Visa announced new AI, stablecoin and token capabilities designed to help clients unlock the next generation of commerce

MTN Group Fintech has entered into a strategic partnership with Ant International to accelerate the transformation of its mobile money ecosystem

Restive Ventures closed its third fund, Restive Fund III, with $45 million in committed capital, reinforcing its conviction in a new category of AI-native financial services

Visa invite Fintech innovators based in Africa to apply for Cohort 6 of the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator.

Nexi Group today announced the launch of Nexi SmartStation, its next-generation all-in-one commerce solution

Mastercard is introducing Agent Pay in the UAE, and today marked its first transaction outside the US

Addi, the leading commerce and financial platform in Colombia, announced today a $71 million upsizing of its credit facilities

ESW announced Agentic Hub, a new Agentic AI platform built to power intelligent, autonomous commerce experiences

Worldpay announced its support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard for AI commerce

PayPal will support payments processing for merchants leveraging OpenAI Instant Checkout

Mastercard today announced Merchant Cloud, a next-generation payments platform that unifies market-leading services from Mastercard and its partners

Google and PayPal today announced a multiyear strategic partnership focused on advancing several commerce solutions. The collaboration will deliver innovative solutions that transform how businesses and consumers transact across platforms and devices. Combining their expertise and scale, the companies aim to deliver frictionless digital commerce experiences and set a new standard for commerce ecosystem innovation. 

Mastercard is advancing agentic AI-powered payments with new tools for developers, expanded consulting services and deeper collaboration

Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today launched Stripe Terminal in Japan, helping Japanese businesses unify commerce experiences across online and offline channels. The announcement was made at Stripe Tour Tokyo, the company's annual gathering of business leaders in Japan where Stripe showcased a series of products and features, including upgrades that leverage AI and stablecoins, to help businesses leapfrog into the next era of commerce.

Kite, a company building the foundational trust infrastructure for the agentic web, today announced that it has raised $18 million in Series A funding, bringing total cumulative funding to $33 million.