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Count processor Adyen N.V. as another payments company preparing for the expected growth in agentic commerce. Its launch of Adyen Agentic will make it easier for merchants on the platform to incorporate agentic commerce into their sales channels, Adyen says. With the foundations of agentic commerce which IBM defines as …
June, 2026
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16 June
Paze Adds to Its Marketing Push With Statement Credits
As e-commerce volumes climb, Early Warning Services LLC has been pushing its Paze online checkout service in a national campaign that started earlier this month. The latest chapter in that effort arrived early Tuesday with the news that Paze will award a $10 statement credit to users who use the …
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15 June
Nuvei Eyes Payoneer’s Cross-Border Expertise; AmEx Looks to Bulk up Restaurant Bookings
Nuvei Corp. appears ready to escalate its cross-border payments prowess with a $2.75 billion acquisition of Payoneer Inc., known for its cross-border capability. In related news, American Express Co. wants to acquire TheFork, an online restaurant reservation and management platform in Europe. Montreal-based Nuvei says the deal will help it …
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15 June
As Lyons Moves to Truist, Fiserv Appoints a New CEO
Michael Lyons, chief executive of Fiserv Inc. since May last year, is leaving the big processor to take on the role of chief executive at Truist Financial Corp. Fiserv announced co-president Takis Georgakopoulos has succeeded Lyons as CEO and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. That appointment is expected …
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15 June
The Knot Adds Venmo and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/15/26
The Knot Worldwide, a marketplace for wedding technology, said it added Venmo as a payment option on its Wedding Registry, allowing users to send money as gifts via bank account, debit card, or Venmo balance. Venmo is a unit of PayPal Holdings Inc. Glia, an AI provider for banks, unveiled Glia AI Outreach, a …
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12 June
Crypto and Alternative Payments Could Open New Revenue Doors for Acquirers, Agents
With large payments companies beginning to incorporate cryptocurrency and alternative payment methods into their processing flows, the opportunity for sales agents and their acquirers to sell another payment-acceptance method is growing. That’s the takeaway from a panel discussion this week at the Southeast Acquirers Association conference in Miami Beach, Fla. …
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12 June
COMMENTARY: AI Agents Are in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. What Could Go Wrong?
When Zelle launched, consumers were enamored with the ability to send and receive instant, frictionless payments without leaving their banking app. Fraudsters took notice. Social-engineering scams quickly exploited Zelle’s speed and irreversibility, leaving banks, regulators, and consumers tangled in years of disputes over a deceptively simple question: Who was responsible? …
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12 June
Zelle’s Foray into India and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/12/26
Early Warning Services LLC said India is the first country outside the United States where U.S. users of the Zelle peer-to-peer payments service can send remittances. Simultaneously, Early Warning introduced its first stablecoin, ZelleUSD, aimed at international payments from U.S. users. Stable, a blockchain network featuring the stablecoin USDT, has joined …
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11 June
Visa Unveils a Host of AI, Token, and Stablecoin Initiatives
Visa Inc. announced multiple technological initiatives this week that aim to enhance the roles of artificial intelligence, stablecoins and tokens in payments, including usage of the ChatGPT AI program. The plethora of announcements came at the Visa Payments Forum 2026 in San Francisco. “AI is transforming the front end of commerce,” Jack …
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11 June
JetPay Charters A Crypto Path and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/11/26
JetPay, a payments platform specializing in charter flights, has agreed to work with fiat and stablecoin payments platform Nuvion to speed cross-border payments for bookings. Xplor Technologies, a payments-technology provider, announced it has acquired Bitlancer, a developer of software for payroll and other functions aimed at fitness businesses. Bank of …
