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It’s still early days for agentic commerce, in which artificial-intelligence agents could complete a shopping transaction on behalf of a consumer. And it appears consumers may want to forestall such transactions until they get much more comfortable with the technology, suggests the Riskified Agentic Commerce Pulse first-quarter report. Riskified, with …
April, 2026
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27 April
EVS Launches AssureACH and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/27/26
Electronic Verification Systems launched AssureACH, a service to prevent fraud at the point of capture. Among its features are real-time demand deposit account and routing number validation. MiCamp Solutions has agreed to serve as an independent sales organization representing Vibe Retail, a developer of point-of-sale technology aimed at independent merchants. The Electronic Transactions …
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24 April
Western Union’s Core Business Struggles, but Digital Initiatives Grow
Money-transfer provider The Western Union Co. is facing what it calls “headwinds” in its Americas consumer retail business, but the company is looking for growth in its new stablecoin and other digital operations. Total first-quarter revenue of $983 million was flat compared with a year earlier, Denver-based Western Union reported …
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24 April
FedNow Participants Get an API To Help Counter Fraud
FedNow, the real-time payment service offered by the Federal Reserve, will make what it calls a network intelligence API available beginning April 28. The API means FedNow users, be they banks, credit unions, or service providers, will be able to access receiver account-level data seen over the instant payment network. …
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24 April
Maple’s Voice-Ordering Comes to Quantic and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/24/26
Voice-ordering specialist Maple Inc. said it is working with Quantic POS, a cloud-based point-of-sale system provider, to make Maple’s artificial intelligence voice-ordering platform available to Quantic merchants. Coastal Pay Inc. released its updated payment gateway that offers easier surcharging and dual pricing compatibility. Buy now, pay later provider Sunbit said it is now available on …
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23 April
Zelle in Bill Pay Test with Truist
Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service launched in 2017, is testing a potential new use case with the announcement of a bill-payment pilot with Truist Financial Corp. The pilot will look at how consumers could use Zelle to pay recurring credit card bills, with the potential for other bill payments, such …
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23 April
Why AmEx Is Going Full Steam Ahead in AI
The top brass at American Express Co. indicated early Thursday it’s been spending a good deal of time thinking about the implications of AI and agentic commerce, the shop-and-spend utility enabled by AI. Overall, the company’s conclusion is the technology will spur a boom not only for AmEx but for …
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23 April
ACI Connetic Adds Networks and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/23/26
Citing network complexity, ACI Worldwide Inc. said its ACI Connetic, a single platform connecting to multiple major payments systems, now offers access to Fedwire, CHIPS, Swift, The Clearing House RTP, Zelle, and FedNow. A link to Nacha ACH is expected to go live next year. The service will also support stablecoin …
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22 April
Nuvei’s Direct Acquiring Move in Mexico Has Local and International Impacts
Nuvei Corp. is making its next move in Mexico with the launch of direct acquiring. This will enable businesses to process card transactions locally through Nuvei’s own licensed infrastructures, Montreal-based Nuvei says. The move enables Nuvei to operate directly inside domestic payment systems in Mexico, which should help merchants improve …
