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The stablecoin-payments platform Circle Internet Group Inc. said early Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Tazapay, a business-to-business cross-border payments technology developer based in Singapore and serving financial institutions and payment-service providers. Tazapay processes more than $25 billion in payment volume annually, of which approximately 60% includes stablecoins. The parties …

AEON, a settlement platform for online payments, launched Agentic Checkout, which enables AI agents to shop, check out, and pay on e-commerce sites such as Shopify and Amazon. Buy now, pay later and payments specialist Klarna AB said its payment method is an option on StockX, a marketplace for apparel and cultural …

For decades, payments progress has been measured by how much friction disappears between initiation and transaction. Checks and cash gave way to credit cards. Credit cards gave way to digital wallets. And now, stablecoins are emerging as a new payments rail, with the potential to change how businesses move 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 …

Miracle Pay, a provider of payments technology for merchants, said it will work with zerohash, a provider of cryptocurrency technology, to enable stablecoin acceptance at both physical and online merchants. At the point of sale, consumers will use crypto wallets on their phones to fund transactions. A survey of 1,000 consumers …

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 …

The digital-asset trading platform Kraken announced the U.S. launch of its Krak Card, a debit card that allows users to conduct transactions in cash and digital currencies. Issued by Kansas City, Mo.-based Lead Bank, the card can be used at Visa-accepting merchants and offers up to 2% cash back. Stripe Issuing …

Banking services and processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. reported $2.54 billion in revenue for fiscal 2026, which ended June 30, up 6.7% from $2.38 billion in 2025. Net income for the year of $502.8 million increased 10.3% from $455.7 million the year prior. In the fourth quarter, Jack Henry had $644 …