The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human
The race to win stablecoins is aimed at consumers. The customer that matters most is a machine. By Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget
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Money20/20 Middle East Brings Alipay+ and Tap to Pay to Saudi Arabia
Money20/20 Middle East closed its active three-day run in Riyadh this week, bringing the fintech community a set of regulatory announcements from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), a new unicorn in the Kingdom’s payments sector, and cross-border card interoperability with Qatar.
Velocity Raises $10M From Visa, Circle, and Ripple
UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Velocity has raised $10 million in an extension of its Series A funding round, bringing the total value of the round to $48 million.
Visa, Mastercard & Ant Team Up to Verify AI Shopping Agents
Before agentic commerce becomes routine, someone has to answer a basic question: how does a bank or merchant know that AI agent initiating transaction is trustworthy and really acting on your behalf? Three of the biggest names in global payments industry are looking for a joint solution.
Finsei Brings Payment Acquiring In-House For Business Clients
Businesses can now accept Visa and Mastercard payments through the same account they use for transfers and cards
Anthropic Launches Agentic Commerce Blueprint With Visa & Mastercard On Board
What happens when the company behind one of the world’s most talked-about AI chatbots decides to help retailers build their own shopping assistants? Furthermore, two of the biggest names in payments help it spread agentic commerce awareness.
Handwave Expands Visa Partnership to Scale Palm-Based Biometric Payments in Europe
European fintech startup Handwave has expanded its agreement with Visa to support the rollout of biometric payments across European markets, combining palm-based payment technology with Visa’s tokenisation, authentication and fraud prevention capabilities.
Top 20 Payment Gateway Providers of 2026. Part 2
Payment gateway providers that will help you accept payments online
TOP World’s Most Prestigious Credit Cards
If you are living the high life with millions of dollars in your account balance, you’ve got an exclusive opportunity to become the owner of one of the world’s most exclusive credit cards.
Chargeback Report Warns Merchants of Visa VAMP Compliance Risk Ahead of Golden Quarter
As retailers prepare for that magic time of year called the Golden Quarter, it appears many of them have no clear view of their Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP) exposure. A study performed by Chargebacks911 indicated that lack of transparency regarding fraud and dispute metrics can result in businesses being unprepared for the surge in […]
Hong Kong Regulators Pick 36 AI Use Cases to Test: Visa, Ant Bank Involved
Hong Kong financial regulators enhance their practical artificial intelligence with select 36 use cases for the first cohort of the GenAI Sandbox++. Projects to test span across agent-initiated commerce, payments, customer onboarding and liquidity management.
Visa Tests 7-Day Stablecoin Settlement With Nium in Singapore
Stablecoin payment settlement is not a niche crypto conversation anymore: here’s what Visa is testing with Nium in Singapore.
Surcharging May Not Cost Small Businesses the Sale, Kurv Data Shows
What if charging customers a little extra at checkout didn’t send them running for the exit? New research on the topic of credit card surcharge small business strategy suggests that the long-held fear may not match reality. The numbers behind it are worth a closer look before any merchant decides how to price a transaction […]
Europe’s Digital Euro Push Reflects 2026 National Endeavours to Bypass Visa & Mastercard
Three different regions made their movements this month to reduce dependence on the two global companies that process most of the world’s card payments. On the surface, they may look unrelated, but together, a pattern emerges where governments and central banks build various types of alternative payment rails instead of relying on Visa and Mastercard.
Agentic AI Checkout: The New Fraud & Liability Playbook
The rules governing who can buy what, from whom, and under what authority are being rewritten by trade groups and card networks racing to keep pace with software that shops on its own.
Card Networks to Begin Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration On Payment Rails Through 2030
Although Visa, Mastercard, SWIFT, and other payment infrastructure providers have not announced firm migration deadlines, governments are beginning to establish them. The U.S. federal government’s goal of transitioning critical cryptographic systems by around 2030 is widely viewed as an important benchmark that could influence planning across the broader financial services ecosystem, including payment networks, PSPs, […]
