Inflation Will Put a Dent in Holiday Shopping This Year
Consumers are expected spend more on holiday shopping this year—as usual—but much of that apparent gain will be offset by inflation. Shoppers plan to spend an average of $736 on holiday gifts, according to data from Visa’s 2025 Holiday Spending Outlook. Nominal holiday spending is expected to reach 4.6%, but after adjusting for inflation, real […]
Coinbase and Tink Merge Pay-By-Bank and Crypto
In another sign of open banking’s growing role in crypto, Coinbase and Tink have launched direct bank-to-crypto transfers in Germany. The new capability lets users move funds instantly from their bank accounts into crypto, authenticating the transaction through their bank’s interface. The underlying account-to-account payment rails are powered by Tink’s infrastructure—acquired by Visa three years […]
How Organizations Can Chart the Course to Agentic Commerce
Much like with generative artificial intelligence, the emergence of agentic AI has been accompanied by substantial hoopla. However, as more organizations race to incorporate the next big thing into their operations, many are struggling to plot the road map to agentic commerce. As Christopher Miller, Lead Emerging Payments Analyst at Javelin Strategy & Research, detailed […]