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E-commerce fraud outpaces retailers as consumer abuse goes mainstream

30 Oct 25 @ 13:10

E-commerce fraud is evolving faster than online retailers can keep up, with new research from Ravelin revealing that opportunistic shoppers are now as big a threat as organised criminals. The... read more

Why agentic commerce is creating new risks for merchants

21 Oct 25 @ 09:51

The rapid emergence of agentic commerce—where AI tools assist or act autonomously in consumers’ online purchases—is reshaping ecommerce faster than most merchants can adapt. According to new research from fraud... read more

Merchants push customers toward lower-cost payments

20 Oct 25 @ 16:36

A new report from Wind River Payments reveals that US merchants and software providers are rapidly rethinking how they handle payments in response to rising costs, fraud, and a volatile... read more

Mastercard launches AI platform to boost payment approval rates

14 Oct 25 @ 15:41

Mastercard has launched a new data-driven service designed to tackle one of the most persistent pain points in digital commerce: low payment approval rates. The Payment Optimisation Platform (POP) uses... read more

ChatGPT turns Shopper and Seller launching agentic commerce

06 Oct 25 @ 16:44

OpenAI has taken another decisive step toward “agentic commerce” — the emerging era where artificial intelligence acts not only as an assistant, but as a buyer on behalf of consumers.... read more

UK retail faces a new fraud frontier in 2025

06 Oct 25 @ 15:49

The British e-commerce sector enters 2025 on uncertain footing. Despite steady growth and signs of consumer resilience, retailers now face a sophisticated new wave of fraud — one that extends... read more

Agentic commerce moves closer to reality with PayOS and Mastercard

01 Oct 25 @ 12:29

Agentic commerce — where autonomous AI agents transact on behalf of individuals and businesses — has taken a decisive step forward. PayOS, a payments and value-added services platform, announced it... read more

UK payments in transition: Debit cards, digital wallets and cash

01 Oct 25 @ 11:07

The UK payments landscape is undergoing one of the most profound shifts in its history. Figures from UK Payment Markets 2025 show that nearly 49 billion transactions were made in... read more

The demise of wallets: Agentic commerce will reshape payments

26 Sep 25 @ 11:19

The path of history is littered with technology that looked like the future. The pocket computer, complete with stylus input and rudimentary apps, became a must-have for executives, selling millions... read more

Creating agentic commerce: A simple model for the future

24 Sep 25 @ 10:05

Hari Vasudev, CTO of Walmart’s US business, says that he expects agentic commerce to drastically change the way companies like Walmart engage online. He points to them building agents of... read more

Global e-commerce payments to exceed $13 trillion by 2030

09 Sep 25 @ 13:06

Global e-commerce payments are projected to surge past $13 trillion by 2030, according to new analysis from Juniper Research, marking a 57% increase on the $8.3 trillion expected in 2025.... read more

E-commerce in the DACH region: Germany comes out on top

05 Sep 25 @ 11:44

The DACH region — Germany, Austria and Switzerland — remains one of Europe’s most influential hubs for e-commerce. Germany alone ranks as the sixth largest online retail market worldwide. Yet... read more

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Visa brings stablecoin settlement into the US Mainstream

17 Dec 25 @ 13:28

Visa has taken a decisive step towards embedding stablecoins into core financial infrastructure, launching US-based settlement in Circle’s USDC for participat... more

Barclays makes first strategic move into stablecoin infrastructure

07 Jan 26 @ 15:24

Barclays has taken its first direct step into the stablecoin ecosystem, investing in US-based clearing and settlement platform Ubyx. [caption id="attachmen... more

Deutsche Bank brings Wero to the mainstream in Germany

18 Dec 25 @ 11:13

Deutsche Bank has taken a decisive step in Europe’s long-running effort to build a sovereign payments alternative, rolling out the full functionality of the W... more