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Without trust, clicks leak away
Visa, Mastercard and Ant set a shared ID framework for agents
Under the Know Your Agent framework, an AI agent registered with one payment network will not have to start over with the others.
Read News 1 min readCoinbase x402: AI agents made 14 million payments in 30 days
Nearly all of them were in USDC. By late August the protocol had passed 205 million agent transactions and $53 million in volume.
Read News 1 min readRevolut builds a research unit around its own model, PRAGMA
Revolut announced Revolut Research on August 25. PRAGMA improved fraud recall by 64.7% over its own specialist models.
Read News 1 min readCiti, HSBC, Barclays adopt Ant's AI model for FX forecasts
Falcon TST 2.0 forecasts cash flow and FX exposure in cross-border payments. Ant claims over 90% accuracy.
Read News 1 min readFinance AI makers Moss and Rillet both become unicorns
Berlin-based Moss raised €30 million for finance agents, and Rillet, which builds an AI-native ERP, closed a $100 million round.
Read News 1 min readVisa, Mastercard join 26-member alliance on agent payments
Rain's alliance, launched on August 18, will set shared standards for how an agent proves who it acts for and how much it may spend.
Read News 1 min readVisa to buy behavioral biometrics firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion
As AI-powered scams and account takeovers rise, Visa is paying cash for the Tel Aviv company that reads user behavior, from typing rhythm to screen swipes.
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