Merchants stories
Multilingual 24/7 support is becoming essential as Asia-Pacific payments firms race to reassure merchants using stablecoin-linked services.
Merchants could cut fraud, dispute and integration delays as Forter opens early access to tools that work inside ChatGPT and Claude.
Institutional stablecoin users can now hide transfer amounts from public blockchains while retaining auditor and regulator access through viewing keys.
Merchants face harder-to-trace disputes as AI and agentic commerce complicate payment trails, Chargebacks911 said after new fintech data.
Rising fares and disruption are pushing more travellers to dispute payments through banks, putting travel merchants under heavier refund pressure.
The combined group would process more than USD $500 billion a year, giving merchants broader cross-border payment tools across 190 markets.
Merchants and payment providers across Europe will soon be able to offer the Wero wallet, as ACI adds it to its orchestration platform.
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.
Financial institutions across Asia Pacific are being shown how AI agents, digital identity and tokenisation could reshape secure payments in coming years.
Trust remains thin for AI-led shopping, with most UK adults saying they would reject systems that handle spending or payment data.
Australian pubs are seeing extra footfall and kit purchases have surged as live matches spur late-night and early-morning spending.
Nearly six in ten Londoners have seen more scam attempts in the past year, with social media fraud and AI-made ruses fuelling concern.
Fraud losses could fall if banks, merchants and regulators align on earlier intervention, Ecommpay says in a new report.
The framework aims to let merchants verify authorised AI agents, block rogue automation and monetise machine traffic as commerce shifts online.
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.
