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Payments Trends to Watch in H2 2025
Agentic AI Takes Off, Tariffs Threaten Payments Revenues, Stablecoins Enter the Mainstream, and More
The payments industry is entering a high-stakes H2 2025. Economic volatility, the rapid rise of agentic AI, and a wave of billion-dollar merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are redrawing competitive lines and forcing providers to reevaluate their core strategies. As stablecoins edge into the mainstream and social commerce explodes, only those willing to pivot quickly will survive the upheaval. Here’s how these trends will shake out in H2 2025.
Key Question: What trends will impact payment providers’ product strategies in H2 2025?
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Key Stat: Almost 70% of US adults are not interested in using AI-powered personal shopping assistants, per a September 2024 EMARKETER and CivicScience survey. Despite this, payment providers and retailers are going all in on the tech.
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