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Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said it now supports the Agentic Product Protocol, enabling merchants to help make their products discoverable to artificial intelligence agents. Fintech i2c Inc. said it will work with Cross River Bank and Sightline Payments on a payments ecosystem for the U.S. gaming industry. Their first product will …

Yet more evidence of U.S. consumer reliance on mobile phones emerges as 45% of consumers prefer to pay their bills with a mobile device, up from 29% only last year. That finding from the InvoiceCloud 2026 Annual State of Online Payments Report also signals other big shifts in payment preferences. …

A report from AU10TIX identified 2025 as the “year of machine deception,” in which synthetic identities and automated fraud engines have learned to adjust and adapt in real time. Cross River Bank said it has launched a proprietary, in-house card-processing engine in a move it says places it among a select group of …

Fees paid by merchants to accept credit card and debit cards will dampen consumer spending power this holiday shopping season as sellers look for ways to offset the cost, says the Merchants Payment Coalition. Swipe fees are projected to cost merchants at least $19.9 billion this holiday shopping season, up …

With one agentic-commerce forecast calling for a total addressable market of $136 billion in 2025, it’s little wonder so many payments companies and merchants are tackling the emerging e-commerce option. One of the latest is Logicbroker Inc., a multivendor commerce platform that is partnering with PayPal Holdings Inc. to broaden …

The potentially lucrative bill-payment market has a new entrant to help banks and fintechs capture some of these transactions. Dubbed PayNow, the new service from Atomic FI Inc. can help banks and fintechs drive engagement and loyalty with their customers, it says. Launching initially with a mobile and Internet provider, …

Seeking to provide an alternative to rewards credit cards, Klarna AB has expanded its Premium and Max membership programs in the United States. Klarna’s membership program is a monthly fee-based service that offers consumers such rewards as cashback, exclusive deals, and lifestyle rewards, as well as airport lounge access and …

Fraudsters are becoming better organized and building industrial-strength infrastructures to commit fraud, making their actions harder to detect and prevent, says Visa Inc.’s Fall 2025 Biannual Threats Report. The report, which pulls data from the Visa’s global network, identifies the five biggest fraud threats facing the payments ecosystem: the industrialization …

As artificial intelligence continues to weave itself into payments, organizations are adding new AI-enabled services and considering options for its use. Two of the latest are Hawk AI GmbH with a check-fraud prevention tool for U.S. financial institutions and EMVCo as it begins work on a global specification for its …

Afterpay, the buy now, pay later option from Block Inc., will soon test a new way to use the payment method at the point of sale with a Visa debit card. Meanwhile, rival BNPL provider Klarna AB is expanding the locations where consumers can use Klarna to make gift card …