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.
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.
The collaboration between PhotonPay and Stripe promises to usher in unified, scalable online payment infrastructure across multiple regions.
AI and payments had been going their separate ways for a while, until their convergence made the concepts of agentic commerce and automated transactions tangible. Why do we expect to hear the words AI and payments increasingly used in the same context in 2026 and how do these two fintech sectors mutually enhance each other? […]
E-commerce merchants using BigCommerce platform can now unlock globally optimized checkout, local payment options, AI-powered fraud protection and agentic commerce tools through an expanded Stripe integration.
Choosing the right payment gateway is essential for business growth. In the UAE, with its strong digital infrastructure and a growing e-commerce ecosystem, businesses must pay attention to localised payment gateway solutions that support both national and global payment methods as well as offer an Arabic language interface.
Stripe’s acquisition of Metronome signals a major shift toward usage-based billing as the norm for AI and cloud-era businesses.
Revolut just crossed a major milestone: after a secondary share sale backed by big-name investors like Coatue, Fidelity, Nvidia’s NVentures, and Greenoaks, the UK-based fintech was valued at $75 billion. What other fintech companies are showing impressive results this year, and what have they been up to lately?
The Business Research Company reports rapid growth driven by fraud prevention and next generation banking technology
Just as stablecoin settlements are gaining momentum in the B2B segment, payment service providers are taking very different paths in the stablecoin payments revolution, with strategies ranging from bold integration to cautious observation. Here are four main stablecoin adoption archetypes shaping the next phase of digital payments.
Agentic payments and AI commerce are high on the paytech agenda today. Their potential is undoubtedly immense, but practical implementation, as always, relies on the tech stack functionality. As we see fintech giants delivering agentic payment protocols en masse, let’s put them under scrutiny.
To better serve the 30% of its partner businesses that operate on recurring revenue models, including most AI companies, Stripe is introducing subscription features for stablecoin payments.
Stablecoin adoption is getting closer to mainstream each day, as major payment players like Mastercard and Stripe enter the space along with crypto natives such as Coinbase or Coinflow. Let’s sum up what’s been happening in the stablecoin market for the last few days.
Stripe and OpenAI joined efforts to launch an instant checkout feature in ChatGPT, introducing the Agentic Commerce Protocol.
Stripe is reportedly negotiating a share buyback which will bring its valuation well over its 2021 peak of $95 billion.
Stripe launched its Terminal service in Japan, complemented by new cellular-enabled readers and integrations with local methods like PayPay and WeChat Pay, to simplify payments and reconciliation across online and in-store channels.
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