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September 11, 2026
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Education: Stablecoins: What Corporates and FIs Need to Know
Standard Chartered
"Learn how stablecoins work, where they may support payments, treasury and liquidity, and what corporates and financial institutions should consider."
On the wires
Nu Takes Next Step in International Expansion with Launch in the United States and Introduction of Nu Global
Business Wire
"Nu, the largest digital bank in Latin America, announces the start of operations in the U.S. with the launch of a full suite of financial products designed for customers' everyday banking needs. In addition to the U.S. launch, Nu also introduces Nu Global, a multi-currency digital account for people with global lives, that allows fee-free, fast money movement across more than 35 countries."
September 10, 2026
Top Post
Mastercard Launches Wallet Pay to Scale Digital Wallets Worldwide
Mastercard
"Digital wallets have rapidly evolved into robust, multi-service platforms, now serving over 4.3 billion users worldwide. With global usage set to top 6 billion by 2030, Mastercard is introducing Mastercard Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of solutions designed to foster interoperability and innovation for digital wallets across contactless (NFC), QR codes and online digital payments."
Ant International, Mastercard and Visa Initiate Collaboration on Know-Your-Agent Interoperability to Scale Agentic Commerce
Ant International
"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. The three organizations have previously rolled out their protocols — Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol, Mastercard Verifiable Intent, and Ant International’s Agentic Mobile Protocols."
On the web
Visa's Plan for India's Payment Future [Video]
Bloomberg
"Visa is looking beyond plastic cards in India. From agentic commerce to tokenization, Haslinda Amin explains how the payments giant plans to keep up with the changing ways Indians pay."
Avolta Launches First Direct Wallet-to-Wallet Stablecoin Payments Pilot
Avolta
"Avolta launched a pilot enabling customers to pay with stablecoin at its Level 2 Duty Free store at Zurich Airport. Travelers can make purchases directly from their digital wallets through a simple QR-code payment process. The pilot introduces a payment model in which transactions are settled directly between the customer and Avolta, without relying on traditional card networks or intermediary payment providers. Funds are transferred within seconds using blockchain technology."
Feedzai Partners With Peoples Group to Anchor Fraud Defense for Canada’s Real-Time Rail
TipRanks
"Feedzai is deepening its presence in the Canadian payments market through a new strategic partnership with Peoples Group to provide AI-driven fraud monitoring for instant payments ahead of Canada’s Real-Time Rail launch in late 2026. Under the agreement, Peoples Group will embed Feedzai’s RiskOps technology into its core transaction infrastructure, making Feedzai the primary engine for real-time risk scoring across the bank’s fintech, credit union and challenger banking clients."
Lumin Digital Advances Secure Open Banking Connectivity with MX
Lumin Digital
"Lumin Digital announced an open banking integration with MX Technologies, Inc., giving financial institutions on the Lumin platform a standards-based way to connect users with third-party financial applications. The integration enables financial institutions on Lumin’s platform to allow retail and business users to safely connect their bank accounts to supported third-party financial apps without sharing their usernames and passwords."
Coinbase Brings Stablecoin Payments and Custody to Community Banks and Credit Unions, in Partnership with Moov
Moov
"Coinbase and Moov are partnering to bring stablecoin payment acceptance, settlement, and real-time funding to Moov’s growing customer base of more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions, combining Coinbase's regulated digital asset infrastructure with Moov's existing payments platform. Moov provides payments infrastructure to a growing customer base of more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions across the country, connecting them to card acquiring and issuing, and real-time payment rails."
Stripe Helps Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Shop Across the Internet with Link
Stripe
"Stripe announced that Meta has integrated Link’s wallet for agents with Muse, its new personal AI agent. US consumers can connect their Link accounts to Muse and enable their muse agent to buy from businesses across the internet. At more than 1 million businesses that accept Link, Muse can check out instantly using a US consumer’s preferred payment method saved in Link. For other businesses, Link issues Muse a single-use virtual card scoped to the approved purchase."
Google Warns AI Agents Are Automating Credential Theft at Unprecedented Scale
Biometric Update
"Agentic AI is enabling cybercriminals to coordinate complex infrastructure systems to steal credentials. These tools can manage multiple stages of an operation and reduce the time attackers spend moving between discovery, exploitation, and collection. The Google Threat Intelligence Group says it observed a suspected financially motivated attacker using an AI coding chatbot and a multi-agent framework to plan, build and execute a mass credential harvesting campaign in less than six hours."
