Rain, Visa, Mastercard build Agentic Payments Alliance
Key insights: Rain, the big card networks and other companies have formed the Agentic Payments Alliance. What’s at stake:…
Financial sovereignty, digital euro and payment roaming: EU seeks alternatives to US cards
Europe spends billions of euros every year on card payments, almost all of them processed outside European systems.…
Slovenia Lands First MiCA Stablecoin Issuer as Dinaro Joins EU Register — BigGo Finance
Slovenia has entered the European Union’s stablecoin authorization framework for the first time, with Ljubljana-based payments firm Dinaro…
UK fintech faces tougher oversight as rules tighten
SOFIAH NICHOLE SALIVIO News Editor UK fintech firms are preparing for tighter oversight as regulators extend their reach…
Intuit Unveils Credit Card for Small Businesses Synced to QuickBooks
Global financial technology company Intuit on Wednesday rolled out Intuit Business Credit Card, which syncs natively to QuickBooks…
Banks Race to Set Rules for AI Payments
Banks Race to Set Rules for AI Payments Artificial intelligence is beginning to execute payments autonomously across Asia,…
HSBC joins Asia AI payments group on liability rules
The Emerging Payments Association Asia has launched an AI and Agentic Payments Working Group with HSBC to develop…
The Stablecoin Speed Pitch Just Met SEPA In Europe
Stablecoin advocates have argued that blockchain networks can and will solve problems traditional banking never could. Payments would…
Wall Street Banks Weigh Buying Card Payment Network to Escape Fee Caps
The times they are tentatively, not with any certainty, maybe a-changin’. In a move borrowed from the founding…
Wall Street And Big Tech Unite Behind A New Stablecoin Built To Beat Circle At Its Own Game
OUSD launch comes as US lawmakers advance the CLARITY Act, with supporters arguing that clearer crypto rules will…
Visa partners with AI fintechs to boost value added services
Key insights: Visa in the past week has entered collaborations with AI-focused and stablecoin payment technology firms. What’s at…
Digital euro cleared by EU committee in payments power shift
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has approved the digital euro, a central bank-backed digital currency…