Procure-to-pay automation and AI solutions provider PairSoft, and Finexio, the embedded payments solution for accounts payable (AP), have renewed their strategic partnership. The continued collaboration ensures PairSoft customers can benefit from the latest fully managed, intelligent AP payments solutions designed to optimize operational efficiency, increase digital payment yield, and reduce fraud risk. Finexio uniquely delivers an all-in-one managed service for 100% of supplier payments, including end-to-end payment execution, AI-powered supplier enablement, and industry-leading payment fraud protection. Finexio’s API integration with PairSoft’s AP automation suite is further strengthened by PairSoft’s native connections to leading ERP systems—including Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct, and Blackbaud—enabling finance teams to digitize payment workflows within their existing technology. Through this renewed partnership, PairSoft customers will continue to benefit from Finexio’s advanced supplier development capabilities and payment technologies, resulting in greater supplier engagement and improved AP payment performance.
Audiense’s MCP connectors to offer users a no-code and customizable interface to interact with audience data directly within the generative AI tools and generate outputs like persona summaries, segment comparisons, content calendars
Audiense, the audience intelligence platform, unveiled its MCP (Model Context Protocol) connectors – seamless integrations that bring audience insights directly into AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT. The new MCP connectors act as real-time bridges between all Audiense consumer intelligence products (including Insights, SOPRISM, Demand, and Tweet Binder) and leading generative AI platforms. Instead of pulling data manually or scanning through insights, users can interact with audience data directly within the AI tools they’re already using and generate outputs like: Persona summaries, Segment comparisons, Full-funnel campaign strategies, Content calendars, White space opportunities , Creative concepts and briefs . Audiense’s MCP connectors are designed to support the way modern teams operate, helping them move faster, think deeper, and create better. For Marketers: Build campaign strategies, messaging frameworks, and creative briefs on the fly. For Analysts: Compare audience segments, spot trends, and test hypotheses without touching code. For Strategists: Uncover white space, surface opportunities, and turn audience insight into competitive advantage. For Content & Creative Teams: Generate content calendars, brainstorm ideas, and adapt tone of voice to each persona. What sets MCP apart: Fully customizable: Ask any question, your way Platform-neutral: Pull insights from across Audiense products No-code: Built for everyone, not just technical teams Outcome-driven: Get briefs, slides, summaries and strategies, not just data Secure by design: Authenticate through your existing credentials and navigate data just as you would, safely and seamlessly Interoperable: Connect with other MCP connectors to build smart workflows –like instantly turning a report summary into a Canva presentation
Trend Micro’s cyber resilience model uses agentic AI and digital twin tech to enable enterprises to visualize risk, simulate real-world cyber threats, validate defenses and adapt policies in real time across their entire infrastructure
Trend Micro has introduced a new cyber resilience model that enables enterprises to simulate real-world cyber threats, validate defenses, and adapt policies in real time across complex digital environments. The model is powered by advanced agentic AI and industry-first application of cybersecurity digital twin technology, enabling security teams to visualize risk, test scenarios safely, and make rapid, data-driven decisions that improve resilience and reduce business disruptions. The shift from periodic assessments to continuous, intelligent simulation marks a major evolution in proactive cybersecurity, allowing organizations to stay ahead of adversaries, harden their environments to circumvent cybersecurity threats, and confidently secure mission-critical operations against an ever-changing threat landscape. The model will help organizations proactively manage risk across their entire infrastructure, from on-prem to cloud, IT to OT, and legacy to next gen AI-powered systems. It allows for scenario planning, security investments, and business resilience optimization. Trend’s approach to digital twins enables customers to make better informed risk decisions and enhance security operations across their organization. The announcement is part of a line of innovation-led projects from Trend, which aims to help network defenders harness AI, close skill gaps, and improve security outcomes.
Zil Money transforms spending control with AI-powered virtual card features- to automate receipt categorization, analyze transaction data, and generate actionable reports within seconds
Zil Money, a leading fintech solution, has introduced two innovative features in its Virtual Card suite: AI-powered receipt parsing and automated spending analysis reports. These features are designed to provide businesses with real-time insights and complete control over their expenses. Businesses can now automatically track spending, with detailed breakdowns by category, merchant, and more, offering unparalleled visibility into financial transactions. Following the introduction of its Virtual Card, Zil Money has empowered users to create an unlimited number of cards instantly, set customized spending limits, and easily manage expenses. Businesses have reported significant improvements in efficiency, particularly in areas like vendor payments, employee reimbursements, and subscription management. These features automate receipt categorization, analyze transaction data, and generate actionable reports within seconds. With real-time analysis, businesses can instantly verify transactions, categorize purchases, and gain valuable insights, streamlining expense management. This innovation reinforces Zil Money’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge tools that empower smarter financial decisions.
