Transaction Processing

It was probably only a matter of time before agentic commerce embraced cryptocurrency. Technology platform Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network early Friday announced W Agent, which the Singapore-based company calls a “new AI Agent skill.” That means the agents can find merchants, enter orders, and transact in stablecoins “end-to-end,” as the …

RTP, the real-time payments network operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, set another record volume day with 2.27 million transactions processed valued at $8.62 billion on May 1. Its most recent prior record day was Feb. 13 when it processed 2.05 million real-time transactions. The Clearing House attributes …

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. …

With the Senate Banking Committee scheduled to take a vote Thursday on whether crucial stablecoin legislation should advance to the full Senate floor, the time for debating the bill’s pros and cons is drawing to a close. The 309-page Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which would set rules for digital …

The processor Paysafe Ltd. early Wednesday reported it processed $43.9 billion in volume in the March quarter, a 10% improvement over the same period last year, with 19% growth in the company’s digital-wallet segment outpacing the much larger merchant-solutions unit, which posted an 8% jump, to $37.2 billion. Paysafe has …

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 …

Competition for payments processing in the $1 trillion plus U.S. restaurant industry, already hot, reached a higher temperature Tuesday with announcements from Toast Inc. and processing giant Fiserv Inc. Toast, a 15-year-old specialist in restaurant point of sale, said it is expanding its reach in the complex pizza business with …

Circle Internet Financial announced earlier this year its moves in agentic commerce, and now the stablecoin giant says its combined venture in both AI and digital assets is gaining altitude fast. “We believe we are going through the biggest platform shift in the history of the Internet,” said Jeremy Allaire, …

Block Inc.’s Square point-of-sale unit introduced Square for Drive-Thru, developed in partnership with The Howard Company and Nanonation, the system combines order capture, kitchen operations, and customer handoff, according to Square. PayPal Holdings Inc. formed a new multiyear partnership with the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks as a sponsor and exclusive digital ticket …

Competition among point-of-sale system providers shows no signs of weakening among two top companies. Square, the acquiring arm of Block Inc., reported a 13% increase in its payment volume for the first quarter, while competitor Toast Inc. says its gross payment volume rose 22% year-over-year. Square’s first-quarter performance comes on …