Transaction Network Services Inc., an infrastructure-as-a-service provider that connects businesses to point-of-sale terminals and ATMs, has launched TNSPay SmartRoute, a cloud-based transaction-routing solution that allows merchants, processors, and acquirers to define and adjust routing rules in real time. Users can decide how to route a transaction based on specific criteria, …

Akeneo, a provider of product information and product-experience applications, is partnering with Stripe Inc. to help businesses enable agentic commerce. Under the terms of the deal, Akeneo, which enables automated product data enrichment through native generative AI capabilities, will enable businesses to activate product data for agentic commerce channels by …

Airbnb Inc. has expanded its Reserve Now, Pay Later booking option worldwide. The service enables travelers to reserve properties and rooms without an upfront payment to reserve the space. Full payment is due prior to the closing of the free cancellation window, which is set by the property owner. The …

Japanese fintech PayPay Corp. is preparing a push into the United States through a partnership with Visa Inc. and an initial public offering. Through Visa, PayPay will develop new payment options for its mobile wallet beyond QR codes to broaden its wallet appeal to U.S. consumers. PayPay specializes in QR …

Fiserv Inc. has launched INDX, a real-time cash-settlement platform that enables digital-asset companies to store and transfer U.S. dollars at all hours and every day in real time. Digital-asset companies can use INDX to move dollars into a single custodial account insured up to $25 million by the Federal Deposit …

Sabre Corp., a technology provider to the travel industry, has partnered with PayPal Holdings Inc. and Mindtrip, an artificial intelligence-based travel-planning platform, to create agentic-commerce experiences for consumers booking travel online. Sabre will leverage Mindtrip’s agentic-consumer platform and PayPal’s agentic-commerce services and protocol to create a single travel-booking platform that …

Illinois merchants scored a big victory late Tuesday in their battle for interchange relief as United States District Court Judge Virginia Kendall upheld the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The decision, which comes after more than a year of legal wrangling, means the IFPA will go into effect July 1, …

Toast Inc. announced early Tuesday it is partnering with online grocery-delivery and-pickup service Instacart to connect restaurants to the Instacart Marketplace, an aggregator of food and beverage suppliers. The move will enable food-and-beverage retailers on the Toast platform to align their product catalog with in-store stock and provide restaurants with …