Competitive Strategies

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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., …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …