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Open Standard will issue a new US-dollar pegged stablecoin called Open USD, which is expected to go live later this year.

Consortium including Visa, Mastercard jointly launch new global stablecoin

It is aimed at increasing the usage of the digital tokens worldwide by addressing hurdles that businesses face in scaling stablecoin adoption

Visa’s payment services will be integrated into OpenAI’s platform so online retailers can accept agent-driven transactions.

Banking & Finance

OpenAI, Visa team up to let AI agents make purchases online

ChatGPT is the best-known artificial intelligence platform among consumers

Visa and Mastercard agreed to lower swipe fees by 0.1 percentage point for five years, while standard consumer rates would be lowered to no more than 1.25% for eight years.

International

Visa, Mastercard US$38 billion swipe fee settlement wins US judge’s approval

It covers more than 12 million merchants and is ‘fair, reasonable and adequate’, he says

Visa operates a digital payments network across more than 200 countries and territories and is used by billions for everyday transactions.

Banking & Finance

Visa beats quarterly profit estimates on resilient consumer spending

The company is well-positioned to weather any potential economic downturn

Customers at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics megastore in Milan, Italy, Feb 1, 2026.

Banking & Finance

Visa-only Games highlights Europe’s payments headache

[MILAN] Anyone trying to buy a souvenir at the official Olympic stores at the Milano Cortina Games will have been exposed to an issue troubling Europe’s policymakers: the dominance of foreign payment ...

Travel was “the stand-out category” in 2025, with travel merchant spend growing 2.5 times more than the average spend, while cross-border spending boomed.

Companies & Markets

AI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies splurge abroad

Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism

Visa is positioning itself as the go-to partner for finance firms’ stablecoin needs.

Banking & Finance

Visa offers stablecoin settlement for US banks using Circle’s USDC

Merchants are typically paid out in local currency

Both Visa and Mastercard agreed to relax their controversial “honour all cards” rules, which required merchants to accept all Visa or Mastercard credit cards if they accept any cards from the two networks.

Companies & Markets

Visa, Mastercard to cut fees, let retailers reject certain cards

VISA and Mastercard reached a deal with retailers to reduce some of their fees and give merchants more leeway to reject customers who use certain credit cards, including the premium ones that have bee...

Adobe Digital Insights found that 85 per cent of US consumers who have used artificial intelligence for shopping said it improved their experience.

Banking & Finance

SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL 2025

Security remains a priority as interest in AI ‘personal shoppers’ grows

Visa aims to lay the groundwork for secure and seamless transactions as agentic commerce reshapes how people shop and pay

Global payments volume, a gauge of overall consumer and business spending on Visa’s network, jumped 9% on a constant US dollar basis in the quarter ended Sep 30.

Banking & Finance

Visa quarterly profit rises on strong transaction volumes

The company’s services are used by billions worldwide for everyday purchases, making it a barometer for economic health

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