Visa

Fintech & Ecommerce

While the World Watches OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard, Huawei Quietly Enters the Financial AI Agent Race

While everyone is eagerly watching the likes of OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard unveil their visions for agentic AI, Huawei has made a bold and quietly strategic move of its own. With the launch of its FinAgent Booster (FAB), the Chinese tech giant has stepped decisively into the financial AI agent ecosystem not as an observer, but […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

Afriex Partners with Visa to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across 160+ Markets

Afriex’s new functionality is now live and available immediately via the Afriex mobile app, enabling users to send cross-border payments seamlessly and securely through Visa Direct.

Blockchain & Crypto

Coinbase and Tink Team Up to Introduce “Pay by Bank” Crypto Payments in Germany

By blending traditional account-to-account payments with blockchain-based finance in a Pay by Bank model, the partnership between Coinbase and Tink marks another step toward a more connected and interoperable financial ecosystem.

Articles

Why Payment Protocols Need an Upgrade

As the technology develops in giant strides and new iPhone models are delivered each year, it sounds extremely strange that the backbone of omnipresent card payment systems is still the protocol that’s almost forty years old. Even with its last major revision in 2003, the upgraded version of ISO 8583 is a couple decades too […]

News

Nexi Expands Payment Capabilities with Visa and Mastercard to Accelerate Instant Transfers for Italian Businesses

European PayTech Nexi becomes the first in Italy to offer Visa Direct and Mastercard Move, enabling faster, more efficient payments directly to customer cards.

Fintech & Ecommerce

How Payment Service Providers Are Adapting to the Stablecoin Payments Revolution: Four Emerging Archetypes

Just as stablecoin settlements are gaining momentum in the B2B segment, payment service providers are taking very different paths in the stablecoin payments revolution, with strategies ranging from bold integration to cautious observation. Here are four main stablecoin adoption archetypes shaping the next phase of digital payments.

News

Paysend Deepens Collaboration with Visa to Improve Cross-Border Payment Services

Paysend and Visa are taking their collaboration to the next level, unlocking faster, more seamless cross-border payments for businesses across North America through a new Enterprise API program.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Payment Protocols for Agentic Commerce: Simple Guide for AI Enthusiasts

Agentic payments and AI commerce are high on the paytech agenda today. Their potential is undoubtedly immense, but practical implementation, as always, relies on the tech stack functionality. As we see fintech giants delivering agentic payment protocols en masse, let’s put them under scrutiny. 

News

Splitwise Expands Pay by Bank in EU With Tink Capabilities

Splitwise Pay by Bank service will now function across France, Germany, and Austria via Tink, a Visa Solution, partnership.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa, SCB, and Soft Space Expand Tap to Pay Across Bangkok’s Iconic Shopping Districts to Fuel Tourist Spending

With Visa, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), and fintech innovator Soft Space joining forces, contactless payments are now arriving at Bangkok’s bustling street markets, Chatuchak and Pratunam, transforming how locals and tourists shop, pay, and experience Thailand’s most vibrant marketplaces.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Unlimit Secures Dual Token Service Provider Certification from Mastercard and Visa in India

The new certification from both major payment networks in India strengthens Unlimit’s role in the nation’s expanding digital payments market.

News

Visa Extends Access to VCS Hub, Driving AI Innovation in Commercial Payments

After a successful pilot, Visa is expanding the VCS Hub to a wider market, empowering issuers and fintechs with AI-driven tools to deliver faster, smarter, and more integrated commercial payment experiences.

News

Kushki PayOuts Fuel LATAM Gaming and Gambling Industry Profitability

As gaming and online betting surge across Latin America, Kushki is stepping in with direct PayOuts to Visa and Mastercard cards helping operators streamline payments and maximize returns.

News

Ant to Pilot Card-Based Agentic AI Payments

Ant Group’s global merchant payments powerhouse unit, Antom, has made a foray into agentic payments, enabling AI agents to initiate and complete transactions on users’ behalf.

News

Visa Exits U.S. Open-Banking Amid Regulatory Uncertainty and Bank Data Disputes

While Europe’s PSD2 framework has propelled open banking adoption, Visa’s retreat in the U.S. shows how the lack of unified regulation leaves American fintechs at a disadvantage.

Fintech & Ecommerce

From Fingerprints to Smart Glasses: Navigating the Phygital Payment Revolution

Do you consider paying with a wearable innovative? What about a glance of an eye, a fingerprint or a voice command? What I’m talking about is not a sci-fi movie, but a world of phygital payments that promises unprecedented convenience but also raises critical questions about privacy, security, and how much of ourselves we’re willing […]