Affirm and Wayfair Expand Partnership to the UK and Canada
- 1 day 9 hours ago
- E-Commerce
Affirm today announced the expansion of its partnership with Wayfair, bringing its honest financial products to shoppers in the UK and Canada. Whether shopping for a new dining table or the perfect sofa, approved shoppers in the UK and Canada can now split their purchases with Affirm.
Klarna Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) To Enable Agentic Commerce Across Platforms
- 4 days 8 hours ago
- E-Commerce
Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is joining Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to help AI agents and commerce systems work together across the full shopping lifecycle, from discovery and purchase through post-purchase support. UCP enables consumers to shop seamlessly in AI conversations while giving agents, merchant systems, and payment providers a standardized way to interact... more
Almost Half of UK Shoppers Would Trust AI to Shop on Their Behalf, Shows Adyen Research
- 1 week 4 days ago
- E-Commerce
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today published its 2026 Retail Report, revealing a growing appetite for AI among UK shoppers. AI is quickly moving to a mainstream shopping tool, with its adoption among UK consumers more than doubling over the past year, rising from 12% to nearly 28%. Gen Z shoppers continue to lead the charge in adoption (43%), followed closely by Millennials (42%).
PayPal to Acquire Cymbio, Accelerating Agentic Commerce Capabilities
- 2 weeks 1 day ago
- E-Commerce
PayPal Holdings, Inc. today announced it has agreed to acquire Cymbio, a multi-channel orchestration platform that helps brands sell across agentic surfaces, including Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity, and other e-commerce channels. PayPal previously partnered with Cymbio as part of its agentic commerce services, a suite of solutions that allows merchants to attract customers and drive sales in the new era of AI-powered commerce.
Q1 Holiday Profits Fade as Chargeback ‘Hangover’ Hits Merchants, Warns Chargebacks911
- 3 weeks 4 days ago
- E-Commerce
Global eCommerce sales passed $1 trillion for the first time ever over the holiday shopping season, reaching a record $1.29 trillion between November 1 and December 31, according to a Salesforce report released Thursday.
Ant International Partners with Google on Universal Commerce Protocol Rollout
- 3 weeks 5 days ago
- E-Commerce
Ant International, a global leader in payments, financial technology and enterprise digitisation, is collaborating on the launch of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to enable agentic commerce across the entire shopping journey — from product discovery and buying to post-purchase support.
Stripe Helps Power a New Shopping Experience in Microsoft Copilot
- 4 weeks 1 day ago
- E-Commerce
Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today announced that it is helping power a new experience called Copilot Checkout. Copilot users in the US will be able to buy products from Etsy businesses and retailers like Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie, all without leaving the chat.
PayPal Ads Launches Transaction Graph Insights And Measurement To Improve Commerce Advertising Outcomes
- 1 month 2 days ago
- E-Commerce
PayPal today announced the launch of PayPal's Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, providing merchants & advertisers with a unique, cross-merchant view into real shopper behavior, campaign effectiveness, and data-driven recommendations to grow their business. PayPal's Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement creates the full dimensionality of a consumer purchase, and with full sales signal integrity and accuracy.
Fiserv and Mastercard Partner to Advance Trusted Agentic Commerce For Merchants
- 1 month 2 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
Fiserv, Inc. and Mastercard are extending their partnership to advance agentic commerce for merchants.
iDenfy Targets Its E-Commerce Partners with a New Offering on Shopify’s App Store
- 1 month 2 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
iDenfy, a global identity verification and fraud prevention company, announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app, designed to help e-commerce merchants to reduce chargebacks and risks linked to high-risk orders. The new Shopify app integrates directly with Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis system and automatically initiates identity verification for suspicious orders that are marked as “high-risk, enabling... more
UK Consumers Put Security First in Online Shopping, Boosting Opportunity for Open Banking Payments
- 1 month 3 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
UK shoppers are putting security first when buying online - with new research conducted by Pay with Bank Transfer, powered by American Express, finding that over three quarters (76%) of consumers have security front of mind for every purchase they make.
Exactly.com Discusses eCommerce Predictions for 2026: Social and Agentic Commerce Take Centre Stage
- 1 month 3 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
As we gear up for the New Year, Exactly.com spotlights the trends that are set to redefine e-commerce in 2026. Mark Andreev, COO at Exactly.com and a renowned fintech leader with decades of experience launching card payment solutions, shares his expert predictions for the year ahead.
SMEs Count The Cost Of Brits’ ‘Fear Of Messing Up’ (FOMU) At Checkout
- 1 month 4 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
A new study from Tink, a market-leading open banking and payments platform, reveals that many UK consumers feel anxious about making mistakes when paying by manual bank transfer. This lack of confidence is driving abandoned transactions and undermining trust in the small businesses they buy from – while simple human errors continue to cause failed payments.
In the Week After Black Friday, Experts Warn Rising Self-Checkout Frustration in Both the US and UK Could Drive Shoppers Away as Study Shows Heavy Usage but Widespread Avoidance
- 2 months 6 days ago
- E-Commerce
Aevi’s new survey of 3,000 consumers across the US and the UK, found that frequent weekly usage of unattended systems is now the norm in both countries. However, it highlights equally widespread frustration and avoidance that could slow adoption at a critical moment for operators.
