Mondu Secures €100M Funding And Strategic Partnership With J.P. Morgan Payments
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payment solutions provider, has secured a €100 million debt facility from J.P. Morgan Payments to scale its services and support its expansion across European markets. Founded in 2021 by Malte Huffmann, Philipp Povel, and Gil Dan…
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Black Friday Retains Lead Over Cyber Monday Amid Record-High Weekend Sales
PYMNTS / pymnts - A record number of consumers shopped during the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, with Black Friday remaining the most popular day, according to the National Retail Federation. The number of consumers who shopped during that holiday we…
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Shopify is down, disrupting Cyber Monday shopping
Kris Holt / engadget - Here’s hoping the retailers offering tasty Cyber Monday deals that caught your eye aren’t having trouble with Shopify. The ecommerce platform is experiencing some issues. According to a support page, some merchants were having trouble logging into the Sho…
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Payments Firm Sokin Valued at $300 Million After New Funding
PYMNTS / pymnts - Business payments company Sokin has raised $50 million in a new funding round. The Series B round brings Sokin’s valuation to $300 million, and will help accelerate the company’s expansion, bolster its financial infrastructure and enhance its product capa…
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Black Friday sets online spending record of $11.8B, Adobe says
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites.
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Back to Top / Saturday, November 29, 2025, 6:06 pm / permalink 16401 / 35 stories in 3 months
PayPal and Perplexity Debut Instant Buy Ahead of Black Friday Shopping
PYMNTS / pymnts - PayPal and Perplexity introduced on Tuesday (Nov. 25) Instant Buy, which allows U.S. consumers to complete purchases directly in Perplexity’s AI chat, creating a single flow from product discovery to checkout. The companies said the feature streamlines on…
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OpenAI Launches ‘Research-First’ Shopping Agent Powered by GPT-5 Mini, Pauses Instant Checkout
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has launched a GPT-5 mini shopping agent with 64% accuracy, but has paused instant checkout capabilities amid a fierce agentic commerce war.The post OpenAI Launches ‘Research-First’ Shopping Agent Powered by GPT-5 Mini, Pauses Instant Checkout appe…
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Copenhagen’s Flatpay Raises €146.5M, Becomes Denmark’s Fastest Unicorn at $1.7B
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Danish fintech Flatpay achieves unicorn status with €146.5M in funding, reaching a $1.7B valuation as it accelerates expansion across European markets. Copenhagen-based Flatpay, a startup providing payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, …
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Apple Reaches Deal to Take Billions of Dollars in China's WeChat
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has reached a new agreement with Tencent that will allow the company to process payments and collect a 15% commission on purchases made inside WeChat mini games and mini apps on the iPhone, establishing a major new revenue stream in China after over…
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Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.
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Zilch nets $175M as eyes "strategic" M&A
John Reynolds / tech - Zilch, the UK consumer lending fintech, has netted over $175m in an equity and debt funding round as it eyes acquisition targets. The funding round was led by KKCG, the Czech investment group, with pa...
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The U.S. Mint just pressed its final penny
Anna-Louise Jackson / fastcompany - A penny for your thoughts? Well, maybe try a nickel. Though it will remain legal tender, the last-ever one-cent coin was printed Wednesday—and not without some drama.After being in circulation for 232 years, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia hosted a ceremoni…
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AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - PayPal is partnering with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet and an 'Instant Checkout' feature into ChatGPT, escalating the AI commerce race against Walmart and Microsoft.The post AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT…
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Irish co-founded fintech Paygentic raises $2m in seed round
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Paygentic co-founder Susan O'Neill is a member of the Fintech Ireland advisory council.Read more: Irish co-founded fintech Paygentic raises $2m in seed round
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London-based Rightcharge raises €1.8 million to simplify EV charging payments for fleets across Europe
Antonio L. Escárzaga / eu-startups - London-based Rightcharge has secured €1.8 million (£1.6 million) in a seed funding round to expand its fleet EV charging payment solution across Europe. The round was led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Blackwood Ventures, Unruly Capital an…
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You’ll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.
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OpenAI Teams Up With Etsy And Shopify For New Instant Checkout Feature in ChatGPT
Laurent Giret / thurrott - OpenAI is launching a new Instant Checkout feature in ChatGPT that makes it possible to purchase items directly from a chat conversation.The post OpenAI Teams Up With Etsy And Shopify For New Instant Checkout Feature in ChatGPT appeared first on Thurrott.…
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OpenAI introduces Instant Checkout feature in ChatGPT
OpenAI has integrated an Instant Checkout feature directly into ChatGPT, enabling users to complete purchases without leaving the chatbot. The streamlined shopping experience kicks off with partners like Etsy and Shopify, signaling yet another bold stride in ChatGPT’s evolution beyond conversation into commerce.
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Back to Top / Monday, September 29, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 14898 / 17 stories in 5 months
Google is Bringing AI Agents to Payments With New Protocol
Jon Swartz / techstrong - Google has introduced a new payments protocol that lets artificial intelligence (AI) agents make purchases on behalf of shoppers. The system, called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), is supported by more than 60 merchants and financial institutions. It i…
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