Visa Destinations Travel Platform Launched
Exclusive travel-related experiences through Visa Destinations have been incorporated into Visa’s recent refresh of three Visa Infinite card products on the market worldwide. Those cards are marketed to affluent consumers and high-end business travelers.
PayPal Receives $53-Billion Takeover Offer
Advent International has more payment card and fintech industry experience than any other private equity firm—18 deals since 2008 valued at more than $9 billion.
Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machine-to-Machine Payments
Last month, the company launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), an end-to-end orchestration service that supports use cases such as when AI agents build websites and design marketing campaigns and require the ability to accept micropayments.
Rain Rewards Program for Stablecoin Card Issuers
Blockchains are built to easily facilitate interoperable transaction flows, which makes them ideal for when multiple parties participate in the same transaction. No complicated integrations are required as is the case with co-branded airline cards that provide extra loyalty points to cardholders based on purchases made at select restaurant, rideshare company and other merchants that partner with the issuer.
Patents for Vehicle Data and Two-Way Payments
Aiden Auto provides an embedded software platform that securely facilitates sharing vehicle data with third parties. The platform interfaces directly with the vehicle. Other technology providers utilize telematics hardware and aftermarket dongles to accomplish data sharing. The company recently secured three patents that cover vehicle-based payments, in-vehicle consent and data sharing in the United States […]
OnePay Adds the Builder Card to Establish Credit Scores
OnePay is embedded in the Walmart ecosystem, including being prominently displayed on Walmart’s website. Walmart is the second largest US retailer and the second largest ecommerce provider in the US.
Top 30 Issuers of Mastercard and Visa Consumer Card Products in the US 2026
The largest US issuers of Mastercard and Visa consumer credit and consumer debit (and prepaid) card products are ranked in issue 1310 based on purchase volume in 2025. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1310. The Consumer Purchase Volume columns exclude spending for goods and services tied to small business, corporate, purchasing […]
Visa and Brale’s Stablecoin Proof of Concept on the Canton Network
The Canton Network provides transactionlevel privacy not found on other public blockchains, such as Ethereum, Solana, Cardano and Polygon, which are decentralized and open source. On the Canton Network, only parties that are part of the transaction can see its details. Multiple parties can transact using different private ledgers.
Real-Time Risk Intelligence Fights Synthetic Fraud
The ability to spot anomalies in information submitted in applications for new accounts is key to fighting synthetic identity fraud. Organizations need the ability to determine if identity data, such as name, date of birth, and social security number (SSN); connected signals, such as phone number, email address and digital footprint; and location data are […]
Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2025
When comparing worldwide spending for goods and services by product type, both Visa debit cards and Visa credit cards surpassed UnionPay debit cards for the first time in 15 years.