AI agents may perform various tasks for a business or individual, but they may not complete half of them without the ability to actually make payments. Nevermined aims to solve that deficiency with their new agent card delegation feature based on secure technologies developed by Visa, Coinbase’s x402, and VGS.
A practical checklist for navigating VAMP, 3DS2, and Compelling Evidence 3.0 — the three Visa and Mastercard frameworks now shaping payment compliance across card-not-present transactions.
From subscription management to stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure, this week delivered a concentrated burst of fintech news that signals where the industry’s attention and capital is pointing in early 2026. Here are the five stories shaping the conversation.
RS2 has spent decades powering payments behind the scenes. Now it’s stepping into the consumer card payments spotlight and the $17.55bn co-branded card market it’s entering explains why.
As OTPs become irrelevant in India starting tomorrow due to RBI new payment security policies, Razorpay, one of the local market leaders in digital payment processing, is introducing regulation compliant biometric authentication for card payments, in partnership with Mastercard and Visa.
Bangkok, Thailand: Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, today announced 250 confirmed speakers from a total of 39 countries taking their stages at Money20/20 Asia happening in Bangkok on April 21–23, 2026 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC).
Global cloud banking platform Pismo and payments giant Visa have partnered with Australian fintech Vivi Money to roll out a new AI-native financial solution, signalling the next phase of intelligent, embedded finance.
Newly expanded settlement options and stablecoin-backed cards signal a turning point for payments technology as tokenized dollars migrate from crypto rails to mainstream finance, long-shaped if not monopolized by Mastercard & Visa.
Visa is set to play a major role in the forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) of SoftBank-backed payments platform PayPay, joining global investors as an anchor investor ahead of the company’s planned Nasdaq listing. The move underscores Visa’s strategic commitment to expanding its global footprint in digital payments and fintech markets.
Visa is ready to acquire Argentina’s Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay from Advent International, expanding digital payments, real-time processing, and fintech solutions in LATAM.
Ex-Amex and Visa executives launch Rhythmic startup with $4M funding to embed stablecoins into everyday consumer brands, bridging crypto and mainstream finance.
Utrecht-based fintech Quantoz Payments B.V. has partnered with global card network Visa Inc. in a move that could accelerate the real-world use of regulated stablecoins across Europe.
Travel to popular destinations such as France, China, Morocco, and the USA increased by ~85% among Visa premium cardholders, holiday shopping on luxury apparel and jewelry rose over 55%, and inbound travel spend increased by ~75%.
Crypto-to-fiat just got faster: Mercuryo and Visa are teaming up to streamline off-ramping with Visa Direct.
A landmark legal settlement could soon change how merchants accept credit cards by allowing them to decline certain card types and surcharge others, ending decades of “honor all cards” rules. What does it mean for different payment ecosystem participants?
The High Court rejected the legal suit by Visa, Mastercard, and Revolut, holding that financial regulators in the UK have strong powers to intervene in payment pricing, even without explicit fee-cap language in the legislation.
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