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May 2026 | Current Issue

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Know Your Agent Pay Protocol Consortium

Skyfire, which launched end-to-end interoperable network infrastructure capabilities for autonomous agentic commerce early in 2025, assembled a consortium of more than 15 security vendors, bot managers and identity and access management companies to create a trust protocol they call KYAPay to make the web just as useful to an AI agent as it is to a human when making a payment.
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Card Spending at US Merchants — 2025

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Over the years many of you got to know Elaine Hill. She was a top salesperson at the Nilson Report for more than 30 years. Elaine, who retired last year, was beloved by her colleagues. She died recently. We want to acknowledge what a wonderful spirit she was. Elaine Hill was exceptional. Her dedication, humor, elegance and charisma were a precious part of our work lives. We miss her.

David Robertson, Publisher
May 31, 2026

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