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Some 72% of U.S. consumers have used an AI assistant for shopping, but just 23% trust AI to manage payments, according to the Visa Trust Index for agentic commerce. The survey took place May 26-28 among a sample of 2,065 consumers, though the sample for the payment transaction question was 1,028 to …

Surcharging provider Yeeld said it is working with Housecall Pro, a platform supporting home-service professionals, to enable surcharging on credit card payments. CheckAlt said it will provide payment processing to LoanPro, a lending platform, to handle both paper-check and online-banking payments from LoanPro customers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise said it will support ticketless entry and …

With nearly 59% of U.S. consumers knowingly using an artificial-intelligence chatbot, according to the Pew Research Center, credit-reporting agency Experian plc is putting its credit card marketplace into AI tool ChatGPT. Announced Thursday, the plugin, available on ChatGPT’s plugin site, lets consumers explore credit card options for various types, such …

OnePay, the financial-services company majority owned by Walmart Inc., is adding support for Apple Inc.’s wallet for its credit cards, enabling cardholders to use their cards to make Apple Pay transactions. The OnePay debit card has supported Apple Pay since 2022. Adding Apple Pay support coincides with Walmart enabling contactless …

An Australia-based payments processor and rewards player is launching in the U.S, market on the back of $28 million in fresh investor funding. PayRewards, which specializes in small businesses, says it will offer rewards on a wide range of corporate spending, including automated clearing house transactions as well as credit …

Payments companies continue to court potentially lucrative software integration deals with PSQ Holdings Inc. among the latest to do so. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based PSQ says its PSQ Payments unit will supply credit and debit card and automated clearing house payments, along with instant payment processing via FedNow and RTP …

A new report from Experian appears to illuminate a key issue for artificial intelligence in commerce. Consumers may be more comfortable using it for product discovery, comparisons, and recommendations, but many lack trust in handing AI financial-services decisions. Experian, in its 11th annual Identity and Fraud Report, found that 31% …

The gratuity platform for restaurants, eTip Inc., said it has integrated with the Toast Partner Ecosystem, allowing restaurants using Toast’s POS system to automate tip calculations and send tip sums directly to workers’ bank accounts. With the integration, eTip says it has widened its presence in the restaurant business with …

Citigroup Inc.’s U.S. consumer-cards business says it will acquire card-marketing specialist Kard Financial Inc., while card issuer processor platform Lithic pairs with Monavate and online-gaming specialist Grandstand Ltd. issues a high-limit debit card. Citi, which has not disclosed terms of its deal, says New York City-based Kard provides personalized rewards …

Findustry AI, an artificial intelligence platform specializing in payments, said its Chargeback Agent program is available for merchants processing with Maverick Payments. Chargeback Agent helps merchants automatically collect evidence from merchant systems, interprets card network requirements, builds the rebuttal, and submits responses, reducing the time to respond to a chargeback and potentially …