Key Highlights: Lloyds and Visa tested stablecoin settlement for cross-border payments operating around the clock. The pilot connected Lloyds’ private Canton network with a separate public blockchain used by Visa. The test examined how digital money could improve payment speed, transparency, flexibility and liquidity management. Lloyds and Visa Test Stablecoin Settlement Across Blockchain Networks Lloyds ...
Key Highlights Reap, a Visa Principal Issuer Member owned by Kraken parent Payward, plans to add a Mexican peso stablecoin to its card, cross-border payments, and treasury products. The Hong Kong-based fintech is also exploring stablecoins pegged to the Hong Kong dollar, euro, South Korean won, and Japanese yen through its global stablecoin partnership with ...
Key Highlights Visa is directing payment processors to stop using merchant category code 5815 (digital media) for memecoin purchases and instead apply cryptocurrency-related classifications. JPMorgan Chase flagged at least one Visa transaction for incorrect coding, and the New York Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the issue. The reclassification does not prohibit card-based memecoin purchases but ...
Velocity Raises $10M Series A Extension, Valuation Reaches $200M London-based stablecoin infrastructure provider Velocity has secured an additional $10 million in Series A funding, bringing the total round to $48 million and valuing the company at $200 million post-money. The extension, announced on September 15, includes participation from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun Ventures, ...
Ant International has partnered with Visa and Mastercard to develop common standards for identifying and monitoring AI agents as autonomous software takes on a larger role in global payments. The collaboration aims to create an interoperable “Know Your Agent” framework that lets merchants and payment providers verify which AI agents are behind transactions and whether ...