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PYMNTSMastercardB1Markdown source recordCard-based infrastructure, digital wallets and programmable processing are reshaping how lenders deliver funds to SMBs. Small businesses rarely have the luxury of waiting for capital to arrive on someone else’s timetable.
The PaypersMastercard / VisaB1Markdown source recordVisa and Mastercard offer far more than transaction routing, including fraud, identity, underwriting, foreign-exchange, and card-benefit APIs built on first-party network data. Their scale, reliability, and potential to consolidate vendors are attractive, although production access and certification can still take months.
CoinDeskGlobal Payments / Mastercard / VisaB1Markdown source recordThe new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to payment-network scale.
CoinDeskMastercard / UBS / VisaB1Markdown source recordWashington views Brazil’s promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade.
CoinDeskMastercard / PayPal / StripeB1Markdown source recordAcquisition strategies underscore a massive land grab to capture cross-border remittance flows and native stablecoin reserve economics ahead of tight regulation.
CoinDeskAmerican Express / Google / MastercardB1Markdown source recordThe newly-convened x402 Foundation is a neutral space where competitors and payment methods can work together to create an open standard for AI agentic commerce.
American Banker — Payments IntelligenceMastercard / UBS / VisaB1Markdown source recordMastercard may sell a London-based processing subsidiary, reportedly amid government pressure on U.S. payments domination in local markets. Mastercard CEO Michael MiebachChristopher Goodney/Bloomberg Key insight: Mastercard is reportedly mulling a sale of its U.K.
MastercardMastercard NewsroomA1Markdown source recordAuto-discovered from Mastercard Newsroom's official publication index.
FXC IntelligenceCircle / Mastercard / MoneyGramB1Markdown source recordVisa, Mastercard, Stripe, MoneyGram and BVNK are among 140+ businesses launching Open USD, a new money movement-focused stablecoin. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, MoneyGram and BVNK are among over 140 businesses coming together to launch Open USD, a new stablecoin to power global money movement. We take a look into the new digital currency and see how it might differ from current leading stablecoins.
The PaypersMastercardB1Markdown source recordMastercard has partnered with Israeli fintech Neema to enable real-time cross-border money transfers into Israel via Mastercard Move.
The PaypersMastercardB1Markdown source recordMastercard, maib and Moldindconbank have completed Moldova's first agentic payments pilot using Mastercard Agent Pay's trust framework.
MastercardMastercard GlobalA1Markdown source recordMastercard argues that cards, real-time rails, stablecoins, and AI agents are becoming interconnected layers that require ecosystem-wide trust and oversight.
MastercardMastercard NewsroomA1Markdown source recordAuto-discovered from Mastercard Newsroom's official publication index.
MastercardMastercard NewsroomA1Markdown source recordAuto-discovered from Mastercard Newsroom's official publication index.
ReutersOpen Standard / Open USDB1Markdown source recordReuters reports that more than 140 businesses joined Open Standard to launch Open USD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin expected to go live later in 2026. The model is designed to let businesses mint and redeem without fees or volume caps and share most reserve earnings with participating partners after a management fee.
FinextraCrédit Agricole / Worldline / MastercardB2Markdown source recordFinextra reports that Crédit Agricole, Worldline and Mastercard completed what they describe as France's first agentic payment in production. A customer set festival-search parameters, selected an option proposed by the agent and then instructed it to initiate the purchase; Crédit Agricole retained issuer authentication and authorization, while transaction identifiers supported traceability.
PYMNTSMastercardB1Markdown source recordRestaurant management and payments platform MarginEdge has launched a commercial card designed specifically for restaurants. The new MarginEdge Commercial Charge Mastercard is now available as a physical card and will soon be offered in a digital version, the company said in a Wednesday (June 24) press release.