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Neither Visa nor Mastercard is likely to publish a binding agent-dispute rule taking effect before the 2026 holiday peak, leaving merchants carrying AI agent chargeback risk through Q4. Three signals from the last month point to April 2027 as the earliest realistic date.
A shopper may already own part of the cover the till is selling them, and the two schemes claim in completely different ways.
Walmart begins accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at select US stores and Sam’s Club locations on August 24, 2026, with every store and club due to follow by year-end. The switch ends a holdout that began when Walmart backed the failed CurrentC wallet against Apple in 2014.
Offering terms wins wholesale orders and finances your buyer with your own cash. A pay later provider moves that risk for a fee.
Payment passkeys are spreading fastest where regulators dated the end of SMS OTP, not where e-commerce is biggest. The signals point to a further mandate market getting a named issuer or PSP rollout before the end of Q1 2027.
A gift card in a phone wallet is a pass with a balance. Here is what it takes to issue one and how redemption behaves in store.
Gift card fraud is mostly a handful of repeatable attacks. Knowing the pattern makes the control obvious and cheap.
Breakage looks like free money until the accounting and unclaimed property rules get involved. Here is how it actually works.
Gift cards are float, marketing and a liability at the same time. This guide covers issuing, redeeming, accounting and fraud in one place.
Klarna’s flexible payment options went live on J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform on August 6, 2026, giving U.S. merchants a way to add buy now, …