Digital commerce stories
Canadian merchants can now take bank-based payments at checkout, cutting card fees and reconciliation work while speeding settlement.
Banks face rising pressure to keep digital wallet payments running smoothly as token provisioning becomes central to eCommerce and AI commerce.
The funding will help the Singapore payments firm expand regulated stablecoin services and merchant acceptance across Asia and Europe.
As AI agents begin handling purchases and deliveries, retailers face tougher questions over identity, authorisation and trust.
The funding will help the Hong Kong-based fintech expand lending to online merchants across Asia and the US as demand for trade finance grows.
Digital wallet users will gain wider cross-border acceptance as Mastercard links Wallet Pay to Alipay+ and regional providers worldwide.
Retailers can now review supplier cost changes in browser before updating Shopify prices, with large rises flagged for approval and export only.
Spanish online sellers can now cut checkout friction as Ecommpay links Bizum, MB Way and Bancomat Pay through one integration.
The eCommerce technology group is reshuffling its top team as it looks to sharpen growth and compete in a tougher market.
Merchants selling into Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia could reach customers in as little as eight weeks, bypassing costly local set-up and compliance hurdles.
Routine software purchases are still bogged down by high-touch sales processes, even though most buyers would happily check out online.
Businesses weighing expansion will now get pricing, market data and payment guides up front on Coda's revamped site.
Declined card payments can cost online merchants sales and repeat custom, making Ecommpay's AI-driven checkout tools a commercial focus.
Retailers and brands lack a reliable way to link AI shopping recommendations to sales, a gap Azoma hopes to close with new backing from dunnhumby ventures.
Brands risk being overlooked by AI shopping agents after M11 Labs found 47% of skincare brands lacked independently verifiable evidence.
Only 23% of US consumers trust generative AI to pay, but 61% would let Visa handle agent-led transactions, a survey found.
Live tokenised Singapore dollar transfers could let corporate payments run round the clock, as the banks test faster settlement outside normal hours.
Travellers could soon find more local experiences and itineraries online as the two firms assess an open network approach for India's tourism sector.
A shared trust framework could cut repeated checks for AI agents making purchases and ease adoption across card and wallet networks.
Most UK consumers will let AI shop around, but few trust it to pay without approval, with the average limit set at GBP £149.12.