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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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Kraken Becomes First Crypto Company to Secure Fed Master Account Access: WSJ

CoinDesk

“Kraken has secured a Federal Reserve “master account,” giving its banking arm direct access to the Fed’s core payment systems and allowing it to settle payments itself. The approval lets Kraken speed up deposits and withdrawals for large traders and institutional clients, but is limited, with Kraken not earning interest on reserves or accessing the Fed’s […]

Agentic Payments Are Coming. Is Your Company Ready?

CIO

“Major AI vendors, payment platforms, and retailers are rolling out agentic payments. Several major retailers rolled out agentic shopping capabilities or pilots last year, and the pace of announcements accelerated toward the end of 2025 — and then it accelerated again in January after Google announced that Chrome, with more than 70% market share, now […]
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Fast Funds, Familiar Controls: How Stablecoins Fit Into Everyday Payments

Global Data

“Stablecoin transaction volumes exceeded $34tn last year, spanning remittances, enterprise flows and on-chain commerce…Circle, the issuer of USDC, has proposed a smart-contract ‘refund protocol’ for non-custodial, on-chain dispute resolution and has discussed reversible transactions on its Arc infrastructure, but these ideas are early and not yet standard across markets.”
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