OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Mastercard closes $1.8bn BVNK deal for $30bn stablecoin…
Mastercard has closed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK, and the number that matters is not the $1.8 billion price tag. It is $30 billion — the annualised stablecoin payment volume Mastercard now owns…
Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4bn to stop…
Visa has agreed to buy BioCatch, the Israeli behavioural biometrics firm, for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira-advised funds and other shareholders, the network announced on August 3, 2026. The more revealing number sits in…
Visa, Mastercard and Amex join x402 body for…
The three companies that spent 60 years building closed, proprietary card rails have just signed up to help govern an open one. Visa, Mastercard and American Express are premier members of the x402 Foundation, the…
Visa launches stablecoin platform for 15,000 banks, fintechs
Visa launched the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) on July 16, 2026, giving its network of roughly 15,000 financial institutions a single system to mint, redeem, custody and settle stablecoins — and the launch math explains…
Visa, Stripe and Coinbase back Open USD to…
A consortium of more than 140 businesses — including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, American Express, BlackRock, BNY, Google, Shopify and, pointedly, Coinbase — has launched Open USD (OUSD), a stablecoin built to share reserve earnings with…
Visa takes agentic payments live with 30 European…
Visa has moved agentic payments out of the lab: AI agents are now completing live purchases at independent merchants across Europe, backed by more than 30 issuing banks, the card network announced at its Visa…
Adyen launches Agentic to ride the AI-checkout protocol…
Adyen launched Adyen Agentic on June 16, 2026, a suite of modular payment APIs that lets enterprise merchants sell through AI shopping agents without rebuilding their checkout for each platform. The timing is the tell:…
Klarna launches US Visa debit card in pivot…
Klarna has rolled out a Visa-powered debit card in the United States, the clearest signal yet that the buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer intends to be valued as a neobank — not a lender.…