The Queries API is free for all Stripe users through January 31, 2027, after which it will charge per credit of API usage.
Stripe migrated its internal vendor payments to Global Payouts, achieving a 99.9% success rate and reducing new market setup time from six weeks to one.
Analysis of 100+ enterprises shows they achieve 1.6x higher cross-border volume in Brazil, India, and Argentina compared to the enterprise baseline.
Speakers at Money20/20 USA highlighted how embedding stablecoins into familiar apps and enabling always-on settlement allows financial products to operate outside traditional banking hours.
A survey of 200 platform leaders reveals that 57% are concerned about losing customers to AI-driven competitors, prompting a shift toward usage-based pricing and embedded finance to protect margins.
Stripe now supports instant stablecoin payouts in 160 markets and traditional currency payouts in over 100 markets.
The feature is available in public preview and free to get started.
Metronome CEO Scott Woody describes leading AI companies as operating with 'alien' economics that prioritize market share and rapid pricing iteration over traditional ARR.
Metronome suggests unified credits hide token complexity from invoices while preserving internal margin control, serving as a stepping stone to ideal output-based pricing.
OUSD, backed by Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa, is now available on Base, Ethereum, Solana, and Tempo with no minting or burning fees.
Agentic purchases via Link increased 38x in the past month, prompting new features for checkout reliability and consumer trust.
Expedia and Airbnb are moving away from all-in-one AI agents toward specialized tools to maintain brand control and improve conversion.
Stripe's data analysis reveals that mandatory 3D Secure implementation reduced card fraud rates in APAC and Europe, while Iberia saw an increase and Latin America maintained the highest fraud rates.
Stripe data analysis reveals that fraud attempts in the travel and leisure industry reached a four-year high, with Radar blocking over $3 billion.
Despite concerns about a 'SaaSpocalypse', Stripe data shows a rapid increase in SaaS platforms, with over 55% of new integrations leveraging AI.
While transaction fraud attempts by AI startups have decreased, multi-account fraud such as free trial abuse has surged.
AI-native companies are redesigning monetization strategies for rapid pricing iteration and agentic customer engagement.
57% of global freelancers are willing to accept stablecoin payments, driven primarily by inflation hedging and financial accessibility.
Stripe has launched expanded multicurrency payments and instant currency conversion to help global enterprises reduce foreign exchange (FX) costs.
Stripe data analysis reveals that South Korea, Mexico, and others have emerged as markets with growing AI spending.
Delivery confirmation information and proper submission timing decisively increase win rates in 'product not received' disputes.
As AI agents emerge as central to travel bookings, companies must focus on structuring data and building modern payment infrastructure beyond SEO.
Analysis of Stripe's Link data shows customer spending on AI products and app-builder platforms is surging rapidly.
Stripe unveiled new features for Stripe Projects that let AI agents directly build and manage infrastructure.
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