AI-Powered Card Payments for EU

July 15, 2026
Artificial intelligence-focused issuer-processing platform Thredd joined the Visa Agentic Ready program, according to a Wednesday (July 15) press release. 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. By completing this form, […]

Visa Readies AI Financial Assistant for Banking Apps

July 14, 2026
Visa will soon begin piloting an AI Financial Assistant that financial institutions will be able to add to their banking apps to offer artificial intelligence-powered conversational financial guidance to cardholders....

Visa Teams With ACE Money Transfer on Cross-Border Payments

July 13, 2026
U.K.-based remittance provider ACE Money Transfer has launched a cross-border payments partnership with Visa. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

eDO Taps Visa to Allow AI Agents to Purchase Travel

July 03, 2026
Travel subscription company eDreams ODIGEO (eDO) is working with Visa to enable AI agents to initiate transactions on its platforms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...