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Ant International Launches Open-Source Agentic Mobile Protocol, Targeting 4.4 Billion Digital Wallet Users
Fintech & Ecommerce

Ant International Launches Open-Source Agentic Mobile Protocol, Targeting 4.4 Billion Digital Wallet Users

Ant International announced the launch of the Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP), an open-source framework designed to enable AI-driven payments across mobile services, including digital wallets, banking apps, and super apps.

Goldman Sachs Backs Mission-Driven Startup Kashable Fighting America’s Affordability Crisis With $60M
Fintech & Ecommerce

Goldman Sachs Backs Mission-Driven Startup Kashable Fighting America’s Affordability Crisis With $60M

Goldman Sachs Alternatives led a $60 million Series C funding round in Kashable, as part of its impact investing strategy.

Worldline Names Stefaan D’Hoore Chief Risk Officer, Adding 20+ Years of Global Payments Expertise to Executive Team
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline Names Stefaan D’Hoore Chief Risk Officer, Adding 20+ Years of Global Payments Expertise to Executive Team

Worldline, leading European payment service provider, has appointed Stefaan D’Hoore as Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (second line of defence). D’Hoore joins the Group Executive Committee and will report directly to CEO Pierre-Antoine Vacheron.

Alipay Expands Agentic AI Payment Suite With Business-Facing Transaction Processing Product to Help 16M OPCs Thrive in the Agentic Economy
Fintech & Ecommerce

Alipay Expands Agentic AI Payment Suite With Business-Facing Transaction Processing Product to Help 16M OPCs Thrive in the Agentic Economy

AI payment processing product from Alipay is part of the firm’s AI Pay offering. It enables businesses of all sizes, including One Person Companies (OPCs) that account for 30% of all enterprises in the Chinese mainland, to receive agentic payments seamlessly when autonomous AI agents, including OpenClaw-type agents, purchase their services or products.

Coinbase Lists British Pound-Backed Stablecoin Expanding Access to $30M Crypto Market
Blockchain & Crypto

Coinbase Lists British Pound-Backed Stablecoin Expanding Access to $30M Crypto Market

Listing of tGBP (licensed British pound-backed stablecoin) on Coinbase provides its 100 million users with access to the $30 million market cap asset, which can be key to serving UK customers once local crypto regulation is finalized.

DoorDash to Use Stablecoins for Gig Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

DoorDash to Use Stablecoins for Gig Payments

Gig economy requires modern flexible payment methods, something that DoorDash aims to provide with a new stablecoins infrastructure.

Adyen Buys Talon.One in a €750M Real-Time Decisioning Deal
Fintech & Ecommerce

Adyen Buys Talon.One in a €750M Real-Time Decisioning Deal

Having a meaningful overlap with the Adyen merchant base, Talon.One platform for loyalty and e-commerce incentives will serve as a solid real-time insight foundation for Adyen’s Unified Commerce strategy.

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company Partner on $2B Project to Develop Next-Gen AI-Ready 50 MW Data Centre Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Science & Technology

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company Partner on $2B Project to Develop Next-Gen AI-Ready 50 MW Data Centre Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company’s partnership is supported by the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority (SIPA), as their mutual initiative of carrier-neutral, hyperscaler-ready data centres is highly aligned with Saudi Vision 2030

Circle and Tether at the Epicenter of U.S. Stablecoin Act 2026 as Regulation Challenges USDT $180B Liquidity Stronghold
Blockchain & Crypto

Circle and Tether at the Epicenter of U.S. Stablecoin Act 2026 as Regulation Challenges USDT $180B Liquidity Stronghold

Tether still dominates the stablecoin market, but its 60% market share is gradually shrinking under the pressure of regulators’ favourite – USDC by Circle. USDC supply surged 220% since late 2023, as the token is satisfying the strictest MiCA compliance criteria, potentially also fitting into the upcoming U.S. stablecoin regulation under the GENIUS Act and […]

Higher Efficiency, Better Performance: New Google TPU Offer Strong Alternative to Nvidia
Science & Technology

Higher Efficiency, Better Performance: New Google TPU Offer Strong Alternative to Nvidia

Google unveiled two new Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) built for inference and training of next-gen AI agents. The chip market is now facing steeper competition as Nvidia GPUs are not the only ones suitable for emerging MoE architectures.

As Agentic Commerce Targets Mainstream, Who’s Going to Handle Disputes?
Fintech & Ecommerce

As Agentic Commerce Targets Mainstream, Who’s Going to Handle Disputes?

The future where AI agents get more room to pay for products and services seems to be getting nearer. Most fintech providers are already preparing common protocols, controls, and payment rails that will help agentic commerce bloom full-scale. Don’t we forget anything? Whether agentic or not, commerce remains basically sales, which, besides purchases, also involve […]

Damisa & dLocal Join Efforts to Speed Up B2B Cross-Border Settlement in APAC With Stablecoins
Blockchain & Crypto

Damisa & dLocal Join Efforts to Speed Up B2B Cross-Border Settlement in APAC With Stablecoins

APAC businesses can speed up B2B cross-border settlement from days to hours with the capabilities of Damisa’s regulated stablecoin infrastructure multiplied by dLocal’s regional payment rails.

Revolut Targets $200B IPO While It Masters AI Risk Management With PRAGMA Model
Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Targets $200B IPO While It Masters AI Risk Management With PRAGMA Model

In its planned 2028 IPO, Revoult might reportedly achieve a market cap of $150-$200 billion. In the meantime, the fintech company is training its proprietary AI model PRAGMA on 25 million users’ transaction data, impressed by its efficiency.

Visa Supports TikTok Creators With New Card Product
Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Supports TikTok Creators With New Card Product

Visa has launched a new “Creator Card” in the UK so that TikTok LIVE earnings reach the online entrepreneurs faster and more simply.

Fime Unveils FACT Trust Layer Framework for Agentic Commerce Verification
Fintech & Ecommerce

Fime Unveils FACT Trust Layer Framework for Agentic Commerce Verification

Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents need trusted verification mechanisms to interact with payment systems in agentic commerce scenarios. FACT (Framework for Agentic Commerce Trust) by Fime strives to provide that.

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Dominate in Wearables Market
Science & Technology

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Dominate in Wearables Market

In 2025, Ray-Ban Meta became the best-selling smart glasses globally. The first quarter of 2026 continues the Meta glasses hype, with new models revealed, and international expansion on hold due to “unprecedented demand” and limited inventory.

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