Checkout.com has published Peak Season '25: The debut of agentic commerce?, a study showcasing consumer buying behaviour.

The 6th US Agentic AI & Automation in Finance Summit – Atlanta, March 16–17, 2026. This two-day, high-impact forum brings together senior leaders, innovators, and solution providers from banking, insurance, credit unions, and wealth/asset management. The summit will provide practical, real-world insights on how AI and automation are transforming operations, risk management, customer experience, compliance, and product innovation. Key topics include digital workers, low/no-code automation, predictive analytics, process mining, and fraud detection. Delegates will benefit from keynote sessions, panel discussions, interactive workshops, live demonstrations, curated networking sessions, and one-to-one meetings.

Zip has launched a suite of AI agents to help companies identify overpayments and negotiate deals, aiming to cut costs across all categories of spend.

This new report from Payrails explores how modular architecture and unified data are helping enterprises unlock AI’s true value: from automation and routing optimization to emerging agentic systems that make payment operations smarter and more efficient.