Visa and Mastercard prove an early Bitcoin payments prediction right
A prediction made more than a decade ago about closer ties between Bitcoin startups and traditional payment companies increasingly resembles the payments market of 2026....
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Mastercard Enables AI Agent Payments With Help From Crypto Giants Like Coinbase, Ripple
In brief Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, a platform for autonomous AI-driven payments. The company said the service supports machine-to-machine transactions, including microtransactions worth...
Mastercard Expands Stablecoin Settlement via Circle's USDC, Ripple's RLUSD and Beyond
In brief Mastercard is enhancing its stablecoin settlement functionality for credit card transactions. The firm will support settlement of regulated stablecoins like Ripple’s RLUSD, Circle’s...
Mastercard expands support to USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD stablecoin settlement
Mastercard announced its plans to expand its settlement capabilities to let issuers and acquirers settle some card transactions using regulated stablecoins. On Wednesday, Mastercard said...
Mastercard brings USDC, RLUSD, PYUSD to global settlement network
Mastercard has expanded its payment network to support stablecoin settlements across multiple blockchains and beyond traditional banking hours, adding support for six regulated dollar-backed tokens....
Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense in Push for Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits
In brief Mastercard has secured a highly coveted NYDFS BitLicense, anchoring its compliance-first strategy on Wall Street. The payments giant is aggressively funding its digital...
Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations
Mastercard’s US transaction services unit has received a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing the payments giant to conduct...
KuCoin Australia’s ‘Evolution’ Showcases Regulatory Focus, Mastercard Launch
In brief Crypto trading platform KuCoin is building out its presence in the Australian market through regulated compliance and new products. With recent research finding...
Alchemy Pay joins Mastercard program to expand crypto payments
Alchemy Pay has joined Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program as the payment gateway seeks closer ties with global payment infrastructure. Summary Alchemy Pay joined Mastercard’s Crypto...
JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple test tokenized Treasury settlement on XRPL
JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance have completed a cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund using the XRP Ledger and traditional banking...