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.

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 […]

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 […]