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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

The Agentic Finance Landscape Report: Q1 2026 Edition

Cambrian Network

“Since the last edition of The Agentic Finance Landscape in December 2025, the market segment has experienced explosive growth. We have seen new projects emerge, with growing adoption, and autonomous agents that are leveraging crypto infrastructure. Consider this evidence: x402 payments continue to accelerate, with 15M+ transactions in the last 30 days and institutional partnerships with large companies like AWS and Stripe. ERC-8004 […]

OCC Requests Comments on Proposal to Implement GENIUS Act

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proposed rulemaking to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. The notice of proposed rulemaking generally sets forth, and seeks comment on, the regulations that would apply to permitted payment stablecoin issuers and foreign payment stablecoin issuers under the […]

Cash Flow Needs from Consumers and Businesses Drive New RTP® Network Volume and Value Records

The Clearing House

“The nation’s largest instant payments system, operated by The Clearing House, recently set new single-day records. On Friday, February 13 the RTP network, which carries 98% of all bank-to-bank instant payments volume in the U.S, processed 2.05 million payments – the first time the network exceeded 2 million transactions in a single day. In addition, […]

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