Are Merchants Ready for the AI Shopping Shift? Maybe, Says WooCommerce
Online merchants have built their e-commerce sites for human interaction, but the expected increase in artificial-intelligence shopping agents will require ...
Consumers Are Spending More, But There Are Fewer of Them, Fiserv Says
The U.S. small-business economy is stuck in neutral, with any improvement coming from customers buying more rather than from a ...
Visa To Acquire BioCatch and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/3/26
Visa Inc. agreed to acquire BioCatch, a fraud-detection service, for $2.4 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close by ...
Apps and Digital Wallets Outpace Other Payment Methods
More evidence has emerged that consumers are wholeheartedly embracing payment apps and digital wallets as these two payment methods are ...
Pressure Rises on Fiserv As an Activist Investor Chimes in
Pressure on Fiserv Inc. has mounted in recent weeks, and now an activist investor is calling on the big Milwaukee-based ...
Western Union 2Q Revenue Flat and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/31/26
The Western Union Co. reported June-quarter revenue of $1 billion, flat with the year-ago result. Net income of $76.7 million was ...
Another Banner Quarter for ACH Transactions
Same-day automated clearing house transactions continue to surge, reaching $1.3 trillion in value in the second quarter, says Nacha. That’s ...
Mastercard Focuses on Gains in Crypto And Agentic Commerce
As payments executives wrestle with fast-moving trends in AI-driven commerce and in cryptocurrency, particularly stablecoins, card networks are gearing up ...







