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Bridging the payment divide: How small businesses can align with consumer expectations in 2025
Fintech

Bridging the payment divide: How small businesses can align with consumer expectations in 2025

Many small businesses risk lost sales and loyalty as one in three still don't accept credit or debit cards, despite 86% of consumers relying on them.

By Bridget Snelling • 5 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025
Stablecoins, smart contracts and the rise of more intelligent cash
Crypto

Stablecoins, smart contracts and the rise of more intelligent cash

Fintech firms are reshaping finance with programmable money, using stablecoins and smart contracts for faster, borderless, 24/7 value transfer globally.

By Paul Quickenden • 5 min read • Mon, 30th Jun 2025

Global Stories

Stripe stories

Bluwhale launches AI Stablecoin Agent as market tops $300bn
Crypto

Bluwhale launches AI Stablecoin Agent as market tops $300bn

Bluwhale launches AI-powered Stablecoin Agent to manage digital dollars as stablecoin market tops $300bn, aiming to boost individual investor returns.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Nov 2025
Visa expands AI commerce framework with new security protocols
Identity and Access Management

Visa expands AI commerce framework with new security protocols

Visa has expanded its Intelligent Commerce framework in Asia Pacific, introducing new AI-driven payment security protocols for agentic commerce starting early 2026.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2025
Qualtrics bolsters AI leadership team & pledges USD $500 million
Data Protection

Qualtrics bolsters AI leadership team & pledges USD $500 million

Qualtrics appoints AI veterans and pledges USD $500 million to advance purpose-built AI for transforming customer and employee experience management.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Nov 2025
Datadog launches Updog.ai for real-time SaaS & AWS status monitoring
Security Information and Event Management

Datadog launches Updog.ai for real-time SaaS & AWS status monitoring

Datadog has launched Updog.ai, a free AI-driven platform offering near real-time status monitoring of major AWS and SaaS services for enhanced reliability insights.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
Salesforce & Stripe team up with OpenAI for AI-powered checkout
Customer Experience

Salesforce & Stripe team up with OpenAI for AI-powered checkout

Salesforce teams up with Stripe and OpenAI to launch AI-powered Instant Checkout, enhancing personalised shopping and speeding up online purchases for retailers.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Thu, 16th Oct 2025
Salesforce & OpenAI bring advanced agents to ChatGPT
Customer Relationship Management

Salesforce & OpenAI bring advanced agents to ChatGPT

Salesforce and OpenAI expand their partnership, integrating AI and commerce features into ChatGPT to enhance enterprise workflows and customer interactions.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Fergus launches tap-to-pay for instant trade payments via mobile
Crypto

Fergus launches tap-to-pay for instant trade payments via mobile

Fergus has launched tap-to-pay on mobiles, letting tradespeople accept instant contactless payments without extra hardware, boosting convenience and cash flow.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Oct 2025
The next wave of digital services innovation will run on purpose-built layer 1s
Crypto

The next wave of digital services innovation will run on purpose-built layer 1s

Enterprises are shifting to purpose-built Layer 1 blockchains like Stripe's Tempo and Circle's Arc, enhancing speed and compliance for stablecoin payments.

By Steve Durbin • 4 min read • Fri, 29th Aug 2025
Salesforce unveils Agentforce 3 to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
Unified Communications

Salesforce unveils Agentforce 3 to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

Salesforce launches Agentforce 3 to help enterprises scale AI adoption with enhanced control, interoperability, and real-time hybrid workforce insights.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Jun 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Stripe stories

Freshworks unveils AI features to boost UK enterprise support
Fintech

Freshworks unveils AI features to boost UK enterprise support

Freshworks launches new AI tools in the UK to streamline customer support and IT management, boosting efficiency and cutting manual tasks for enterprises.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 18th Nov 2025
Zeller launches developer suite to boost enterprise payments
Fintech

Zeller launches developer suite to boost enterprise payments

Zeller unveils Australia's first developer-driven payment suite, boosting omnichannel payment solutions for large, multi-site enterprises nationwide.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Sep 2025
Zoho boosts global SMB growth with new AI-driven features
Customer Relationship Management

Zoho boosts global SMB growth with new AI-driven features

Zoho has grown its global SMB customer base by 40% in H1 2025, unveiling AI-driven features across six solutions to boost productivity and revenue.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Thu, 4th Sep 2025
Smart Communications acquires Pendula to boost AI in customer chat
Data Analytics

Smart Communications acquires Pendula to boost AI in customer chat

Smart Communications acquires Pendula to enhance AI-driven orchestration, boosting customer engagement across SMS, email, WhatsApp, and RCS in regulated sectors.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Aug 2025
Canopy joins Technology Industry Forum to boost cloud innovation
Digital Transformation

Canopy joins Technology Industry Forum to boost cloud innovation

Canopy joins the Technology Industry Forum to enhance cloud procurement and innovation, helping UK businesses optimise costs and simplify multi-cloud strategies.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Jul 2025
Salesforce launches Agentforce 3 to boost enterprise AI
Customer Relationship Management

Salesforce launches Agentforce 3 to boost enterprise AI

Salesforce unveils Agentforce 3, enhancing control and visibility for enterprises to efficiently scale AI agents across operations amid rising global adoption.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Jun 2025