10 Sep 26 @ 15:45

Artificial intelligence is already changing how consumers shop, but the leap from AI-assisted discovery to autonomous payments remains some distance away, according to Visa chief executive Ryan McInerney. Speaking at... read more

08 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Anthropic has launched a blueprint enabling retailers to build AI-powered shopping and merchant agents using Claude, with support from Visa, Mastercard and Accenture. The framework is aimed at retailers, travel... read more

02 Sep 26 @ 20:55

Authologic has become one of the first companies in Europe registered to issue credentials for EU Digital Identity Wallets, as businesses prepare for a fundamental change in how consumers prove... read more

05 Aug 26 @ 16:36

Fiserv and Mastercard have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a new global agreement designed to simplify payment acceptance for enterprise merchants operating across multiple markets and sales channels. The collaboration... read more

16 Jul 26 @ 20:46

Visa has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered financial assistant that banks can integrate into their mobile applications, as the payments group expands beyond transaction processing into digital engagement and personalised financial... read more

16 Jul 26 @ 20:45

Mastercard has selected the UK as the launch market for Proto, a new sandbox designed to help banks, retailers and technology partners test agentic artificial intelligence before deploying it in... read more

13 Jul 26 @ 20:08

Banks that embed artificial intelligence into their core operations today are likely to emerge as the dominant players in European retail banking by the end of the decade, according to... read more

07 Jul 26 @ 19:13

Visa has unveiled a new cybersecurity platform designed to help financial institutions identify threats before they develop into fraud, while simultaneously revealing a series of live agentic commerce transactions across... read more

01 Jul 26 @ 21:24

Just weeks after Payments Industry Intelligence reported on ING, Worldline and Mastercard’s completion of Europe’s first live end-to-end agentic payment transaction in a production environment, another milestone has been reached... read more

25 Jun 26 @ 19:24

New research from Commerce and PayPal suggests consumers are increasingly willing to let AI help them shop, but widespread adoption of agentic commerce will depend on payment security, transparency and... read more

18 Jun 26 @ 19:36

In response to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence agents, Stripe and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have unveiled a new capability that could help establish a commercial framework for the... read more

14 Jun 26 @ 14:59

Stripe has unveiled a suite of new products designed to help UK businesses accelerate international growth and prepare for the emerging era of AI-driven commerce, underlining the payments giant’s ambition... read more

07 Jun 26 @ 17:47

The race to commercialise agentic commerce has taken a significant step forward after ING, Worldline and Mastercard announced the successful completion of what they describe as Europe’s first live end-to-end... read more

27 May 26 @ 20:01

Chinese payments giant Alipay has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first AI Wallet and Token Pay platform, marking a significant step towards embedding payments directly into the emerging... read more

21 May 26 @ 18:38

The traditional online checkout is undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence, digital wallets and increasingly localised payment preferences reshape how consumers complete purchases. New data from Stripe suggests that... read more

11 May 26 @ 19:52

U.S. Bank is deepening its relationship with Amazon Web Services in a multi-year technology programme designed to move hundreds of mission-critical banking applications into the cloud and accelerate the use... read more

07 May 26 @ 16:28

Anthropic is sharpening its pitch to financial institutions with the launch of ten ready-to-use Claude agent templates designed to automate some of the most labour-intensive work across banking, asset management,... read more

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Merchants are facing a new and awkward consequence of the rise of agentic commerce: their fraud systems may be rejecting the very customers they are meant to protect. As artificial... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:34

American Express has moved to deepen its presence in AI-led commercial payments by agreeing to acquire Hyper, the agentic expense management company formerly known as Hypercard. The deal, expected to... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Visa is stepping up its push into agentic commerce with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new tool intended to help businesses plug into AI-driven shopping without having to... read more