Real-time Payments

November, 2026

• 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 …
• 14 October

  Accertify Tallies Agentic Checkout  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/15/26

  

  Accertify Inc. released a post outlining the distinction between agentic shopping and agentic checkout, concluding that agentic checkout, when an AI completes a purchase on its own, is less than 1% of transactions measured in basis points per Accertify data. Independent sales organization Deposyt expanded its partner program to three …
• 13 October

  Rain Launches a Wallet Strategy, And Thredd Looks to Stablecoin Card Settlement

  

  The stablecoin platform Rain announced early Tuesday it is offering non-custodial stablecoin wallets that stand behind Rain’s cards, making the cards usable at 175 million merchant locations around the world, the New York City-based company says. Founded five years ago, Rain became a Visa principal member in 2024, following up …