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Business
Visa Wins China Approval to Build Domestic Card Clearing Network
Visa secured authorization from Chinese regulators to begin establishing a domestic bank card clearing operation, ending years of lobbying for…
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Business
AI Agents Expose the Fatal Flaw in Corporate Identity Security
The rapid deployment of autonomous AI agents capable of executing financial transactions is colliding with an identity verification infrastructure built…
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Technology
Europe’s ENP Joint Venture Targets Visa, Mastercard Dominance
Five of Europe’s largest domestic payment networks have formalized a joint venture designed to stitch together fragmented national systems into…
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Business
Cloudflare Bets on USDC Stablecoins to Power Micropayments for AI Agents
Autonomous software is about to get its own wallet. Cloudflare has launched a closed beta allowing businesses to charge artificial…
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Crypto
Crypto Wallets Move Into Neobank Territory
NEW YORK — Neobanks—digital-only banking platforms such as Revolut, Wise, and Chime—gained significant global adoption over the past decade by…
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Business
Banks Race to Verify AI Agents Before They Move Trillions
SINGAPORE — The global banking industry is confronting a structural challenge as autonomous artificial intelligence moves beyond answering queries to…
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Business
Who Controls AI Shopping Payments?
Payment networks are moving aggressively to establish the technical standards and authorization protocols for autonomous “agentic commerce,” seeking to secure…
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