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Account-to-account payments are about to meet the agentic-commerce age with a new partnership between Sionic, a bank-to-bank payments provider, and Agentix, an agentic-commerce technology firm. In the deal, Atlanta-based Sionic will supply an artificial-intelligence shopping agent with its Bank Perks to enable payment directly from a user’s bank account. Bank …
August, 2026
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7 August
Eye on BNPL: Splitit’s Move in Auto Repair; Sezzle’s Sizzling Quarter
The buy now, pay later platform Splitit says it will offer its installment-payment services in the automotive-repair and services business through a partnership with 1stMILE, a loyalty and payments platform specializing in that industry. The move comes as many automobile-servicing costs are rapidly developing into necessary rather than discretionary transactions. …
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6 August
Square, Toast Jump into AI-Boosted Google Maps
Ask Maps brings artificial-intelligence commands to Google Maps, with Square and Toast Inc. among the first point-of-sale system companies to enable agentic food ordering within Maps. Google is integrating elements of its Gemini AI engine into its Maps product to enable users to ask for complex, multi-step tasks such as …
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6 August
J.P. Morgan Payments Taps Klarna and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/6/26
Buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB said it completed an integration with J.P. Morgan Payments that enables merchants on the processor’s Commerce Platform to offer Klarna’s BNPL options at checkout with no integration on the merchant’s end. Fraud prevention services firm Signifyd said e-commerce fraud increased 33% this year over last in its …
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5 August
Full-Service Payments Provider vs Retail or Wholesale ISO or PayFac-as-a-Service: Why the Difference Matters
“White-label” has become a popular term in the payments ecosystem, alongside ISO, PayFac, and PayFac-as-a-Service. There are many ways to bring a branded payments experience to the market. Some providers own the underwriting, risk, and operational infrastructure behind that experience. Others rely on a third party to provide these functions.While …
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5 August
Swift, J.P. Morgan And BofA Usher in Faster International Money Transfer
Swift, a financial-messaging platform, said its new international money-transfer service is now live in the United States, with Bank of America Corp. and J.P. Morgan online with the service. The move follows recent launches in Canada and Germany. Swift says the new service will show recipients the full transaction amount …
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5 August
Toast Payment Volume up 22% and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/5/26
Point-of-sale technology provider Toast Inc. reported gross payment volume of $60.7 billion for the June quarter, up 22% year-over-year, as total locations served also grew 22%, to approximately 180,000. Revenue totaled $290 million, up nearly 28%, with net income totaling $154 million, a 93% rise. Also, BHW Hotels, parent of WorldHotels, Best Western, …
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4 August
The healthcare payments industry has a perception problem
The real threat to healthcare ISOs isn’t competition; it’s irrelevance Lisa Brooks, Vice President, Healthcare Partnerships For years, merchant service providers (MSPs) and ISOs have approached healthcare as just another vertical. There’s a bit more compliance, a few integrations, and maybe a longer sales cycle. But beneath the surface, something …
