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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, […]

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

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.

Circle Arc went live today, September 16, 2026, as an open, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain. The network arrives exactly one day after the CLARITY Act failed a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, leaving a regulatory vacuum that Circle is now attempting to fill through private-sector consensus rather than federal mandate. By positioning itself as […]

Investing.com -- Agentic commerce accounts for less than 1% of overall e-commerce activity, even as new AI shopping tools from Meta and Anthropic launched this week.

Strong August jobs data raised rate-hike odds ahead of the Fed's September meeting. IWM, XLF, and TLT offer different ways for investors to position for the decision's outcome.

The payments giant has a moat that makes it a compelling buy.

The government and the card network will need to complete their pre-trial evidence work by the end of January, a magistrate ruled Friday.

Visa (V) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

President Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp shares shortly after the Elon Musk-led company’s record IPO. Trump Bought SpaceX Shares After Record IPO Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June...

President Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares shortly after the Elon Musk-led company’s record IPO. Trump Bought SpaceX Shares After Record IPO Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June 23, according to a financial disclosure signed Aug. 12 and released Saturday. The transaction was among more than 1,000 stock trades made by Trump in June. It also included sizable investments in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BR

Visa shares jumped nearly 3% in Monday afternoon trading, positioning the payments giant for a new all-time closing high, based on data going back to 2008. Shares are currently hovering around $381. The gain sets Visa on course for its fifth consecutive winning day; shares climbed about 6% over the period.

Inflation affects corporations differently. These two have the tools to navigate the challenge better than most.

Volante Technologies offers U.S. banks and financial institutions a unified solution for the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service and The Clearing House’s RTP real-time payments network. Separately, Volante’s cross-border payment materials list Ripple and digital currencies among the services its platform processes. The available materials describe separate capabilities, while the Federal ...

Aug 24 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures slipped on Monday as investors prepared for a pivotal week marked by the prospect of fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's

1,000 + How many individual stock trades President Trump’s investment accounts made in June, according to his latest government disclosure. The White House said the trading is handled by independent managers.

White House says president’s accounts are invested in ‘computer-based model portfolios’ to replicate stock indexes.

President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.

OBOOK (NASDAQ:OWLS), which operates under the OwlTing Group brand, said its first-half 2026 results reflected a transition from building stablecoin-enabled payments infrastructure to commercializing its OwlPay cross-border settlement platform. Management said the company’s reported financial result

Anthropic wants to beat SpaceX's record IPO. That means clearing $85.7 billion, and a public filing could land within weeks.

The government and card network are trading accusations of overly broad discovery requests and ‘gamesmanship’ in the DOJ’s debit card lawsuit.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has been busy putting billions of dollars to work after completing one of the biggest milestones in the history of Pershing Square. In its second-quarter update, Pershing Square highlighted the $5 billion initial public offering of PSUS, the New York Stock Exchange ...

Solana is about to get significantly faster. A major upgrade expected to land in September will cut transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds, a reduction of nearly 99% that developers say will make the network feel almost instantaneous for end users. The ...

Pershing Square (NYSE:PS) held its first earnings call as a public company, with Chairman and CEO Bill Ackman emphasizing the firm’s strategy of generating growth through the compounding value of its existing investment portfolios while selectively launching new vehicles. Ackman said the firm’s per

Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor's biggest portfolio overhaul in years. Ackman said on Thursday he acquired shares ‌starting in the second quarter that will be held in his investment funds including his newest offering ‌Pershing Square USA, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April. Along with Netflix, which Ackman held briefly in 2022 before selling ​at a loss, his funds are also investing in eye care firm Alcon, exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange and financial data provider S&P Global.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square made investments in six new public companies since the end of March: Visa Mastercard Netflix S&P Global Intercontinental Exchange Alcon The additions were disclosed in a letter to shareholders that accompanied Pershing Square’s quarterly earnings release, the firm’s first since it went public in April.

Earnings season is showing that consumers are still spending and paying their bills, as indicated by SoFi and Visa.

Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) reported second-quarter results that were in line with its guidance, while lowering its full-year revenue and margin outlook as Argentina-related pressures, delayed client implementations, hardware sales trends and additional technology spending weigh on its second-half expectat

Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) shares rose around 7% in pre-market trading after the stablecoin issuer reported second-quarter results in line with expectations, secured the first federal bank charter granted to a stablecoin company and raised parts of its full-year outlook. The company also announced that BlackRock, Visa and Mastercard will serve as validators for its upcoming blockchain network.