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Darwinium Holdings Inc., an artificial intelligence-based digital security and fraud-prevention platform, launched its AI agent fraud-detection solution early Tuesday. The technology is expected to help businesses combat the growing threat from AI-facilitated fraud as agentic commerce grows in popularity. Research conducted by Darwinium reveals that 97% of respondents reported an …
March, 2026
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10 March
Eye on Merchants: Mastercard Taps AI for Small Businesses; Wizard Works With Stripe on Agentic Commerce
Business use cases for artificial intelligence tools continue to develop, with news from Mastercard Inc. and Stripe Inc. among the latest developments. Mastercard launched its Virtual C-Suite, a service to help small businesses use AI in lieu of a cadre of expensive executives, and Stripe is working with Wizard, an …
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10 March
PCI Pal Zooms in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/10/26
Payments-software developer PCI Pal announced it is widening its relationship with Zoom Communications Inc. to integrate PCI Pal’s payment technology with Zoom Virtual Agent, a technology aimed at resolving customer issues. Payments-technology firm Thales and Verifone announced an expanded relationship in which Verifone’s devices will integrate Thales’s eSIM technology, a move the companies say …
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9 March
Brighty Launches an API for Agentic Banking
Brighty, a Poland-based financial-technology platform that bridges digital finance and traditional banking, has launched an application programming interface that enables AI agents to perform banking tasks. The API enables AI agents to check balances across all accounts, send payments, convert currencies in real time, manage payroll, and reconcile transactions. In …
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9 March
With a Key Stake in EV Charging, Nayax Posts a Comeback Year
Nayax Ltd., an Israeli processor with a fast-growing presence in the North American market, early Monday reported a profit in the December quarter, posting more than $13.2 million in net income, up from $1.6 million a year earlier. That net contributed to a total of $35.5 million for the year, …
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9 March
ICBA Adds Jack Henry to Preferred Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/9/26
Processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. announced its anti-fraud platform, Financial Crimes Defender, has been adopted by the Independent Community Bankers of America in the ICBA’s Preferred Service Provider program. Affiniti Finance Inc., which offers corporate cards, bill pay, and banking services, said it has reached a financing agreement with Column N.A., …
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6 March
Splitit Teams With Google to Bring Predictable BNPL Approvals to Agentic Commerce
Splitit USA, Inc. is betting its adoption of Google Inc.’s Universal Commerce Protocol will simplify the purchasing process for consumers shopping with AI agents. It figures the protocol will bring more payment flexibility and predictable BNPL approvals that can help AI agents close a sale. Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an …
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6 March
How an Engineering Firm Looks to Accelerate Agentic Commerce
Sutherland Global Services Inc., a 40-year-old data-engineering company, has launched its FinAI Hub, an agentic AI platform aimed at banks and financial-service companies. The move comes as shopping and buying online increasingly becomes the province of bits of code unleashed by consumers and based on a form of artificial intelligence …
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6 March
Alchemy Pay Gets License and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/6/26
Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway for cryptocurrency transactions, said it received a money-transmitter license in Delaware, the 15th state in which it has been so recognized. Strike, which offers services related to bitcoin, said it has received a BitLicense and money-transmitter license from the state of New York. Cinnaholic, a …
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5 March
The Top 50 Originators Account for 91% of Total ACH Commercial Payments Volume, Nacha Says
The Top 50 originating financial institutions handled 30.7 billion automated clearing house payments in 2025, up 4.7% from 2024, and accounted for 91.4% of the ACH Network’s total commercial payments volume, down from for 93.8% in 2024, according to Nacha, the rules-setting organization for the ACH network. The Top 50 …
