Fraud & Security

As payments companies, merchants, and consumers prepare for the growing use of artificial-intelligence agents in commerce, vendors, too, are getting ready for these independent, digital agents. Among the latest is Experian plc, best known as a credit-reporting agency, with its new Experian Agent Trust service and Kite AI with its …

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’ …

The FIDO Alliance said it will develop interoperable standards for agentic interactions and commerce and has formed the Agentic Authentication Technical Working Group to oversee that effort. BlueSnap, a unit of Payroc, said it now provides local acquiring services in New Zealand. This enables BlueSnap to process payments through a domestic acquiring …

It’s still early days for agentic commerce, in which artificial-intelligence agents could complete a shopping transaction on behalf of a consumer. And it appears consumers may want to forestall such transactions until they get much more comfortable with the technology, suggests the Riskified Agentic Commerce Pulse first-quarter report. Riskified, with …

FedNow, the real-time payment service offered by the Federal Reserve, will make what it calls a network intelligence API available beginning April 28. The API means FedNow users, be they banks, credit unions, or service providers, will be able to access receiver account-level data seen over the instant payment network. …

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 …

JetBlue Vacations said it will work with Flex Pay, a buy now, pay later platform, to offer monthly payment options to customers planning flight-and-hotel vacation packages. JetBlue Vacations is a unit of JetBlue Airways Corp. SpotOn Transact LLC said four hospitality operators were among new clients signed in the first quarter for …

TechCreate Group Ltd., a Singapore-based payments-software provider and consultancy, is partnering with quantum cybersecurity-solutions firm pQCee Pte Ltd to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology post-quantum cryptography algorithms in its QR Hybrid point-of-sale terminals. A QR hybrid POS device adds QR code scanning for digital wallets, mobile apps, …

Processor Repay Holdings Corp. said it has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Forager Capital Management LLC to buy Repay’s outstanding equity for $4.80 per share in cash. The share price stood at $4.11 at market close on Friday. The company said it will review the offer. The processor Nayax Ltd. said it will …

Early Warning Services LLC, provider of Zelle and Paze, launched Certos, a suite of products to help financial institutions counter fraud and expand financial access in the U.S. banking system. Digital-currency platform Binance has introduced Binance Chat, a feature in its app that enables cryptocurrency transfers, messaging, and other functions. MegPrime, a …