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Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Citi and American Airlines launched expanded benefits for the Citi /AAdvantage Executive World Legend Mastercard. The refresh introduces broader lounge access, higher rewards accrual, travel credits and upgraded hotel and car rental perks. The card now sits on Mastercard's new World Legend benefits tier, aimed at frequent American Airlines travelers in the premium segment. This update sits squarely in Mastercard's core business of powering payment networks and...

Mastercard launched a new Scam Merchant Monitoring Program that pushes acquiring banks to investigate suspected fraud within strict timelines. The company is expanding stablecoin settlement support, including through its acquisition of BVNK and a focus on deeper banking as a service offerings. These moves aim to tighten consumer protection and build out Mastercard’s infrastructure for stablecoin linked payments. Mastercard, traded as NYSE:MA, is leaning further into both fraud prevention...

Visa's Stablecoin Platform packages OUSD access, wallet infra, and treasury integration for institutions entering crypto.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a platform for secure payments between AI agents. The AP4M system connects traditional payment networks with stablecoin settlement on public blockchains. The launch brings together credentialed identity frameworks and partnerships with major fintech players to support autonomous transactions. For investors watching how payments evolve beyond cards and phones, Mastercard is pushing into machine to machine commerce with AP4M...

The venture will issue a US-dollar pegged stablecoin called Open USD later this year.

For years, holding stablecoins in a crypto wallet meant your money sat idle, earning nothing, disconnected from everyday spending. MetaMask is trying to change that. MetaMask, the self-custodial crypto wallet used by millions, launched Money Account on June 30, a new feature that combines earning, ...

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) carries a profit margin of 45.88% and net income of $14.97 billion (FY25), securing its place on our list of the most profitable blue chip stocks to buy according to hedge funds, with analysts seeing 32.80% upside for the stock. That bullish outlook comes as Mastercard rolls out new infrastructure aimed at […]

Mastercard introduced Agent Pay for Machines on June 10, a service that lets AI agents and connected systems pay one another automatically across its global ...

According to Mastercard, AP4M supports credentialing, transaction controls and settlement across multiple payment types.

Agent Pay for Machines is one of a slew of recent attempts from big companies to build payment networks optimized for AI.

IBM is investing $5 billion and deploying more than 20,000 engineers to help secure open source software, according to an announcement shared first with Axios.

Users will now be able to buy, sell, hold, and convert their SoFiUSD holdings to U.S. dollars directly in the SoFi app, the company announces.

Cryptocurrency payments firm MoonPay has launched a new stablecoin debit card that enables users to spend directly ...