Matthew Prince Wants Cloudflare to Gatekeep the Agentic Web
Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, speaks during the 2026 Semafor World Economy conference in Washington, DC, on April…
ZEN.COM introduces Pay by Bank to nine European markets via Mastercard Open Finance
Source: Mastercard Open Finance ZEN.COM, a European fintech providing payment acceptance, digital wallet and financial services for businesses…
Mastercard to Introduce Offline Payments in Croatia and Across Europe by 2027
The initiative aims to make digital payments more resilient by allowing certain transactions to be processed even when…
Visa and Mastercard handle nearly half of Europe’s card payments. The digital euro aims to change that
“Payment systems are not neutral; they are instruments of power,” Gilles Boyer, a French member of the European…
Australia bans card surcharges – will we follow suit?
Australia’s ban on credit and debit card surcharges takes effect on Thursday and National says it still wants…
How a New Stablecoin Is Changing the Industry’s Economics
The first stablecoin race was straightforward. Accumulate supply. Customers exchanged dollars for tokens, the issuer invested the corresponding…
Mastercard Helps Danske Bank With Agentic Transaction
Mastercard said it has helped Denmark’s Danske Bank reach an agentic payments milestone. Using Mastercard’s Agent Pay, Danske…
Mastercard Is Giving AI Agents Virtual Cards to Handle Your Shopping
Mastercard is getting ready to unveil an agentic payment option later this week. The payment behemoth will partner…
Mastercard, Alchemy Team to Enable Everyday Agentic Payments
Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure for apps and artificial intelligence agents, partnered on an agentic…
Agentic Commerce Needs Trust to Scale, Panelists Say
Agentic commerce needs to build trust among both consumers and merchants to scale, Mastercard said in a Tuesday…
Top UK banks to raise £50m to build payments network
Tuesday 15 September 2026 9:53 am UK banks are working with Mastercard and Visa on a new payments…
Agentic Shopping: AI Finds, Amazon Sells
AI can find the sweater, compare prices and read hundreds of reviews before a shopper finishes a cup…