Evervault’s AI Token Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/21/26 – Digital Transactions
- Data-encryption platform Evervault launched Browser Tokens, a service for agentic-commerce developers to allow AI agents to conduct transactions without exposing payment cards, passwords, or other sensitive personal information to the agent or browser provider.
- Loyalty and customer marketing platform Wildfire Systems released its “Agentic Commerce’s Wallet Problem” report that found just 5% of consumers would trust an AI platform to process an agent’s payment, though 71% of U.S. consumers use AI services, up from 22% two years ago. The report includes survey responses from 1,007 U.S. consumers.
- Fraud prevention services firm DataVisor Inc. released Vera Code, an AI-enabled service to speed up the time it takes to build, adapt, and manage fraud and anti-money laundering programs.
- PAR Technology Corp. said Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii will use PAR’s suite of point-of-sale and marketing products. The coffee chain has 48 franchise locations and more in development.
- Boost Payment Solutions, a specialist in business-to-business payments, said it will work with Airwallex, a payments-technology provider, to streamline onboarding of suppliers as well as processing for cross-border transactions. Airwallex also announced its new partnership with OpenTable, best known for its online restaurant reservation service, that makes Airwallex available as a payment provider for restaurants using OpenTable.
- Payments platform Sunrate announced it will integrate its capabilities with TourMind, a developer of transaction technology, to smooth payments for travel agencies.
- Visa Inc. announced new capabilities for commercial card transactions, including fraud controls to help issuers and businesses validate suppliers. It also announced a pilot for agentic commerce involving invoice payments.
- Grocer Albertsons Cos. Inc. has launched its Albertsons forU credit card bearing the American Express Co. mark. Each Albertsons chain, such as Safeway, Shaw’s, and Jewel-Osco, will have a unique card design. With no annual fee to pay, cardholders also receive 5% in rewards for purchases made online or in app and 3% for in-store transactions.
- Professional services firm CGI said it will join the PCI Security Standards Council’s Global Executive Assessor Roundtable for the 2026-2028 term.
- Klarna AB said its buy now, pay later payment option is now available in Canada for Zoom Workplace subscriptions.
