Visa Acquires BioCatch as AI Reshapes Payment Fraud
Visa’s $2.4 billion acquisition of fintech BioCatch signals a major shift in the fight against payment fraud. As AI makes scams more sophisticated and harder to detect, behavioral biometrics are emerging as one of the financial industry’s most important tools for distinguishing legitimate customers from fraudsters. Biometrics are increasingly being used to enhance identity verification […]
Circle Assembles Impressive Backing for Arc Blockchain
Circle has unveiled a blockchain purpose-built for the industry—and for the agentic environment on the horizon. The digital asset firm’s Arc blockchain is due to launch in September launch and has already attracted substantial support from leading payments organizations. These backers include Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, MoneyGram, Standard Chartered, and New York Stock Exchange parent company […]
The Rise of Programmatic Payments and the New Compliance Challenge
A payment used to begin with a person making a decision: swiping a card, approving a transfer, or authorizing a purchase. Increasingly, that decision is being embedded into software. As programmatic payments become more common—and as agentic AI expands their reach—financial institutions must adapt to a landscape where transactions may be initiated by systems acting […]