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Visa debuts Intelligent Commerce Connect for AI-driven shopping
The solution will function as a network, protocol, and token vault-agnostic layer for onboarding to agentic commerce.
AP+ agrees to sell Beem peer-to-peer payments app to Bolt Group
Beem app enables users to pay, request, transfer and split money instantly.
Mastercard goes live with agentic payments in Singapore, Malaysia
The payments group also plans to open a regional AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore later this year.
Razorpay partners OpenAI to enable payments in Codex-built apps
The collaboration will allow developers using Codex to connect Razorpay within the agent and start accepting payments.
Flutterwave widens operations in Nigeria with new banking licence
Flutterwave said the banking licence allows the company to internalise key parts of its financial value chain.
Thunes rolls out instant cross-border payouts for global workers
The solution enables real-time payments into 12 billion bank accounts, mobile wallets and stablecoin wallets across 140 countries.
Australia to end debit and credit card surcharges from October
RBA said removing surcharging would make card payments “simpler, more transparent” and increase competition among providers.
India’s central bank unveils Payments Vision 2028 roadmap
RBI may extend switch on off controls beyond cards, letting customers enable or disable digital payments via issuer channels.
Visa Direct taps Lunar’s Moonrise to access Nordic payment rails
Visa Direct will integrate Moonrise’s local accounts and payment infrastructure via a single API.
Singapore’s Tazapay secures $36m to support licencing expansion
Tazapay will use the proceeds to expand licencing across multiple jurisdictions.