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The trajectory of agentic commerce is splitting. Europe is prioritizing a regulatory-first architecture, while the United States remains stalled by a lack of federal guidance and unresolved liability questions. The same underlying technology is producing two distinct commercial realities. The European Regulatory Backbone Europe is utilizing the PSD3/PSR framework to define its deployment. The legislation, […]

Cardholders can set spending limits, but just 7% of surveyed fashion shoppers would let AI make purchases without approval.

Thanks to conveniences like food delivery, daily life is becoming more centered on the home, according to new Visa data.

Visa and Mastercard customers may qualify for part of a $167.5 million settlement tied to a long-running ATM fee case.

While the S&P 500 (^GSPC) includes industry leaders, not every stock in the index is a winner. Some companies are past their prime, weighed down by poor execution, weak financials, or structural headwinds.

aiEazyFuel operates as a white-label, omnichannel platform for card issuing, transaction switching, and payment processing.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) said it remains on track to meet its previously issued third-quarter and full-year guidance, citing resilient consumer spending, broad commercial lending demand and continued momentum in its expansion markets. Speaking at an investor conference, President

Visa (V) just joined Mastercard and Ant International to design a shared Know Your Agent framework, a move aimed at standardising how AI purchasing agents are identified and monitored across global payment networks. Recent announcements around Visa’s onchain credit push, stablecoin partnerships and the new Know Your Agent framework have landed against a share price of US$369.93, with a 90-day share price return of 13.05% pointing to building momentum, while the 5-year total shareholder return...

Stablecoins have picked up a powerful ally. Here's what Visa's latest crypto moves mean for ordinary investors.

Banks are racing to issue stablecoins after fighting them for years. Payment experts from Triple-A, ChangeNOW, Infinia, and StraitsX explain what businesses actually gain.

The MoneyGram Card might not have the most imaginative name, but it's quite innovative under the hood.

Cross-network identity may accelerate autonomous payments while weakening control over the verification layer.

Ready for an artificial intelligence bot to buy things for you? Love it or hate it, the option is getting closer to reality thanks in part to a deal between Mastercard and fintech firm Alchemy. While Mastercard first announced its agentic payment framework back in 2025, the new deal links it to Alchemy’s agent infrastructure, which developers can use to enable their AI agents to buy stuff.

In December 2025, Visa reported that it had completed “hundreds” of secure, agent-initiated transactions in a closed beta. By the 2026 holiday season, the company projects that “millions” of consumers will use AI agents to complete purchases. This numerical gap — the distance between a few hundred test cases and a multi-million-transaction reality — is […]

MA is targeting small-business demand for integrated tools, cybersecurity and premium features to deepen relationships beyond card payments.

A BlackRock-validated chain, a launch livestream, and a man in a gaming chair. Within an hour, Arc traders were selling. Why?

Visa and American Express have also been readying their systems for agentic bots that shop on behalf of cardholders.

(Updates with Citi's comment in the seventh paragraph.) US and Vietnamese companies are expected

AI agents excel at product discovery, but they struggle to close the deal. While 132 million U.S. adults have used AI to assist in a retail purchase, according to PYMNTS Intelligence, the actual conversion rate for these autonomous systems remains stuck. Only 3% of transactions currently involve agents, revealing a massive chasm between finding an […]

The cross-border company and its rival Western Union are both working with Signify Holdings, aka Rain, to power new digital currency ventures.

After all, this is awfully modest; it doesn't even reach 0.3%.

Meme coin launchpads captured 82% of Arc's $410.8 million first-day DEX volume as Circle's chain went live.

Circle’s Arc mainnet counts BlackRock, Mastercard, and Visa among its founding validator cohort.

Shared agent identity can reduce integration costs while making competing payment networks easier to connect.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire called Arc "one of the biggest launches" in the company's history.

MA edges V on expected EPS growth and strategic expansion in AI and digital assets, supported by Agent Pay, BVNK and value-added services.

The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.

Stablecoin developer Circle Internet Group (NYSE: $CRCL) has unveiled a new blockchain called “Arc.”

The Plumbing of the Future If Circle’s Arc is a high-society dinner party where the guest list—BlackRock, DTCC, Visa—is the main attraction, then Ripple’s strategy for RLUSD is a masterclass in buying the entire restaurant, the supply chain, and the building inspector. While the industry obsesses over who is validating the next block, Ripple is […]

The final settlements in a federal lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, led by the food delivery company, came on the eve of a trial in Chicago.