Merchants stories
Trust is lagging behind consumer appetite for AI-led shopping, leaving merchants racing to add controls before wider adoption takes hold.
Pay by Bank providers face rising pressure to win digital payments share as Token.io adds a veteran engineer to its leadership team.
Merchants using the platform saw transaction approval rates rise by 2.6% in the first quarter, as AI pinpointed decline causes across entire data sets.
Merchants and banks are demanding better payment reliability as The Power 50 names 40 companies and 10 figures in its 2026 ranking.
The appointment bolsters Yaspa's push into North American gaming, as it seeks to win more operators needing payment and compliance tools.
Shoppers may save time and miss fewer discounts as Google ties price tracking, compatibility checks and checkout across its apps.
As cash use falls, the charity is bolstering its digital giving model with two senior hires to support growth in micro-donations.
Merchants can now add regulated stablecoin checkout through Yuno’s single integration, cutting setup work and easing cross-border payments.
Merchants could win back lost sales as tokenised checkout trims friction, reduces card-not-present fraud and keeps payment data in bank rails.
OpenClaw users will be able to let AI agents pay with existing cards as Mastercard's controls add limits, authentication and audit trails.
Trust at the point of payment is the key hurdle, with 50.1% of European consumers unwilling to share card details with AI agents.
Small UK firms can now take card and digital wallet payments via smartphones, payment links and terminals after Lloyds teamed up with Stripe.
Guest shoppers could face fewer checkout steps as merchants using Ecommpay can now surface Apple Pay and Google Pay earlier in the process.
Businesses could cut card fees and automate collections as recurring Pay by Bank opens to wider use through the UK Payments Initiative scheme.
Customers can move up the queue by tapping a virtual card in shops, as Shakepay uses a points game to roll out its new prepaid card.
Visitors with disabilities or language barriers can now use text-to-speech and translation tools on Ecommpay's site after its latest accessibility upgrade.
The payments infrastructure firm plans to hire up to 50 people in the US as it channels fresh capital into AI tools and expansion.
Canadian banks will test how AI agents can initiate card payments as Visa prepares issuers for new controls over consent, fraud and liability.
Retailers are bearing the cost as millions of valid card payments are challenged, leaving banks to refund GBP £3.5 billion in a year.
AI-driven purchases are raising fraud and compliance concerns as Fime seeks to give merchants and banks a neutral way to verify them.
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