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Visa wins China approval for bank card business
After 40 years in China, Visa gets the People's Bank of China's green light to operate a domestic bank card clearing business, following rivals Mastercard and American Express.
CNBC · 1m
Consumer Intent Shifts in Commerce
Brands must adapt to real-time consumer intent shifts to avoid falling behind.
Adweek · 1m
Mastercard CEO: Stablecoins Fix Cross-Border Payments
Mastercard CEO says stablecoins solve cross-border payment delays.
Pymnts · 1m
Mastercard Adds AI Risk Insights for Agentic Payments
Mastercard launches AI-powered risk tools to boost trust in automated payments.
Pymnts · 1m
Open USD Launches with Payments Giants
Payments giants test shared stablecoin model with Open USD.
Alphastreet - Earnings Decoded. Market Intelligence Delivered · 1m
Money Moves on Different Clocks
Payment systems run 24/7 while funding clocks reset daily.
Pymnts · 1m
Visa Mastercard ATM Fee Settlement Payments
Visa and Mastercard pay $167.5m to settle ATM fee surcharges for eligible consumers.
Kiplinger · 1m
Mastercard Launches B2B Analytics Tool
Mastercard's new analytics tool helps businesses optimize supplier payments with real-time insights.
Pymnts · 1m
SoFi Solves Crypto Hurdle With Mastercard Stablecoin
SoFi becomes first U.S. bank to deploy stablecoin settlement across Mastercard network.
24/7 Wall St. · 1m
Why Building AI Agents Isn't the Hardest Part of Agentic Commerce
Agentic commerce's real challenge isn't AI agents but infrastructure trust.
Pymnts · 1m
Mastercard: Merchants Want AI Shoppers Without Losing the Customer
Merchants demand AI shopping tools that keep customers without sacrificing brand loyalty.
Pymnts · 1m
Banks Use Transaction Data for Commerce Media
Banks leverage card spending to create new ad revenue streams.
Pymnts · 1m
SoFi Bets $25 Billion on Stablecoin Settlement
SoFi moves $25B card program to stablecoin settlement without consumer changes.
Pymnts · 1m
Visa and Mastercard Back Moov's P2P Payment Tool
Moov Money lets users send payments via debit card without app sharing.
Pymnts · 1m
Meta Adds PayPal to Muse AI for Global Checkout
PayPal integrates with Meta's Muse AI to let users pay globally via AI agents
Pymnts · 1m
Mastercard and SoFi Launch Stablecoin Settlement for Cards
Mastercard and SoFi now settle card transactions using SoFiUSD stablecoins, cutting delays and costs for businesses.
Pymnts · 1m
Mastercard and Danske Bank Launch Denmark's First AI-Powered Payment
Mastercard enables Denmark's first AI agent to complete payments without customer intervention.
Pymnts · 1m
Banks must learn to know their AI agents
As autonomous AI agents handle trillions in payments, financial firms face a compliance crisis: their systems weren't built for non-human actors.
Fortune · 1m
Visa and Mastercard race to own AI checkout
Payment giants are building AI shopping tools, but most shoppers still want to click buy themselves.
Fortune · 1m
Citi brings subscription management to UAE
Citi launches Mastercard's Smart Subscriptions tool in the UAE, letting cardholders track and manage all their digital subscriptions in one place.
Pymnts · 1m
Stablecoins court CFOs as crypto loses Washington
With crypto legislation stalled, stablecoins emerge as the only regulated digital asset, positioning themselves as infrastructure for corporate finance and AI payments.
Pymnts · 2m
Mastercard and Alchemy enable AI agents to shop
A new partnership lets artificial intelligence agents autonomously discover, compare, and buy products on behalf of users anywhere Mastercard is accepted.
Pymnts · 1m
India's free payments system is about to charge
The world's largest real-time payment network will start charging merchants, ending a decade of free digital transactions.
CNBC · 2m
Visa's stablecoin bet grows 15x, but does it justify $370?
Visa's stablecoin settlements jumped fifteenfold while core payments hit records, but the real test is whether crypto rails boost or erode margins.
24/7 Wall St. · 1m
Agentic commerce has a trust problem
Mastercard and PYMNTS say AI shopping agents will only scale if consumers and merchants feel as protected as they do online today.
Pymnts · 1m