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Visa and AWS forge a trust layer for agentic commerce

04 Dec 25 @ 17:13

Visa and Amazon Web Services have struck a strategic alliance that could accelerate the commercialisation of agentic commerce — autonomous digital agents capable of browsing, comparing, and completing purchases on... read more

Ecommpay pushes retailers to turn payments into growth engine

25 Nov 25 @ 13:40

Ecommpay is urging online retailers to rethink the role of their payments teams, arguing that the function has shifted from operational overhead to a proven generator of margin and customer... read more

Global e-commerce to cross $5 trillion for first time in 2026

20 Nov 25 @ 16:22

Global online retail will enter 2026 with a landmark achievement: e-commerce revenues are set to surpass $5 trillion for the first time. Yet behind the headline number lies a market... read more

An industry in flux: Why the future belongs to many rails, not one

19 Nov 25 @ 18:04

The payments industry is entering one of the most consequential periods of change in its modern history – and a lot rests on the rails it runs on. Consumer habits,... read more

Visa and Google advance the race to build secure Agentic Commerce

14 Nov 25 @ 11:00

Visa and Google are each rolling out sweeping upgrades to their agentic commerce platforms, accelerating the shift toward AI-powered shopping and payments. The moves sharpen the focus on how to... read more

Amazon sues Perplexity over Agentic Shopping tool

06 Nov 25 @ 11:18

And do it begins folks…Amazon has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence start up Perplexity AI, accusing it of unlawfully accessing customer accounts through its agentic shopping assistant. The case,... read more

UK embraces £29 billion AI shopping assistant opportunity

05 Nov 25 @ 19:50

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how the UK shops online, with new research from Worldpay revealing that AI-powered shopping assistants could account for £29 billion in UK e-commerce spending by... read more

As B2B marketplaces rocket, do banks risk disintermediation?

05 Nov 25 @ 15:14

A new white paper from global banking infrastructure innovators RS2 traces the rapid global rise of B2B marketplaces – and what it means for banks. Originating in the dynamic, digital-first... read more

The merchant view: How payments tech needs to evolve

04 Nov 25 @ 17:40

Payments tech has never been more innovative, yet never more fragmented. Every month brings new solutions promising faster settlements, smarter fraud tools and slicker checkout experiences. But for merchants, this... read more

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

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

Emerging markets accelerate the shift to cashless payments

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from t... more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more