AI voice agents can accept PCI-DSS-compliant credit card payments over the phone using DTMF masking, SMS checkout links, or transfer to a payment IVR, according to a 2026 guide from AI phone assistant…
Google began a limited pilot in October 2026 letting select users in India purchase products from Flipkart directly inside the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, with a broader rollout planned later in…
Google is automatically enabling native checkout for eligible Google Merchant Center products whose Shopify storefronts support the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), letting customers buy directly in…
Google updated its Gemini Apps Privacy Hub on August 10, 2026, revising the privacy notice that governs data collection and use across Gemini Apps. The notice details what information users provide, w…
Google announced on August 27 that AI Mode in Search can now track flight prices from more than 300 partner airlines and travel sites, show points and miles rates, and complete some hotel bookings thr…
Google's Play Integrity API has caused users of privacy-focused Android forks like GrapheneOS to be unable to use apps such as Google Pay and ChatGPT, according to reports on the GrapheneOS Discussion…
Google is aggressively investing in Flutter, with major pushes into the Impeller rendering engine, Dart 3.x, and WebAssembly, according to a developer commentary. The article argues that reduced job p…
Thredd, an AI-first issuer processing platform, has been selected by Cashi to power its new stablecoin spending and cashback card programme, now live in Hong Kong with an expansion into Mexico planned…
NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe told TechCrunch that AI will be heavily involved in the next era of UPI payment growth, emphasizing small specialized language models trained on India's payment data rather than la…
NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe said AI will drive India's UPI from 750 million to a billion daily transactions through fraud detection, credit distribution, and voice-based onboarding. PhonePe and Google Pay con…
Google announced the Google Pay & Wallet Developer MCP server, a new tool that allows AI assistants and IDEs to access real-time account data and API documentation for streamlined integrations. The se…
At Google I/O, Google announced a renewed push for Google Wallet, positioning it as part of an "agentic commerce" strategy that layers AI-driven assistance onto payments and commerce interactions. The…
Google announced at its I/O conference that Google Pay is evolving for "agentic commerce," introducing a Universal Commerce Protocol that allows existing merchant IDs and payment stacks to power AI-dr…
Google is re-entering the ecommerce market with a strategy centered on shoppable YouTube and Gemini-powered shopping agents, aiming to challenge Amazon's dominance. The company announced at its Brandc…
The article provides a step-by-step guide for minors in the U.S. to buy Bitcoin and stocks using CashApp, requiring a parent or guardian to open a UTMA checking account and complete identity verificat…