With CardFree deal Fiserv’s Clover gains enhanced loyalty capabilities, from mobile pay-and-earn flows to kiosk-based redemption, housed within Clover and Commerce Hub
Fiserv’s acquisition of CardFree brings a new suite of loyalty and payment options tailored to restaurants. By integrating CardFree’s mobile ordering, pay and loyalty platform into Fiserv’s ecosystem, merchants can now embed seamless reward programs directly into ordering flows, reducing friction and deepening engagement. CardFree’s technology allows restaurants to offer integrated loyalty, rewarding customers automatically at checkout, whether they order in-venue, via kiosk or through delivery partnerships. For hotel operators, loyalty is equally critical to guest retention and spend. The integration of CardFree into Fiserv can extend to lodging, enabling hotels to embed loyalty offers directly into guest interactions, whether ordering room service, checking out via kiosk or engaging with property management systems. With third-party software integration capabilities, Fiserv now supports loyalty programs that travel across guest touch points, making each stay more rewarding and reinforcing brand preference in a competitive hospitality landscape. Moreover, CardFree’s drive-thru and kiosk functionality also serves restaurants and hotels operating quick-service or grab-and-go models. Guests ordering through a drive-thru window or self-ordering kiosk can be rewarded in real time. Through the deal, Fiserv’s Clover gains enhanced loyalty capabilities, from mobile pay-and-earn flows to kiosk-based redemption, housed within Clover and Commerce Hub.
New partnerships drive24% year-over-year growth in Wise’s cross-border volume to $55.2 billion and 17% rise in in active customers to 9.8 million
Cross-border payments platform Wise saw year-over-year increases of 24% in cross-border volume and 17% in active customers as it continued to add new partnerships. With these gains made during the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year 2026, Wise’s cross-border volume reached 41.2 billion pounds (about $55.2 billion), and its number of active customers reached 9.8 million. The company’s cross-border take rate declined by 12 bps year over year, from 0.64% to 0.52%, which Wise attributed to a reduction in its average price and an increase in the proportion of higher-volume customers. Wise’s underlying income for the quarter saw a year-over-year increase of 11% on a reported basis and 14% on a constant currency basis, lifting it to 362 million pounds. The medium-term guidance for growth in underlying income is 15% to 20% on a constant currency basis. Highlighting recent moves made by Wise, co-founder and CEO Kristo Käärmann said the company launched Wise Business in the Philippines, continued to add Wise Platform partners, and announced partnerships with Raiffeisen Bank and UniCredit to power instant international transfers for their consumer and business customers in Europe.
Intuit’s new payment feature allows users to connect their bank account to a pay now button on invoices, so that their customers can complete a direct payment in just a few clicks and auto-reconciles payments
Intuit has launched a series of new product innovations in Intuit QuickBooks, that deliver a more intelligent and automated accounting experience for businesses and their accountants across international markets. QuickBooks Payments, now available in beta, allows QuickBooks users to connect their bank account to a pay now button on invoices, so that their customers can complete a direct payment in just a few clicks. Payments are automatically reconciled, keeping books up to date with minimal manual effort. This new functionality is fully integrated with QuickBooks Online and works across all devices, supporting quicker settlement times, and with competitive transaction fees. Intuit’s new AI-powered bank feed in QuickBooks learns from users’ previous actions and suggesting categories based on historical patterns. Each suggestion is accompanied by a clear explanation, allowing users to review, approve, or amend with confidence—streamlining workflows and improving accuracy. This enhanced feed offers more accurate categorisation suggestions, allows for inline editing of fields (like category, supplier, class, location, and product/service), and provides payee suggestions with the ability to add new payees directly from the bank feed. This significantly boosts efficiency and provides full transparency on why each suggestion was made, allowing users to maintain control, whilst leveraging AI as much or as little as is needed. Out-of-the-box support for depreciation methods: Intuit has streamlined and automated how its customers track the depreciation of fixed assets in QuickBooks Online Advanced, which now supports reducing balance depreciation, expanding its fixed asset capabilities to better meet the needs of finance teams. Previously limited to straight-line depreciation, users can now apply the reducing balance method by entering a rate, with QuickBooks automatically handling the calculations and updating reports.
This approach provides a more accurate reflection of asset value over time. By automating this popular depreciation calculation and providing new filtering options of categories in the asset register, Intuit helps customers reduce manual errors, maintain compliance with accounting standards, and supports real-time reporting. Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) enhancements: QuickBooks Advanced, Plus, Essentials and Simple Start plans now allow users to automatically bulk-send monthly CIS statements to subcontractors directly after filing. This update cuts hours of repetitive work each month, helping users stay organised and audit-ready. To further support compliance, new CIS reminders enable users to schedule email alerts ahead of each month’s deadline. Admin users within QuickBooks can set up reminders and receive the alerts via email, making it easier to submit returns on time and avoid late filing penalties. Users can check subcontractor status within the platform, store Government Gateway credentials securely, and view the date of verification, to help users know when re-verification is due. By reducing manual steps and consolidating key CIS tasks, these features offer a more efficient, compliant way to manage construction industry obligations.
