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3-D Secure Authentication Payments Fraud Secure Customer Authentication

Episode 292 - Modern Authentication and the Impact on Payments Cost and Performance, with Amandeep Batra, Stripe and Dewald Nolte, Entersekt

In this follow-up conversation, Chris Uriarte welcomes back Amandeep Batra from Stripe and Dewald Nolte from Entersekt to discuss updated research and analysis on 3-D Secure and tokenization and to explore how authentication and tokenization interact in practice across different regulatory environments.
Embedded Finance Merchants Payment Facilitation

Episode 291 - The Complex and Growing World of Platform Payments, with Blake Breathitt, Adyen

In this episode, Chris Uriarte speaks with Blake Breathitt, Senior Vice President of Platforms and Financial Services at Adyen, about one of the biggest growth engines in the industry over the past few years - platform payments. Listen in as they discuss the nature of this interesting segment of the industry, the nuance behind platform payments, and just what's driving this platform payment phenomenon.
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Meta Develops Agentic AI Shopping Assistant for Instagram

Let's Data Science

“Reporting from Reuters and The Information, aggregated by multiple outlets, says Meta is building an “agentic” AI assistant that can perform multi-step tasks for users. Reuters, citing the Financial Times, reports the assistant is powered by a new model called Muse Spark and is being tested internally. The Information reports an internal project codenamed “Hatch” that has […]
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Amazon: Agents That Transact: Introducing Amazon Bedrock Agentcore Payments, Built with Coinbase and Stripe

Amazon Web Services

“Announcing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments, a new set of features in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, enabling AI agents to instantly access and pay for what they use, such as web content, APIs, MCP servers, and other agents. We’ve built these capabilities in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, who are providing the wallet infrastructure and payment rails […]
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Here’s Why Mastercard Is Betting Big on BVNK — and Stablecoin

Global Finance Magazine

“The card company has positioned itself as a bridge between its global network and on-chain payment systems. For a technology that’s designed to leave traditional finance on the sidelines, credit card payment networks are making significant investments in stablecoins. Mastercard’s announced acquisition of BVNK, an enterprise stablecoin infrastructure provider, could usher in a new era […]
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