Wirex Launches Navoka With Limits on AI-Led Payments
Wirex launched Navoka on Nov. 12, 2026 with stablecoin wallets, IBANs, debit cards and rule-bound AI payments, transfers, developer tools and investing.
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Payments
Mastercard’s Michael Miebach bets on collaboration for agentic pay
Mastercard’s Michael Miebach says collaboration can unlock agentic commerce, but shared rules, fraud controls and consumer trust…
Mastercard's 'Agent Pay' Opens the Digital Mall to AI Shopping Agents
Mastercard's 'Agent Pay' lets AI agents pay retailers and even parking tickets, betting on x402 and stablecoin micropayments to r…
Payments Now Settle in Seconds. Reconciliation Still Takes Three Days.
92% of businesses now use faster payments, yet reconciliation still takes days. Why speed moved the bottleneck, not solved it.
FlexM Lands Series A from 24 Hermes VCC to Scale Payments
FlexM has secured Series A funding from 24 Hermes VCC to expand its global payments platform, with the Singapore pair targeting c…
Bluesky Bets on Payments, Not Ads, to Fund the Network
Bluesky will roll out payments within months, CEO Toni Schneider said at TechCrunch Disrupt, pitching a no-ads model where creato…
China Clears Visa to Prep Bank Card Clearing Business
China approved Visa to prepare a bank card clearing business, with a one-year prep window, weeks before Xi and Trump's expected t…
Amex Builds Guardrails to Stop AI Agents From Buying the Wrong Shoes
Amex's new "Intent Intelligence Framework" authenticates purchase intent before an AI agent checks out, aiming to make agentic co…
Mastercard Builds Guardrails for AI Agents That Spend Money
Mastercard is preparing payment rails for AI agents that buy autonomously, with CTO Ed McLaughlin insisting humans stay in the lo…
Lightspeed Names Adil Haque as Head of Capital Partnerships
Lightspeed has named Adil Haque as Head of Capital Partnerships, a role overseeing the funding and lender relationships behind me…
Australia's Card Surcharge Ban: SMEs Face a Pricing Decision, Not Just Compliance
Australia's card surcharge ban takes effect on 1 October, and MYOB polling shows 29% of SMEs still don't know what they'll do. Th…