Merchants stories
Retailers may see holiday sales dented months later, as earlier shopping leaves a longer window for refund abuse, disputes and chargebacks.
Magento merchants can now cut routine updates from days to minutes, with Scandiweb's Ari AI aiming to slash maintenance costs and developer bottlenecks.
Visa-backed investors have lifted Velocity's Series A to USD $48 million as stablecoin payments gain traction with institutions.
Millions of merchants and shoppers stand to feel the impact as Shopify rebuilds its mobile apps in Swift and Kotlin after AI tools cut duplication costs.
More than half of consumers are vulnerable to some degree, raising fears that AI-led checkout could leave many unable to complete payments.
Growing demand for resilient payment systems is driving Castles Technology's French push, with local support now aimed at retailers and operators alike.
Firms launching wallet services could cut launch delays as the pre-integrated setup joins payments, issuing, identity and ledger tools.
The validation could help banks, retailers and travel groups cut manual payment matching work while keeping cardholder data inside their own systems.
Chargebacks and friendly fraud are driving merchants to adopt automated pre-dispute resolution, aiming to cut costs and customer friction.
Banks and merchants face fresh fraud risks as the council's Kuala Lumpur meeting weighs how AI is changing payment security.
Rising demand for secure transaction infrastructure has prompted TNS to hand its global payments unit to long-serving executive Michael Johnson.
The shift towards agentic commerce could force merchants and payment providers to prove AI tools stayed within customers' agreed limits.
Merchants can now recover some revenue from underfunded cards, with Ecommpay's new option letting issuers approve a smaller payment instead of declining it.
Shoppers will see fewer checkout fees on eftpos, Mastercard and Visa payments, though public holiday and weekend surcharges still apply.
Online shoppers could face fewer checkout hurdles as Adyen's updated authentication tool aims to lift conversion by double digits for merchants.
A shared trust framework could cut repeated checks for AI agents making purchases and ease adoption across card and wallet networks.
Foreign wallet users can now pay Philippine merchants through existing QR Ph codes, widening access for SMEs and boosting cashless trade.
The tie-up gives both firms access to more than 20,000 merchant sites as they test new payments and rewards products across Asia.
Merchants may gain a clearer view of how Global Payments links hardware, software and payments as it takes Genius on a 40-stop US tour.
Small businesses can now take bank-to-bank payments in SwipeSimple, with invoices and links handled alongside cards in one system.
