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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 286 - Understanding Trust in the Modern Agentic and Digital Economy, with Jenny Hadlow and Rory O'Neill, Checkout.com

In this episode, Chris Uriarte welcomes Jenny Hadlow, COO, and Rory O’Neill, CMO, from Checkout.com to discuss the findings from their recent report “Trust in the Digital Economy 2025” and explore the interesting dimensions of trust that merchants, consumers, and service providers need to be aware of in today's ever changing digital (and agentic) economy.
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Payments News

New Data on Card-Present and Card-Not-Present Fraud Rates in the United States

Kansas City Federal Reserve

“Recently updated data show that the card-present fraud rate of non-prepaid debit cards increased for transactions on single-message networks from 2021 to 2023 but decreased for dual-message networks—reversing a previous trend. The card-not-present fraud rate for both types of networks continued its upward trend. Cardholders’ fraud loss rates also continued to increase for both card-present […]

Revolut to Test Stablecoin in UK Trial

Yahoo Finance

“Britain’s Revolut will start testing a crypto token pegged to the British pound, in a trial ‌with three small companies but no big high-street lenders, the Financial Conduct ‌Authority said. The trial will take place as part of the financial regulator’s “sandbox” programme, which allows ​firms to trial stablecoin products in controlled conditions, it said. […]

Canada’s Real-Time Rail Quarterly Update with Jude Pinto: 2026 Q1 [Video]

Payments Canada

“Canada’s Real-Time Rail (RTR) program made significant progress in 2025 and in 2026 we will continue to push forward on delivering real-time payments to businesses and consumers. While 2025 was a year of successes, there is still much work to do in delivering real-time payments to Canadian businesses and consumers. In Q1 of 2026, we are […]

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