PayPal’s Custom Stablecoins Hit $100M in Volume on New PYUSDx Platform
The Cryptonomist
"PayPal has quietly opened the door to a new kind of digital dollar, one that businesses can shape to fit their own products rather than accept a one-size-fits-all token. On September 9, PayPal, M0 and MoonPay officially launched PYUSDx, a platform built to let companies issue PayPal custom stablecoins backed by PayPal USD, and three early adopters have already pushed more than $100 million in combined processed volume through the system."
Jack Henry & Associates Adds Embedded Debit Installment Payments For Banks
Simply Wall Street
"Jack Henry & Associates (NasdaqGS:JKHY) introduced new fintechintegrations that let banks and credit unions offer embeddeddebit card installment payments through its SilverLake and Bannoplatforms. The firm is working with Splitit so institutions can keepinstallment programs in-house and maintain control overcustomer relationships, data, and economics."
Visa: Financing The Next Hundred Stablecoin-Linked Card Programs
Visa
"Stablecoin-linked cards are one of the fastest-growing parts of our network. In our fiscal second quarter, more than 160 stablecoin-linked card programs were live around the world, payment volume on those programs grew nearly 200% year over year, and stablecoin settlement volume recently surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15x year over year. Behind that growth sits a requirement that rarely makes headlines."
How Circle’s Latest Acquisition Brings the Company One Step Closer to Stablecoin Supremacy [Video]
Yahoo Finance
Circle is expanding its global payments infrastructure with its recent acquisition of Tazapay, a worldwide payments platform. Scott Melker discusses the details in the video above.
On the wires
Introducing the MoneyGram Card: Giving Customers More Freedom to Use Their Money, Wherever Life Takes Them
PR Newswire
"MoneyGram today launched the MoneyGram Card, a stablecoin-backed card designed to serve eligible customers worldwide. The card gives customers more freedom and flexibility with their money: the ability to hold a stable-dollar balance, access cash when they need it, or spend anywhere Visa is accepted, online, in stores and across borders."
September 9, 2026
Top Post
Mastercard Report Predicts That 1 in 10 People Will Routinely Use AI Agents to Shop and Pay by 2030
Mastercard
"More than one in ten online shoppers are expected to routinely use AI agents to purchase products on their behalf by 2030, according to futurists’ predictions in new Mastercard report "A Short History of the Future of Shopping and Payments." The report explores what everyday life is likely to look like by the end of the decade. This includes AI-assisted agents that can negotiate prices, smart watches and rings that show how products are performing after sale, and even physical AI agents walking through shop doors for the first time."
New Visa Research Finds Consumer Trust is Accelerating the Path to Agentic Commerce
Visa
"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 U.S. consumers trust GenAI to handle payment transactions on their behalf. However, confidence in agentic commerce shifts when payments brands come into consideration. Visa emerged as the most trusted brand for AI-powered payments."
On the web
New Nacha Payments Innovation Alliance Project Team Focused on Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
Nacha
"As digital assets become an increasingly important part of the payments universe, Nacha's Payments Innovation Alliance is unveiling its newest initiative: the Next-Gen Currency Project Team. The team, led by Nacha and the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, will explore the global use of digital assets—including stablecoins and tokenized deposits—for money movement."
U.S. Bank Takes Its USBDC Stablecoin Live With Cross-Border Payment on Stellar
Finance Feeds
"U.S. Bank has completed a live pilot transaction using USBDC, its proprietary U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, moving a cross-border payment between its entities in North America and Europe. The transaction ran on the Stellar blockchain, and the bank says USBDC ranks among the first bank-issued stablecoins deployed on a public network, signaling that the Minneapolis lender wants to move value on-chain while keeping the payment tied to its existing finance, risk, compliance and operations infrastructure."
BVNK and Marqeta Partner to Power Stablecoin-Card Infrastructure
Marqeta
"BVNK and Marqeta, Inc. announced a partnership to deliver stablecoin-backed card capabilities to crypto-native and non-crypto companies. The integration will enable Marqeta’s customers to embed stablecoin capabilities into wallets, cards and everyday financial products. Together, the companies are unlocking stablecoin spendability to allow users to transact in digital dollars at millions of merchants globally with a standard payment card. The partnership is noteworthy as it connects Marqeta with two existing parts of Mastercard's network."
