There is something in the air folks, first Amazon, then Mastercard and now Visa has unveiled a major strategic vision for the future of digital payments including agentic AI. Visa launch agentic AI payments The announcement was made at the company’s 2025 Global Product Drop in San Francisco, where Visa showcased how artificial intelligence will […]

World, the rebranded digital identity and cryptocurrency venture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has officially launched in the US, bringing its biometric verification technology and digital token ecosystem to American consumers. Worldcoin rebrands as ‘World’ The move marks a strategic shift for the company, which had initially rolled out its controversial iris-scanning “orb” devices across

The UK Treasury has taken a decisive step in shaping the country’s regulatory stance on digital assets, announcing that overseas stablecoin issuers will be exempt from new domestic crypto rules. UK exempts foreign stablecoin issuers This marks a significant departure from the more rigid EU approach and signals alignment with the US on the future

As global commerce undergoes a profound technological transformation, the payments landscape is poised for further disruption in consumer payments. Juniper Research’s Consumer Payments Tech Horizon 2025 offers a comprehensive strategic lens through which to view the technologies shaping the future of digital payments. From emerging players like biometric terminals and voice-activated payments to maturing giants

Last week we reported on Amazons launch of agentic AI, now Mastercard has unveiled its latest initiative to reshape the future of commerce: Agent Pay, a platform that integrates agentic artificial intelligence (AI) into payment systems. Mastercard launch agentic AI payments The new program introduces Mastercard Agentic Tokens, extending the company’s established tokenisation capabilities and

As 2025 unfolds, a growing number of merchants and consumers are embracing “Pay by Bank” — a payment method allowing users to pay directly from their bank accounts, bypassing traditional card rails. Spearheaded by fintech leaders, Pay by Bank is increasingly being positioned as the most secure, cost-effective, and resilient payment solution for the future.

Mastercard is deepening its commitment to stablecoins, unveiling a suite of new global acceptance and payment solutions designed to embed digital currencies more seamlessly into everyday financial life.         Mastercard accelerates stablecoin integration Amid growing regulatory clarity worldwide, the payments giant is positioning stablecoins not merely as speculative assets, but as critical

The European card payments market, processing trillions of euros each year, remains dominated by two American giants: Visa and Mastercard. Despite the sector’s importance to modern commerce, competition has struggled to flourish, leaving Europe without payments sovereignty and  heavily reliant on US-based financial infrastructure. With Visa and Mastercard jointly handling over €7 trillion in European

In today’s digital retail environment, merchants expect — and demand — seamless, feature-rich shopping experiences across all channels and devices. For smaller payment acquirers, however, delivering on these expectations presents a significant challenge. Large, established providers with deep resources have long dominated this space, leaving their smaller rivals struggling to compete. Yet recent shifts in

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that global network tokenised transactions will double by 2029, rising from 283 billion in 2025 to an astonishing 574 billion. Network tokenisation: Rising to 574 billion This surge underscores the growing significance of network tokenisation in protecting sensitive cardholder information and combating rising fraud levels across the digital