Visa's Agentic Ready certification program, launched after a July 2, 2026, live agentic payment transaction in Germany by Worldline, ING, and Visa, aims to standardize issuer-layer readiness for agent…
A developer's analysis of AI agent payment disputes concludes that consumer protection depends on the payment method, with credit cards offering stronger protections than debit cards under US regulati…
Fintechs including Stripe, Ramp, and Brex are issuing virtual cards with per-transaction and per-merchant-category limits designed for AI agents, repurposing authorization holds as real-time circuit b…
Thredd, an AI-first issuer processing platform, has been selected by Cashi to power its new stablecoin spending and cashback card programme, now live in Hong Kong with an expansion into Mexico planned…
Cloudflare announced Cloudflare Wallets and cloudflare.pay on August 4, 2026, during Agents Week, enabling AI agents to hold stablecoins and pay for access to web resources, with handle reservation op…
Cloudflare launched Cloudflare Wallets on August 4, enabling AI agents to hold and spend money autonomously via the x402 protocol, with handle reservations now open and full funding features coming in…
Western Union launched Stablecard, a Rain-powered Visa card that lets users hold and spend dollar-backed stablecoins anywhere Visa is accepted, as part of its broader digital asset strategy that inclu…
Cloudflare launched cloudflare.id, a persistent identity tool and wallet that lets AI agents verify their identity and make payments, with transactions settling in USDC on Coinbase's Base layer-2 bloc…
Visa signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, an AI-powered behavioral biometrics company, for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira-advised funds and other shareholders, nearly doubling BioCatc…
MoonPay launched PayBox on July 23, going live July 28, to let ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto and card payments using passkey authentication and user-set spending limits, with Fortune reporting the…
Visa announced on Monday it will acquire Israeli threat intelligence startup BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash to strengthen its defenses against AI-driven fraud, which Visa claims costs the global ec…
Visa has agreed to acquire Israeli behavioral biometrics firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, as announced on 3 August 2026, to combat AI-powered fraud such as account takeovers and digital scams b…
Visa Inc. agreed to acquire BioCatch, an Israeli behavioral biometrics company, for $2.4 billion in an all-cash deal to enhance its fraud detection capabilities using AI-powered behavioral intelligenc…
Visa has agreed to acquire BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, a fraud-detection company whose models analyze behavioral signals to identify fraud before payment. The deal, announced on August 3, 2026,…
Authoryze, a new payment-control platform, enables AI agents to make purchases across payment rails while enforcing spending limits, approvals, merchant rules, and audit trails. The service issues sin…
Chime Financial is laying off about 150 employees, roughly 10% of its workforce, as the San Francisco-based neobank restructures around artificial intelligence and leaner teams. CEO Chris Britt cited …
A new ZipRecruiter survey of over 1,000 recruiters and hiring leaders found that nearly 35% said AI will increase headcount at their company in the near future, while only 16% said they were actively …
MoonPay launched PayBox, a payment vault that lets users execute crypto transactions and online purchases through conversations with ChatGPT and Claude. The vault supports actions including purchasing…
Yahoo Finance host Kenny Polcari, Robinhood CIO Stephanie Guild, and Payne Capital Management President Ryan Payne argue that the AI trade remains viable and advise investors to reduce spending risk b…
The Linux Foundation's x402 initiative, backed by over 40 organizations including Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe, aims to create internet-native payment standards for software, enabling AI agents to mak…