Mobile Wallets

PayPal Holdings Inc. said PayPal merchants are now discoverable within the Perplexity AI service, which enables consumers to checkout in chat using their PayPal accounts. PayPal announced the partnership in May. SoundHound AI Inc. said its partnership with parking services provider Parkopedia now includes an in-vehicle voice AI parking agent. The agent can suggest …

Bluwhale AI Inc. has launched its AI Stablecoin Agent, aimed at helping individuals automate their management of dollar-denominated digital-currency assets. American Express Co. announced it is working with the International Downtown Association to award more than $1.4 million in grants to 97 small and independently owned restaurants in 14 cities outside the …

PhotonPay announced over the weekend it has joined Circle Internet Financial’s fledgling Arc blockchain, representing the latest participant for Arc since Circle unveiled the network in August. Hong Kong-based PhotonPay, which in July became a Mastercard commercial card issuer, also supports Mastercard users of Google Pay to enable contactless payments …

It’s a big update day for users of Cash App, the money-movement service from Block Inc., as a new artificial-intelligence tool, a borrowing service, and cryptocurrency options are added. Announced Thursday, the roster of 11 product updates to Cash App, which launched in 2013 as a person-to-person payment method called …

The payments industry for some time has been seeking meaningful growth in applications based on cryptocurrency, and early on Wednesday, one of the industry’s biggest players in that corner of the marketplace said it is making that happen with stablecoins—digital currency whose value is tied to fiat money like the …

PAR Technology Corp. launched PAR Catering, a service to help restaurants build and manage their catering operations. Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit has launched a service that lets merchants accept bitcoin and manage digital assets in tandem with fiat currency. The service, which is charging no fees for the first year, includes …

Research released by processor FIS Inc. indicates almost 75% of consumers would be open to trying stablecoins if the digital currency were offered by their bank, whereas 3.6% profess comfort with unregulated providers. The research surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. consumers. Digital financial-services platform SoFi Technologies Inc. has launched SoFi Crypto, a service allowing consumers …

It’s a busy day for PayPal Holdings Inc. and its payments services. Five years after launching PayPal Pay in 4 in the United States, PayPal now offers the buy now, pay later product in Canada. PayPal also said Venmo, its social-based money movement service, launched Stash, a rewards program for …

The 12-year-old Cash App wallet remains a key driver for Block Inc. Cash App gross profits grew 24% year over year during the third quarter of 2025, which helped contribute to Block’s overall gross profit of $2.66 billion during the quarter, an 18% increase from a year earlier, Block chief …