Marcel van Oost

Hey Payments Fanatic! Clover made its name at the counter. Now Fiserv wants it to build the online store too. Fiserv has added AI-based e-commerce tools to Clover for U.S. merchants with a limited online presence. The new Clover AI Website Builder lets them set up an

Hey Payments Fanatic! Your accounting software might soon be where you bank, too. Sage has partnered with Adyen and Mastercard to offer small businesses a business account with a debit card, built directly into its software. It starts in France with Sage 50, Sage 100 and Sage Active, before expanding

Hey Payments Fanatic! One of the biggest payments stories today comes from Canada. Payments Canada has launched the Real-Time Rail (RTR), a new national system that lets participants clear and settle payments in real time, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It runs on ISO 20022

Hey Payments Fanatic! Would you ask an AI assistant where your money went last month? Plaid is now powering account connections for Personal Finance, a new feature in Claude. US users can open the Personal Finance tab, connect their accounts through Plaid and start asking questions. That could mean tracking

Hey Payments Fanatic! BLIK is going abroad. Sort of. Revolut has launched BLIK Global, which lets customers living outside Poland pay with BLIK. It's open to 2.2 million Revolut customers outside Poland who have an active złoty balance. They generate a six-digit BLIK code in the

Hey Payments Fanatic! What if your AI assistant could start your company's payment workflows? That's the bet behind Pliant's latest round. The Berlin-based company has raised an $80 million Series C led by Seaya Nova and Speedinvest, with Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners and