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Only 23% of U.S. consumers surveyed trusted generative AI to handle payments for them, underscoring the consent, identity and dispute controls needed before autonomous checkout scales.
Australian card networks will prohibit card-payment surcharges from October 1, leaving acquirers, PSPs, gateways and merchants less than a month to change systems and pricing.
Chime plans to buy longtime sponsor Stride Bank, bringing a national charter and bank oversight inside the fintech while aiming to remain below the $10 billion asset threshold.
Global standard setters say critical payment and market infrastructures face growing cyber and operational risk from concentrated technology providers, opaque supply chains and difficult exits.
The ECB confirmed preliminary work on a possible Pix-TIPS connection, but no launch decision, operating model or reciprocal service has been announced.
FedNow’s 2027 credits reach $80,000, but the largest incentives require send-volume targets, FedACH participation and controls that can trigger reversals.
Australia’s central bank and Treasury see no current public-interest case for a retail CBDC, even as their consultation exposes persistent concerns about scams, unauthorized payments, privacy and outage resilience.
Visa’s enhanced A2A Protect can score suspected scam payments before funds leave an account, but banks still control whether and how to intervene.
Singapore’s central bank is consulting on a stablecoin regime covering regulated labels, par redemption, foreign recognition and issuer wind-down planning.
A Bank of Italy field test found no systematic cost advantage for USDC remittances. Exchange pricing, funding methods and domestic payment rails determined the outcome.
Swift has deferred its November 2026 structured-address requirement after banks and payment infrastructures said they needed more time.
Visa tested a live international card transaction in Syria with Fransabank Lebanon and Paymera, while targeted U.S. sanctions continue to shape payment controls.