Amazon just killed its Rufus chatbot

Amazon just killed its Rufus chatbot

Compassion Processing
Published on: 19/05/2026

Most merchants have not connected the dots yet — when AI initiates a purchase on a customer's behalf, the merchant still absorbs the processing fee as if nothing changed. The interface is new. The leak is the same.

AI & CommerceCommerce Platforms
Small Business Owners Are Losing 18 Hours a Week to Payment Processing Admin — Here's How to Get That Time Back

Small Business Owners Are Losing 18 Hours a Week to Payment Processing Admin — Here's How to Get That Time Back

Compassion Processing
Published on: 18/05/2026

Small businesses spend 18 hours a week on financial admin. Compassion Processing eliminates merchant credit card processing fees entirely — saving you time and money. Serving St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and all of Florida. URL Slug: /small-business-

Payment Trends
94% of B2B Suppliers Say Efficient Payments Boost Profits — But Mastercard's Research Misses One Question

94% of B2B Suppliers Say Efficient Payments Boost Profits — But Mastercard's Research Misses One Question

Compassion Processing
Published on: 15/05/2026

New Mastercard research confirms efficient payments drive profitability. But there's a question nobody's asking — what about the fee on top of it?

B2B PaymentsIndustry ResearchMerchant Insights
OpenAI's 4% ChatGPT Checkout Fee Just Made AI the Most Expensive Sales Channel a Merchant Can Use

OpenAI's 4% ChatGPT Checkout Fee Just Made AI the Most Expensive Sales Channel a Merchant Can Use

Compassion Processing
Published on: 13/05/2026

OpenAI now charges Shopify merchants 4% on every ChatGPT checkout sale. Stack it with payment processing fees and you're losing 10% per transaction.

Merchant InsightsAI & CommercePayment Trends