Payments & Fintech
Cards, transfers and the systems that move money.
JCB and Hanoi Metro Plan Contactless Fares for Early 2027
JCB and Hanoi Metro signed an MOU on October 29 to let JCB cardholders tap in at metro gates from early 2027.
Euronet Launches OLON Merchant Platform, Starting in Greece
Euronet's OLON bundles card acceptance, software integrations and add-on services for merchants; Greece goes first.
Barclaycard Payments Adds Visa Unified Checkout for UK Merchants
Barclaycard Payments is adding Visa Unified Checkout to its Smartpay Fuse gateway for UK merchants.
Visa and Mastercard Face £700 Million UK Claim Over EEA Card Fees
A £700M opt-out claim says UK businesses overpaid on online sales to EEA cardholders after Brexit.
Form3 Opens Payment Data to Read-Only AI Agents
Its first MCP adapter lets authorized agents investigate payment information without initiating changes.
Visa Plans an AI Financial Assistant for Bank Apps
Visa's in-app assistant is scheduled for a US bank pilot in August, with a wider rollout planned later.
SoFi Brings SoFiUSD Into Its Banking App
SoFi members begin gaining access to a bank-issued stablecoin, with wider availability expected in June.
Circle Adds Managed Stablecoin Settlement to CPN
CPN Managed Payments lets institutions use stablecoin settlement while keeping their own workflow in fiat.
Stripe and Tempo Introduce Machine Payments Protocol
The open protocol lets agents and services coordinate payments within a software request.
MetaMask Card Expands Across the United States
The US rollout includes New York and introduces a paid Metal option linked to the MetaMask wallet.
Form3 announced an AI-enabled payments initiative on September 23, starting with a Model Context Protocol adapter that gives authorized applications access to payment information.
The first phase is explicitly read-only. According to Form3’s announcement, agents will be able to retrieve and interpret data while remaining outside the payment flow, with no ability to initiate changes.
This archive follows new releases, company announcements and changes affecting this field. Each report preserves the distinction between what is available, what is being tested and what a company plans to do next. Statements from vendors are attributed to their original sources rather than presented as independent performance results.
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