Fintech & Ecommerce

Knot to Make Venmo a Saved Checkout Payment Method
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Knot to Make Venmo a Saved Checkout Payment Method

Knot, a merchant-connectivity platform that lets people move saved payment details between apps and websites, announced a partnership with Venmo on August 12. The deal lets Venmo users set the PayPal-associated platform as their default saved payment method at merchants they already shop with, without typing in card details each time.

MVB Bank Uses AI to Scale AML and KYC Compliance
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MVB Bank Uses AI to Scale AML and KYC Compliance

MVB Bank has entered a multi-year agreement with Bretton AI to use AI-supported operations for anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring and know-your-customer (KYC) compliance as its fintech business expands.

Toast and Google Put Agentic Ordering Into Live Payments Workflows
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Toast and Google Put Agentic Ordering Into Live Payments Workflows

Google’s latest update to Maps brings agentic food ordering into its Ask Maps experience. Toast and Square are among the first services supporting orders.

Money20/20 USA
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Money20/20 USA

Money20/20 USA is the world’s greatest most influential gathering of the global money ecosystem including banks, payments, tech, startups, retail, fintech, financial services, policy, and more.

Revolut Gets French Banking Licence: What It Means for Users
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Revolut Gets French Banking Licence: What It Means for Users

Revolut has been granted a full banking licence in France, the second largest market in Europe. The decision arrived upon a joint review by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), France’s banking regulator, and the European Central Bank (ECB), which formally approved it through its Governing Council.

Agentic Checkout Trust Standard Enters Final Comment Window Before August 14 Deadline
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Agentic Checkout Trust Standard Enters Final Comment Window Before August 14 Deadline

Retailers and payment providers still have some thinking time left until August 14, 2026. That’s the date when a new industry standard meant to make AI shopping agents accountable when something goes wrong is activated. After that date, the draft closes to comment and moves toward a stable release.

Klarna Goes Live On J.P. Morgan Payments Commerce Platform
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Klarna Goes Live On J.P. Morgan Payments Commerce Platform

Klarna, the Swedish digital bank known for its “buy now, pay later” checkout tools, has switched on its first integration with J.P. Morgan Payments in the United States. The update enables any merchant already using J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform to offer Klarna’s payment options at checkout without building or coding anything new.

What Is a Digital Wallet?
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What Is a Digital Wallet?

The thing that lets you pay with your smartphone at the store checkout without ever fumbling with your bank cards or cash banknotes is called a digital wallet. We might use it every other day, but never stop to figure out how exactly it functions. This article aims to explain the main types of digital […]

Nayax Files for a US Bank Charter
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Nayax Files for a US Bank Charter

Israel-based payments company Nayax has applied for a US bank charter, that would let it offer business cards, loans, and cash advances directly through its own platform instead of leaning on outside banks. The company filed the application with the Connecticut Department of Banking to create Nayax America Bank, which would be headquartered in Fairfield […]

PayPal Q2 Earnings Strengthen Board’s Case Against Stripe’s $53B Bid
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PayPal Q2 Earnings Strengthen Board’s Case Against Stripe’s $53B Bid

PayPal fintech company posted second-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.38 per share, beating the $1.28 that analysts expected. Revenue rose 5% year over year to $8.68 billion, also ahead of forecasts. PayPal then raised its full-year profit guidance to $5.38 per share, up from its prior outlook of flat-to-declining earnings. These results underpin the company’s earlier […]

What Digital Identity Means for Payments and AI Agents
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What Digital Identity Means for Payments and AI Agents

Every payment starts with a question: who is actually asking for this money to move? For most of the industry’s history, and human history, for that matter, a human was behind the wheel. A real person answered the authorisation question by typing a password, tapping a card, or showing an ID. That is changing now. […]

Understanding Embedded Finance: How It Works and Why It Matters
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Understanding Embedded Finance: How It Works and Why It Matters

Financial services have long been not confined to banks. Today, businesses across retail, software, mobility, healthcare, and e-commerce sectors allow customers to make payments, access credit, purchase insurance, or receive payouts without ever leaving their platforms. This is exactly the illustrative result of embedded finance, one of the fastest-growing areas of fintech, in action.

What Is Pay by Bank?
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What Is Pay by Bank?

In a world where card payments constitute about 60% of the total transactions, Pay by bank is a payment method that moves money directly from a customer’s bank account to a merchant’s account, without a card network sitting in between. 

32nd Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Returns to Muscat to Accelerate Digital-First Banking Across the Middle East
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32nd Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Returns to Muscat to Accelerate Digital-First Banking Across the Middle East

“Boosting Digital-First Banking and Enabling Next-Gen Financial Platforms in the Middle East” 13 November 2026 | Muscat, Oman Muscat, Oman – The International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA) is proud to announce the 32nd Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026, scheduled to take place on 13 November 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

Agentic AI Checkout: The New Fraud & Liability Playbook
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Agentic AI Checkout: The New Fraud & Liability Playbook

The rules governing who can buy what, from whom, and under what authority are being rewritten by trade groups and card networks racing to keep pace with software that shops on its own.

Increase Bank Goes Live: Programmable Rails, Direct FDIC Membership
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Increase Bank Goes Live: Programmable Rails, Direct FDIC Membership

Increase, the banking infrastructure and API provider used by Gusto, Ramp and Stripe, has launched Increase Bank, an FDIC-member banking institution designed to provide technology companies with programmable banking infrastructure. 

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