Top 20 Payment Gateway Providers of 2026. Part 1
One way or another, payment gateways play an essential role in the е-cоmmеrсе transaction sector
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PayPal Shares Drop 12.7% as Stripe and Advent Drop $53 Billion Bid
A month of takeover speculation that had lifted PayPal’s stock by more than 40% came to an abrupt end on August 28, wiping out much of those gains in a single trading session. What changed, and what it means for one of fintech’s best-known names, is only now becoming clear.
Stripe Singapore Wants Going Global
For most of business history, selling to another country meant years of paperwork, banking relationships and legal setup before a single overseas sale could happen. Stripe’s latest move in Singapore is built around a bet that this is no longer true and the numbers behind it are striking.
Acquisitions Consolidate AI and Payments: Inside Stripe & Anthropic Deals
Two major M&A deals this week show how deeply artificial intelligence (AI) and payments are becoming intertwined. Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, an innovative tech marketplace that lets people access hundreds of AI models through one gateway, for more than $7 billion. Meanwhile, Anthropic is in early talks to acquire Decart, an Israeli startup […]
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 […]
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.
Amazon, OpenAI, and Natural Chase Different Cuts of Agentic Checkout
Autonomous checkout has moved from demo to disputed business model within a single year. Amazon’s Rufus-powered “Buy for Me” now completes purchases on external retailer sites on a shopper’s behalf. OpenAI tried a native 4% checkout fee inside ChatGPT and pulled it after six months. A new startup, Natural, has raised $30 million to build […]
Open USD Stablecoin Launches With 140 Fintech & Banking Partners Including Stripe And Visa
A coalition of more than 140 companies from different areas of financial services has agreed to back Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin announced on June 30, 2026, and governed by an independent entity called Open Standard. The joint initiative brings together banks, payments networks, crypto platforms and technology firms with the stated goal of […]
Best Payment Solutions for SaaS Companies in 2026: How to Find the Right Fit
Choosing a payment solution for a SaaS company is quite different than the same process for, let’s say, an e-commerce retailer. What retailer typically needs to do is to accept a single payment at checkout. A SaaS business, meanwhile, must charge customers on a recurring schedule. It immediately complicates things with handling upgrades and downgrades […]
Amazon Introduces AgentCore Payments With Stablecoin Support From Coinbase And Stripe
Amazon Web Services announced a preview version of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments on May 7. The feature allows AI agents built on the AgentCore platform to make payments for APIs, web content, MCP servers and other digital services during task execution.
Visa Joins Tempo as Validator, Signaling Shift Toward Institutional Blockchain Infrastructure
Visa has launched a validator node on the Tempo blockchain, joining Stripe and Zodia Custody, a digital asset firm backed by Standard Chartered, as the first external participants helping operate the network.
Nevermined Makes Giant AI Agent Payments Stride With Visa, x402 and VGS Support
AI agents may perform various tasks for a business or individual, but they may not complete half of them without the ability to actually make payments. Nevermined aims to solve that deficiency with their new agent card delegation feature based on secure technologies developed by Visa, Coinbase’s x402, and VGS.
Stripe-Backed Tempo Unveils AI Payments Protocol, Aiming to Transform Automated & Intelligent Digital Transactions
As AI continues to reshape financial infrastructure, Stripe-backed Tempo is introducing a new payments protocol designed to enable intelligent, programmable transactions at scale.
Stripe Launches X402 Payments On Base, Letting AI Agents Transact Autonomously With USDC
Stripe is moving machine-to-machine commerce from concept to reality. The company unveiled x402 payments on the Base blockchain, enabling autonomous AI agents to execute transactions using Circle’s USDC without human intervention.
Stripe Valuation Nears $140B in Latest Tender Offer, Company Maintains Private Status
Stripe is arranging a tender offer that would give the payments company a valuation of at least $140 billion, and its leadership says it is not currently planning an IPO amid steady private‑market growth.
How Airwallex’s AI Assistant Compares With Other Fintech AI Tools
As financial platforms grow more complex, fintech providers are increasingly embedding AI assistants directly into their products to help customers navigate features, automate routine tasks, and reduce reliance on manual support. Airwallex is the latest payments company to introduce such a tool, adding an in-app AI assistant designed primarily to simplify day-to-day platform use.
