Fiserv Inc. said it will work with OpenAI to offer AI technology to financial institutions. The effort in its opening stages includes functions such as building agents on agentOS and offering cybersecurity technology keyed to AI. Fiserv says the scope of the project is expected to expand as the effort unfolds. …
Read More »Fed Payments Diary: Cash Use Dips, But Remains Resilient
Credit and debit card use is up, but cash remains in 76% of consumer wallets, finds the 2026 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice, released by Federal Reserve Financial Services. Now in its 10th year, the report found that, on average, a consumer made six monthly cash payments in 2025, down …
Read More »Visa Tap ID Tech Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/12/26
Visa Inc. said it made the first-ever use of its Tap to Confirm and Tap to Activate technology for issuing banks in collaboration with fintech Keyno and Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) Ltd. Visa said instead of using one-time passcodes, call center verification, or other processes, cardholders can confirm their identity or activate …
Read More »Fiserv Revenue Dips Slightly and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/5/26
Fiserv Inc. posted revenue of $5 billion in the first quarter, a 2% decrease from $5.1 billion in the 2025 first quarter. By segment, merchant solution revenue was flat at $2.4 billion, though the operating margin for it fell to 26.4% from 34.2%. Fiserv’s financial solutions segment at $2.3 billion was …
Read More »Crypto Meets AI in MoonPay’s New MoonAgents Card
It was only a matter of time before agentic commerce included transactions performed with digital currency. Early Friday, the 7-year-old New York City-based cryptocurrency platform MoonPay announced the launch of MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard that holders as well as AI agents can use to spend stablecoins at any e-commerce merchant …
Read More »Mastercard Eyes Data From Ventures in Stablecoins And AI
Like other international payments networks, Mastercard Inc. is wrestling with the impact of the conflict in the Middle East while at the same time adjusting to the ripple effects of agentic commerce and digital currency. Early Thursday, the company’s top executives took pains to assure the financial community that they’re …
Read More »Visa Looks to Expansion in Stablecoins And Agentic Commerce
Visa Inc. early Wednesday announced it is expanding support for agent-led commerce to Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, and also said it is widening its venture in stablecoins with the addition of five blockchains, bringing the total to nine. The five additional blockchains include Arc from Circle Internet Financial, …
Read More »Deluxe Named MRI Partner and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/29/26
Real-estate software developer MRI Software said it has named Deluxe Corp. its official processing partner for its rent-payment technology. Commerce.com Inc., the parent company of e-commerce platform BigCommerce, said it has integrated PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Store Sync technology in BigCommerce’s App Marketplace and Channel Manager. The move aims to make Commerce merchants’ …
Read More »The Decrease in Identity Fraud and Scam Losses Might Be an Omen, Javelin Suggests
While there may be apparent good news in the 23rd edition of the Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Study, it’s likely premature to think that criminals and scammers are backtracking. In 2025, the combined impact of identity fraud and scams totaled $38 billion, down $9 billion or 18.6% from …
Read More »It’s Still Card-First in the U.S.
U.S. consumers are nothing if not habit-driven. New research from Global Payments Inc. suggests that credit and debit cards accounted for 49% of all online shopping and 71% of in-store shopping in 2025, as reported in the 2026 edition of the Global Payments Report. That is virtually unchanged from 49% …
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