News Mastercard Gives AI Agents a Virtual Card, but Shoppers Still Want the Final Click September 21, 2026
News 56% of Consumers Hit a False Payment Decline in Last 90 Days, PYMNTS Study Finds September 3, 2026 New PYMNTS research finds 56% of consumers faced a false decline in 90 days, and 42% abandoned their cart. See... Read moreDetails
News 57% of Middle-Market Firms Only Catch Payment Fraud or Failures After Settlement, Study Finds September 2, 2026 A PYMNTS-Plaid study finds 57% of firms detect payment fraud after settlement, and early detectors cut fraud costs roughly in... Read moreDetails
News Visa Expands A2A Protect, Reports 75% Jump in Account-to-Account Fraud Detection September 2, 2026 Visa expanded A2A Protect with a real-time fraud score, reporting a 75% jump in account-to-account fraud detection in six months. Read moreDetails
News Visa Delivers 6 Million Documents to DOJ in Debit Antitrust Case, Discovery Deadline Pushed to 2027 September 1, 2026 Visa delivered 6 million documents to the DOJ in its debit antitrust case, and the discovery deadline now extends to... Read moreDetails
News Retail Phone Scams Jump 69% as Shoplifting Finally Declines, NRF Study Finds August 31, 2026 NRF's 2026 retail theft study finds phone scams up 69% and loyalty fraud up 51%, even as shoplifting incidents dropped... Read moreDetails
News Oregon Proposes State Lending License for BNPL Providers, Even No-Fee Plans August 31, 2026 Oregon wants nonbank BNPL providers licensed as payday or consumer-finance lenders, even for no-fee pay-in-four plans. Industry groups are pushing... Read moreDetails
News Maverick Payments Adds AI Agent to Automate Chargeback Rebuttals August 31, 2026 Maverick Payments now offers an AI agent that collects evidence and files chargeback rebuttals automatically for merchants on its platform. Read moreDetails
News Carhartt Breach Verified at 12.9 Million Records, Far Fewer Than Initial 24.8 Million Estimate August 31, 2026 Security researcher Troy Hunt found almost half of the leaked Carhartt data was fake test records, cutting the real breach... Read moreDetails
News Stripe and Advent International Abandon $53 Billion Bid for PayPal, Shares Fall Sharply August 31, 2026 Stripe and Advent International abandoned their $53 billion bid for PayPal after the board called the offer insufficient; shares fell... Read moreDetails
News Nasdaq Verafin Adds Dark Web Data on 158 Million Compromised Cards to Its Fraud Platform August 28, 2026 Nasdaq Verafin added Q6 Cyber's dark web intelligence, covering 158 million compromised cards, to help banks flag fraud before it... Read moreDetails