PayIt Taps AI for Gov. App and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/17/26

PayIt, a payments provider for state and local governments, launched PayIt Smart Works, a slate of AI-enabled functions for back-office operations, including consolidation of payment, banking, and remittance data.
Banking-technology provider Mercury launched Mercury Command, an AI-based platform enabling users to make payments and conduct other financial business via natural-language command.
Sutton Bank has agreed to serve as BIN sponsor for clients of issuer processor Thredd that are looking to launch U.S.-based prepaid and debit card programs.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget said it will work with Paydify, a payment layer for stablecoin transactions between users and merchants, to enable Paydify merchants to have access to Bitget’s user base, which Bitget says totals more than 125 million.
Bolt, a provider of car-rental and other mobility options operating in more than 50 countries, has signed on Klarna to offer payment choices integrated in the Bolt app in Sweden, Germany, Finland, and Norway.
Chargeback management provider Chargeflow added Scott Galit, former chief executive of Payoneer, Scott Maxwell, founder and managing partner of investment firm OpenView, and Natalie Refuah, general partner at investment firm Viola Growth, to its board of directors.

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