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Commerce unveils AI-led eCommerce & payments updates

Merchants are set to gain faster checkout, broader payment options and AI shopping tools as Commerce expands its platform updates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 6th May 2026

Fintech

ANZ boosts Plus transfers with tracking & fraud checks

Customers can now track overseas payments in ANZ Plus, with near real-time transfers on some routes and extra scam protections added.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 1st May 2026

Digital Transformation

Australian businesses embrace social selling, PayPal says

Social platforms now account for 11% of online sales in Australia, with smaller firms driving a rapid shift to direct digital storefronts.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Apr 2026

Global Stories

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Digital Transformation

PayPal & Anthropic launch AI course for small firms

Smaller firms could gain a route into AI as the free course tackles training gaps, with 73% saying they lack the tools to adopt it.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 19th May 2026

Digital Transformation

ServiceNow unveils Otto & expands AI Control Tower

The move aims to help enterprises govern AI tools across clouds and systems as they wrestle with rising risk, complexity and automation.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

DevOps

Testlio names Darin Brown Chief Technology and Product Officer

The hire comes as companies face mounting pressure to validate AI features and core software before release, boosting demand for Testlio's services.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 7th May 2026

Crypto

PayPal reshuffles into three divisions as executives shift

The payments group has streamlined reporting lines and named new leaders after combining checkout, Venmo, services and crypto into three units.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 7th May 2026

Data Analytics

Codat launches advisory intelligence platform for banks

Banks are under pressure to turn scattered customer data into actionable advice as BMO adopts Codat’s new platform for client conversations.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 6th May 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

Feedonomics launches AI shopping catalogue exports

Merchants may need to adapt product data as AI assistants increasingly shape online shopping and determine which items appear first.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 1st May 2026

Customer Relationship Management

Payment firms expand into broader merchant services

Merchants could soon get payments, loyalty, lending and checkout tools from one supplier as firms chase fuller control of commerce.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Apr 2026

Endpoint Protection

VIPRE report says attackers shift to trusted services

Attackers are leaning on trusted web services and familiar brands to slip past filters, with phishing and spam still dominating inbox threats.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Unified Communications

Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Customers will build and manage AI agents in one place as Google Cloud folds Vertex AI services into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Unified Communications

Adobe expands AI partner network for customer experience

Businesses can now run campaign analysis, customer support and checkout tasks across over 30 AI platforms through Adobe's expanded network.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Virtualisation

Mirantis integrates NVIDIA Run:ai to speed AI deployment

Enterprises could cut the time needed to bring GPU systems into use, as the integration automates deployment of AI workloads and orchestration.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Sat, 18th Apr 2026

Software-as-a-Service

PayPal brings payment links to Canva's 265 million

Creators and small businesses can now take payments inside Canva, reaching its 265 million users through PayPal-hosted checkout links and QR codes.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Apr 2026

Data Protection

Upwind hires ex-Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan

The appointment bolsters Upwind’s pitch to corporate buyers as cloud and AI security demand real-time visibility across fast-changing environments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Apr 2026

Stories from Other Regions

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Data Privacy

Billy Grace taps ex-Google sales head for UK launch

Britain's mid-sized agencies and eCommerce brands are being targeted as Billy Grace enters the market amid tougher ad measurement and privacy rules.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 14th May 2026

Biometrics

KYA is the new KYC: The payment identity problem AI commerce cannot afford to ignore

High decline rates and chargeback risk are already hitting merchants as AI agents struggle to pass payment checks built for human shoppers.

By Alpesh Patel • 5 min read • Mon, 4th May 2026

Digital Transformation

Feedonomics launches AI catalogue exports for merchants

Large merchants can now push product catalogues into AI shopping tools, with Dell among the first to test the new service.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Apr 2026

Digital Transformation

Iarnród Éireann adds PayPal for rail ticket bookings

Foreign travellers now account for a fifth of PayPal rail bookings as Ireland’s state operator expands checkout options on its website and app.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Apr 2026