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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, […]
What Is an AI Payment Agent? How Agentic Commerce Works in 2026
An AI payment agent is software, usually built on a large language model, that can complete a purchase or transfer funds on a person’s or business’s behalf without a human clicking “buy” for each transaction. This is distinct from an AI shopping assistant, which searches, compares, and recommends products but hands the final checkout step […]
Visa Cuts 2,600 Jobs Betting the Savings on Stablecoins
Visa is eliminating approximately 2,600 positions, or about 7% of its global workforce, in a restructuring move. The payment company’s CEO Ryan McInerney outlined it in a staff memo sent Tuesday, July 28. The cuts will primarily affect the technology and product teams.
Agentic Payments Protocol Battle Intensifies: Visa, Mastercard, x402, UnionPay Fight for AI Money Standards
The race to build the payment infrastructure of the AI-agent economy is entering a new phase, with global payment networks and technology companies competing to define how machines will identify, authorize and execute transactions.
Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform as Regulatory Framework Remains Unfinished
Visa has unveiled a new institutional stablecoin platform, marking another step in the payment giant’s expansion beyond traditional card processing towards blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The new tool is not a consumer payment product. The initiative is designed to support institutional participants managing stablecoin operations at scale instead.
Visa Underestimates Friendly Fraud Share Reveals New Report
Merchants may be significantly underestimating the role of friendly fraud in the chargeback ecosystem, according to the newly released 2026 Chargeback Field Report from Chargebacks911. While merchants surveyed for the report estimated that friendly fraud accounts for an average of 43.8% of their chargebacks, Visa has previously estimated that approximately 75% of chargebacks are linked […]
Nuvei Completes In-Agent Payment Proof Of Concept With Visa, Multiple European Issuers
Nuvei has completed a live agentic-commerce proof of concept with Visa, merchant technology provider Arvato Systems, and fashion brand Kings and Priests.
Worldline, ING And Visa Complete Live Agentic Payment Transaction In Germany
Worldline and ING have completed a live, end-to-end agentic payment transaction with Visa in Germany. The transaction used Visa Payment Passkeys and biometric authentication within existing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements. Worldline and ING have joined Visa’s Agentic Ready Programme as part of the announcement.
Open USD Stablecoin Launches With 140 Fintech & Banking Partners Including Stripe And Visa
A coalition of more than 140 companies from different areas of financial services has agreed to back Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin announced on June 30, 2026, and governed by an independent entity called Open Standard. The joint initiative brings together banks, payments networks, crypto platforms and technology firms with the stated goal of […]
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