01 May 25 @ 09:58

There is something in the air folks, first Amazon, then Mastercard and now Visa has unveiled a major strategic vision for the future of digital payments including agentic AI. The... read more

30 Apr 25 @ 13:15

Last week we reported on Amazons launch of agentic AI, now Mastercard has unveiled its latest initiative to reshape the future of commerce: Agent Pay, a platform that integrates agentic... read more

25 Apr 25 @ 10:00

Amazon is taking a significant step toward redefining the retail user journey with its experimental “Buy for Me” feature—a tool powered by agentic AI that enables users to purchase products... read more

22 Oct 26 @ 18:14

Finance leaders across the UK and Ireland are under growing pressure to adopt artificial intelligence faster than they are comfortable with, even as confidence in the technology itself remains high.... read more

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank looks to deepen its use... read more

30 Sep 26 @ 13:15

OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing AI valuations into territory previously occupied by only the world’s largest listed technology companies, while simultaneously revealing just how expensive the race to build frontier... read more

23 Sep 26 @ 14:33

Mastercard and Danske Bank have completed Denmark’s first payment carried out entirely by an artificial intelligence agent on behalf of a consumer, providing another indication that agentic commerce is moving... read more

15 Sep 26 @ 17:05

Artificial intelligence is already embedded across European banking. More than 85 per cent of banks supervised by European authorities now use AI, according to the European Central Bank. The next... read more

13 Sep 26 @ 19:35

Consumers may be embracing artificial intelligence for shopping, but most are not yet prepared to let an AI agent control the final and most sensitive part of the journey: payment.... 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

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

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

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