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AI Agents Have Payment Rails. They Don't Have Work.
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AI Agents Have Payment Rails. They Don’t Have Work.

Philipp Eryushev
by Philipp Eryushev0
Recent reporting highlighted that, in the week of 17 August 2026, AI agents using the x402 protocol made 8.7 million transactions, more than double the week before. Those transactions moved about $367,950 between them, roughly four cents each. Payments companies are building infrastructure for AI agents. Mastercard forecasts that more......
Safeguards Could Boost Stablecoin Use Among Americans, Finds Visa Study
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Safeguards Could Boost Stablecoin Use Among Americans, Finds Visa Study

Business Wire
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Money Travels 2026 reveals how technology is reshaping global remittances, with stablecoin interest nearly doubling when hypothetical protections added Report also finds nearly half (44%) of Americans worry about AI deepfakes when sending money abroad, and 1 in 3 (36%) have already encountered cross-border payment scams Visa Inc., a global......
Visa, Circle and Haun Ventures Back Velocity in Series A Extension, Bringing Total Series A Funding to $48 million
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Visa, Circle and Haun Ventures Back Velocity in Series A Extension, Bringing Total Series A Funding to $48 million

Business Wire
by Business Wire0
Velocity, the stablecoin payments and treasury platform, announced a $10 million extension to its Series A, with investment from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun Ventures, Translink Capital and Mirana Ventures. The extension follows Velocity’s $38 million Series A announced last month and will support the company’s work to bring......
Ant International, Mastercard and Visa Initiate Collaboration on Know-Your-Agent Interoperability to Scale Agentic Commerce
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Ant International, Mastercard and Visa Initiate Collaboration on Know-Your-Agent Interoperability to Scale Agentic Commerce

Business Wire
by Business Wire0
Ant International, Mastercard, and Visa have begun collaboration on a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework, designed to help card networks, digital wallet ecosystems, agent platforms and marketplaces streamline agent onboarding and identification across networks, based on shared principles while preserving each network’s own verification and decisioning processes. Read More on Fintech : Global......
New Visa Research Finds Consumer Trust is Accelerating the Path to Agentic Commerce
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New Visa Research Finds Consumer Trust is Accelerating the Path to Agentic Commerce

Business Wire
by Business Wire0
Consumers rank Visa as the most trusted brand to deliver AI-powered commerce. Visa announced the Visa Trust Index for agentic commerce, providing new insight into how consumers are navigating the next evolution of AI shopping and payments. While consumers are increasingly using AI across the shopping journey, only 23% of......
Visa and World Bank Group Announce New Risk-Sharing Initiative to Expand Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
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Visa and World Bank Group Announce New Risk-Sharing Initiative to Expand Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

Business Wire
by Business Wire0
Visa , a global leader in digital payments, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group focused on the private sector, are partnering on an innovative risk-sharing initiative designed to help expand financial inclusion by increasing access to digital financial services in emerging markets. Read......
Visa Brings Onchain Lending into Everyday Payments
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Visa Brings Onchain Lending into Everyday Payments

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By combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending, Visa is helping its partners unlock new financing opportunities for stablecoin-linked card programs. Visa announced a new approach to onchain credit designed to help stablecoin-linked card programs and fintechs access working capital using onchain lending infrastructure and Visa data. Read More on......
Visa Launches Enhanced A2A Protect Innovations to Help Financial Institutions Stop Fraud Before Money Leaves Accounts
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Visa Launches Enhanced A2A Protect Innovations to Help Financial Institutions Stop Fraud Before Money Leaves Accounts

Business Wire
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New unified fraud score is the company’s first combined offering in-market since Visa’s acquisition of Featurespace A2A Protect has been shown to reduce over 50% more fraud and help reduce over 40% in unnecessary fraud alerts Visa , a world leader in digital payments, announced an enhanced version of A2A......
Visa to Acquire BioCatch
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Visa to Acquire BioCatch

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BioCatch’s behavioral and device intelligence expertise expected to help detect scams, account takeovers and digital fraud before they happen Visa announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, a leading provider of behavioral-first, multi-signal fraud intelligence, from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders for $2.4 billion in......
Visa Introduces AI Financial Assistant, Helping Banks Guide Customers from Insight to Action
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Visa Introduces AI Financial Assistant, Helping Banks Guide Customers from Insight to Action

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AI Financial Assistant brings conversational financial guidance into the banking apps consumers already trust for spending and saving. The Visa Value‑Added Service applies benchmarking insights informed by one of the world’s largest payment networks to deliver personalized recommendations. Aligned with Visa’s AI and data governance standards, the feature is designed......
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