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 …
Read More »Pilot Turns to NCR Voyix in a POS Modernization Move
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, with more than 900 locations in 44 states and five Canadian provinces, will adopt point-of-sale technology from NCR Voyix Corp. at all of its stores under a five-year exclusive agreement, the Atlanta-based technology company announced early Thursday. Pilot, known for its off-highway fueling centers, and NCR …
Read More »Paysafe Touts a New Wallet And Agentic Commerce As It Navigates 2026
Paysafe Ltd. early Tuesday reported mixed results for its 2025 fourth quarter as it works on multiple fronts to spin up momentum from a new wallet product, from an expected rise in volume from small-business clients, and from nascent ventures in agentic commerce. But overall, “We’re starting 2026 in the …
Read More »Shift4 Shifts Its Focus to International Deals
Shift4 Payments Inc. early Thursday announced some record results while its top management underscored the company’s increasing focus on overseas opportunities, along with ambitious plans for a stepped-up sales force. “We are taking lessons learned [domestically] out into the world,” said chief executive Taylor Lauber during a group call to …
Read More »How Circle Is Marrying Stablecoins With Agentic Commerce
FIS Doubles Down on Issuing While Riding an AI Wave
With its sale earlier this month of Worldpay to Global Payments Inc., FIS Inc. is focusing on its longstanding business in card issuing for banks, a business where it sees strong returns, especially as banking mergers unfold—but it’s not seeking just any bank. “Our strategy is partnering with banks growing …
Read More »Square’s Quest for More Partners Looks to Add Merchant Appeal
Klarna Clocks Growth As It Looks to Banking Services
Klarna AB released numbers early Thursday that indicate the payments company’s processing breadth is growing rapidly. News of Klarna’s fourth-quarter 2025 performance also comes as the company looks to further its growth as a global digital bank. “We’ve been executing on a clear plan: acquire customers through seamless payments, then …
Read More »Global Payments Looks Forward to a Post-Issuing Era
A Global Survey Uncovers a Strong Following for Stablecoins
Research released early Tuesday argues stablecoins have made their move out of niche applications and into the mainstream of international payments, propelled by fast transactions and perceived security. That’s according to the “Stablecoin Utility Report” from stablecoin-technology provider BVNK, with research conducted by YouGov among more than 4,600 digital-currency users …
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