Visa stories
Small merchants can now sell across websites, social media and messaging apps from one dashboard as online discovery shifts to AI and social channels.
Merchant prices are being pushed higher as friendly fraud and chargeback costs intensify, with more than 83% reporting rises over three years.
Token holders can now spend $RAVE at selected merchants and events, as RaveDAO pushes the asset beyond trading into real-world use.
Higher energy costs are squeezing household budgets, but digital commerce and brisk business investment are helping keep growth steady at 2.4% in 2026.
Visa is pouring billions into AI defences as regulators demand safer, auditable systems to counter faster cyber threats and fraud.
Faster onboarding and fewer outages are the aim as Thredd links its Asia Pacific issuing infrastructure to VisaNet through a Singapore cloud hub.
Back-office automation for digital asset firms gets a boost as MoonPay adds software that speeds reconciliations, reporting and audits.
AI is shaping Asia Pacific trip planning, with 49% of travellers using tools to find destinations as they favour familiar places and flexible itineraries.
Millions of UK and European shoppers can now skip manual card entry online, as Revolut rolls out Visa's Click to Pay at checkout.
Dutch shoppers will gain around-the-clock settlement as iDEAL is shifted onto instant SEPA rails and linked with Wero across Europe.
The payments firm's diversity work has put it in contention alongside two senior leaders as the awards spotlight women in technology workplaces.
Multiple European banks have backed a live AI-led purchase on Visa's network, pointing to how merchants may complete checkout without a separate flow.
The retailer will cut reconciliation work and gain a single view of sales as it unifies online and in-store transactions across 11 Malaysian outlets.
Families in Singapore can now give children controlled access to overseas spending, with limits, monitoring and no foreign transaction fees.
Retailers are under pressure to curb networked payment fraud without harming checkout conversion, a challenge Ecommpay's award-winning tool targets.
Small firms taking card payments by phone face fraud, chargeback and compliance risks that Gamma says have been overlooked.
Failed checkouts and currency confusion remain a drag on online sales, making Ecommpay's shortlist a nod to tools that can lift conversion.
Enterprise merchants can now connect once to multiple AI shopping platforms, as Adyen's limited US rollout aims to cut repeated integration work.
Poor provider support is costing firms revenue and slowing overseas expansion as embedded finance adoption gathers pace across Europe.
The partnership gives the pensions technology firm access to AI tools and Azure credits as it targets stronger links with retirees.
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