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The cross-border payments startup Nuvion said early Monday it will work with Visa Direct, a faster-payments network, to enable businesses to send real-time payouts globally. The service is aimed at smoothing faster payments to a host of everyday recipients, including suppliers, contractors, and customers, Nuvion says. Founded only in 2024, …
June, 2026
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10 June
Agent Pay for Machines and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/10/26
Mastercard announced Agent Pay for Machines, a system for the initiation, orchestration, and settlement of payments conducted at high speed between AI agents. The network is collaborating with more than 30 companies on the initiative, including Adyen, Global Payments, Stripe, and BVNK, a stablecoin platform it has agreed to acquire for $1.8 …
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9 June
Feedzai’s IQ Score and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/9/26
Fraud-prevention specialist Feedzai announced Feedzai IQ Score, an AI-native scoring service to measure fraud risk for banks. Braid FI, which develops payments technologies for banks, announced an agreement with Koard, a specialist in in-person payments, to help financial institutions offer tap-to-pay capability on mobile phones. Xplor Pay, an embedded-payments technology provider, has …
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8 June
Nuvion Joins Circle Network and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/8/26
The banking and cross-border payments provider Nuvion announced it has joined Circle Payments Network, a platform that enables cross-border payments that use stablecoins. A technology firm called CueCue has introduced its Web Card, an AI-based, interactive Web page that lets visitors to the site book and pay for skills for services offered by other …
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4 June
Visa Pairs With Tech Firm Brale to Test Crypto Settlement
Visa Inc. is setting the stage for stablecoin settlement in a partnership with Brale, whose technology enables businesses to introduce and operate digital currencies backed by fiat money. The collaboration, announced early Thursday, will allow the card network to test settlement with Brale’s SBC, a stablecoin backed by the U.S. …
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3 June
Mastercard Adds Settlement Windows Beyond Business Days
Mastercard announced early Wednesday it plans to introduce settlement options including weekends, holidays, and at times during the day of the transaction. The new settlement windows will apply to both card-based fiat transactions and those involving cards linked to regulated stablecoins, the network said. The move would expand availability beyond …
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3 June
Fiserv SMB Index Unchanged and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/3/26
Fiserv Inc. said its Small Business Index for May remained flat at 144 as small-business transactions dropped 2.4% year-over-year while average tickets rose 3.1%. The drop in transactions marked the seventh consecutive month of declining foot traffic. Fireblocks, a payments platform based on digital assets, launched Fireblocks Flow, stablecoin-acceptance technology aimed …
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2 June
Eye on Faster Payments: Payfinia’s RTP Integration; Aeropay’s Jack Henry Tie-in
Work on growing the real-time payments ecosystem goes on with Payfinia completing an integration with The Clearing House Payments Co LLC’s RTP network and Aeropay making an integration with Jack Henry & Associates Inc. to boost its pay-by-bank service. Portland, Ore.-based Payfinia says its work with TCH, which launched the …
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1 June
Aurora Rebrands as Flute and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/1/26
Aurora Payments has renamed itself Flute and launched a payments platform that it says offers working capital, transaction reporting, and merchant servicing, along with payments, in a single account. Thunes said it has been selected by Canada-based payout platform Trolley to enable an expansion of Trolley’s international capabilities, including real-time payments to more …