Mastercard Gives Merchants a Simpler Way to Build, Connect and Scale Ai-Powered Shopping Experiences
Mastercard
"New Mastercard Agent Connect solution and expanded Agent Suite for Merchants capabilities will help businesses create agent-powered shopping experiences, make products discoverable across AI ecosystems and support trusted agentic transactions while maintaining control. Mastercard can also help merchants prepare to support secure agentic transactions with Mastercard Agent Pay."
Plaid Powers Meta’s New AI Agent, Muse
Plaid
"Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, launched with Plaid-powered account connections in its finance features. Muse is a fully personalized AI agent. It connects to the apps and services you already use, Plaid included, to help people manage all aspects of their lives, including personal productivity, health, shopping, and financial management. The Finance experience with Plaid offers proactive, personalized guidance that helps consumers take meaningful steps toward their financial goals and provides inspiration for where to begin."
dLocal Ghana Secures Enhanced Payments License to Deepen Local Operations
TechCabal
"The Ghanaian subsidiary of Uruguayan payments company dLocal has secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider (EPSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana, allowing it to operate more of its payments business locally. The licence allows dLocal Ghana to provide local payment collections, merchant acquisitions, mobile-money acceptance, bank-transfer collections and local payouts through bank accounts and mobile-money wallets. The company had previously facilitated payment flows through its global platform and regulated third-party partners."
PhonePe and Visa Partner to Power Comprehensive Cardless Payments for Millions of Indians Globally
PhonePe
"PhonePe and Visa jointly announced the launch of three new payment solutions: Tap to Pay, Cross Border Scan to Pay, and Smart Accept. Unveiled on stage by leadership from both organizations at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, the partnership makes PhonePe the first app in India to introduce Cross Border Scan to Pay for international transactions. Furthermore, PhonePe becomes the first app to enable a complete suite of three core Visa capabilities for consumers: Online Device Tokenization, Tap to Pay, and Cross Border Scan to Pay."
IXOPAY Launches Agentic Suite to Help Merchants Support Agentic Commerce and Automate Payment Workflows
IXOPAY
"IXOPAY launched the IXOPAY Agentic Suite, a flexible set of tools designed to help merchants prepare for both new agentic buying experiences and the growing role of AI in payment operations. The suite includes Payment Agent, which provides protocol-agnostic connectivity between agentic shopping experiences and existing payment infrastructure; Universal Tokens to preserve transaction context so merchants can confidently participate in agentic commerce while reducing risk; and Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server."
Chime Announces Agreement to Acquire Stride Bank
Chime
"Chime® announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stride Bank, N.A. for $590 million in cash. Stride is a nationally chartered bank that has been Chime's bank partner for more than seven years. Upon closing, Stride will become Chime Bank, N.A. and operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Chime. The transaction marks an important milestone in Chime’s evolution from industry challenger to category leader."
On the wires
Visa and World Bank Group Announce New Risk-Sharing Initiative to Expand Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
Business Wire
"Visa 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. Under the agreement, IFC will share credit settlement risk for Visa transactions associated with enrolled financial institutions, enabling these institutions to connect more underbanked consumers and small businesses to digital payments."
Rain Expands Global Payouts to More than 80 Countries in 50 Currencies
PR Newswire
"Rain announced an expansion of its global money movement technology platform, enabling partners to send payouts to more than 80 countries in 50 currencies, and plans to reach 95 countries and more than 60 currencies by the end of the year. The capability gives Rain's partners one way to pay others in the currency they actually use, from a single stablecoin balance. It supports business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer (C2C), and consumer-to-business (C2B) payouts."
September 8, 2026
On the web
Block Applies to Establish Builders Bank, a National Trust Bank
Block
"Block, Inc. announced that it has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Builders Bank & Trust, N.A. an uninsured national trust bank. If approved, Builders Bank would operate as a federally regulated national trust bank under OCC supervision and would provide custody and related fiduciary services, including for bitcoin and stablecoins. The charter would allow Block to support these activities through a consistent national framework as the business scales."
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