
Stripe introduced Adaptive Pricing for subscriptions, letting merchants display prices in a shopper’s local currency while handling FX conversion and renewal stability. In a test of 1.5 million checkout sessions, the feature lifted sign‑up conversion by 4.7% and authorization rates by 1.9%. Downstream, subscription lifetime value rose 5.4% on average, with some firms seeing gains above 30%. The rollout promises global merchants higher revenue without the operational burden of managing multi‑currency price lists.

Stripe announced expanded support for its Shared Payment Tokens (SPTs) to include Mastercard Agent Pay, Visa Intelligent Commerce, and buy‑now‑pay‑later providers Affirm and Klarna. The new capabilities let AI‑driven agents initiate payments using network‑issued tokens and BNPL options without exposing...