Real-time Payments

November, 2026

• 11 November

  Consumers Are Starting to Embrace Crypto Spending, Research Indicates

  

  How close are consumers to everyday use of cryptocurrency, particularly as the holidays loom? Much depends on merchant acceptance and consumer sentiment, but on the consumer side of the equation, 34% of U.S. consumers are more likely than not to use crypto for holiday shopping, according to survey results released …
• 9 November

  Payments Canada Launches Its Real Time Rail

  

  Payments Canada announced early Monday the launch of the nation’s real-time payments network, called Real Time Rail. The system allows financial institutions and payment service providers to exchange, clear, and settle payments in real time 24 hours a day every day, the network says. Bank of America, Digital Commerce Bank, …
• 4 November

  Circle Looks to Multiple Fronts for Stablecoin Expansion

  

  Circle Internet Group Inc. early Wednesday offered indications that digital money—specifically, stablecoins—is now moving steadily into mainstream finance. With partner companies, “we’re building the financial and economic infrastructure for the Internet, and upgrading the system for a world where people, businesses, and AI agents all transact onchain,” noted cofounder and …

October, 2026

• 28 October

  Visa Posts a Robust Final Quarter to Fiscal 2026

  

  Visa Inc. late Tuesday reported a strong September quarter featuring a 13% year-over-year  rise in revenue to $12.1 billion, generating GAAP net income of $6 billion. The financial momentum stemmed from a 9.5% increase in payments volume, to $4.08 trillion in constant dollars. For the full fiscal year ending Sept. …
• 26 October

  The Faster Payments Council Issues a Guide on Messaging

  

  The U.S. Faster Payments Council on Friday released guidelines for messages that financial institutions use in association with real-time payments or other transfers processed within a matter of hours or minutes. Such messaging can cover matters related to payment requests, return of money, payment status reports, and exchange of other …
• 20 October

  PAX Edge Released and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/20/26

  

  PAX Technology Inc. said it will work with engineering firm Omni Integration Inc. to launch PAX Edge, payment software designed to work with a range of gateway and backend environments, though not tied to a single processor. Cognizant announced it has a five-year agreement to install artificial intelligence technology for point-of-sale terminal …
• 19 October

  Fiserv Makes its Commerce Hub Available Globally

  

  Fiserv Inc. is bringing global availability to its Commerce Hub, which allows enterprise-size merchants to manage payments via a single link to Fiserv, the processor says. First offered in beta testing in 2022, Commerce Hub offers users a single integration for onboarding, APIs, reporting, and operational controls for Fiserv merchant services. …
• 16 October

  Marqeta Works With Coinbase on Cards Backed by Stablecoins

  
• 16 October

  CDE Enlists Bodega AI in New Platform and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/16/26

  

  CDE Solutions, a provider of retail point-of-sale technology, said it has worked with Bodega AI to develop an AI-based point-of-sale platform for independent retailers. Self Labs has launched Agent Vault, a payment and log-in layer requiring AI agents to sign in to make purchases on behalf of human shoppers without seeing …
• 15 October

  Initiatives From Mastercard And Visa Bring Stablecoin Payments Closer to the Mainstream

  

  Two of the world’s largest payments networks early Thursday announced programs geared to bring stablecoins further into the mainstream of money movement. Visa Inc. said its Visa Direct faster-payments platform is launching a commercial service that will incorporate stablecoins. And Mastercard Inc., with its BVNK unit, launched Mastercard Global Money …