Requesting proof of authorization when investigating claims of unauthorized debit by Receiving Depository Financial Institutions (RDFIs) can reduce the impact of first-party fraud of FIs and originators
Members of Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG) have noticed an increase in first-party fraud at their institutions, and Nacha representatives are fielding more questions on first-party fraud from other participants on the ACH Network. First-party fraud comes in many forms, but the two most concerning to RMAG member financial institutions and their customers are account opening schemes and false claims fraud. Two reasons commonly suggested by banks for the rise are: 1) unethical social media influencers that mislead consumers and provide “hacks” to get money back on a payment or transfer; and 2) fraudsters that abuse consumer protection laws meant to protect people from legitimate cases of unauthorized debits. One of the three main areas of focus for the Nacha’s New Risk Management Framework for the Era of Credit-Push Fraud is that all participants have a role to play in detecting, preventing, and recovering from frauds that utilize ACH and other credits. The framework emphasizes that RDFIs may be in the best position to stop fraud. The emphasis on the RDFI’s role in identifying fraud shouldn’t be thought of as limited to credit-push fraud. RDFIs serve a vital role in receiving claims of unauthorized debit from their customers. They can play an equally vital role as guardian of the payment systems when preventing returns on false claims of unauthorized debit. RMAG believes that requesting proof of authorization when investigating claims of unauthorized debit by RDFIs can reduce the impact of first-party fraud on financial institutions and Originators. Originators and ODFIs are required to keep proof of authorization, and they want the opportunity to provide documentation to support authorized transactions. The first-party fraud survey shows that proof of authorization matters to the RDFI. When it is requested during an investigation, received, and deemed to be legitimate proof that a consumer authorized a debit transaction, an RDFI is often willing to deny an unauthorized claim.
Visa Direct plugs into Authvia’s TXT2PAY for real‑time outbound disbursements so refunds, settlements, incentives, and reimbursements arrive to eligible Visa debit cards within a messaging thread
Authvia has integrated Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time money movement platform, into its TXT2PAY® solution. Leveraging the combined technology of Authvia and Visa Direct, which facilitates the delivery of funds directly to eligible Visa debit cards in real-time, Authvia is enabling real-time disbursements across industries like healthcare, automotive services, insurance, and gig economy platforms through a single text message. Through this integration, Authvia has expanded its TXT2PAY capabilities to include real-time outbound payouts to eligible Visa cards in select markets, enabling businesses to issue refunds, insurance settlements, payments, incentives, and reimbursements to consumers without requiring physical checks, apps, or portal logins. Using Authvia’s patented messaging commerce platform, recipients can verify their identity, confirm payout details, and, for eligible Visa card transactions, typically receive funds in real time—all within a familiar messaging thread.
Visa enables agentic commerce with tokenized credentials, device-specific authentication and intent-matching “payment instructions,” that verify agent purchases against consumer requests to mitigate hallucinations and fraud
Visa has released new developer tools that allow AI agents to connect directly to Visa’s payment infrastructure, enabling what the company calls “agentic commerce” — a system where AI bots handle everything from product discovery to checkout completion based on consumer preferences and spending limits. Rather than browsing websites and manually completing purchases, consumers would set parameters for AI agents that then autonomously find, evaluate, and buy products across multiple merchants. Rubail Birwadker, Visa’s Global Head of Growth said “These agents will need to be trusted with payments, not only by users, but by banks and sellers as well.” Visa’s new offering centers on two key products: a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that provides secure access to Visa’s payment APIs, and the Visa Acceptance Agent Toolkit, which allows both technical and non-technical users to deploy AI-powered payment workflows using plain language commands. The MCP Server represents a significant technical breakthrough, providing AI agents with a standardized way to communicate with Visa’s trusted network without requiring custom integrations for each application. Developers can now move “from idea to functional prototype in hours instead of days or weeks,” according to the company. Visa has implemented multiple layers of protection, including immediate tokenization of card credentials, device-specific authentication, and what Birwadker calls “payment signals” and “payment instructions” that verify AI agent actions align with original consumer intent. “Your PII or your PAN is never going to be exposed,” Birwadker said, referring to personally identifiable information and primary account numbers. “We almost immediately take that pan, we convert it into a token, and we authenticate that token and tie it to a specific device for a specific application.” The company has also developed a matching process that prevents transaction completion until it confirms an AI agent’s intended purchase matches what the consumer originally requested. This addresses concerns about AI “hallucinations” — instances where language models generate incorrect or nonsensical outputs.