AMEX unveils Intelligence Framework
The Intelligence Framework is AMEX’s recommended approach to capturing and authenticating a customer’s purchase intent before an AI agent completes a transaction. The framework then preserves that intent as a control throughout the transaction lifecycle.
American Express aims to help advance a common industry approach for intent in agentic commerce. The customer’s authorized purchase intent is available to the issuer earlier in the transaction lifecycle — before an agent executes a purchase. This enables the customer’s intent to serve as a control throughout the transaction.
Visa Direct Stablecoins begin commercial deployment
Visa Direct stablecoin capabilities advance from pilot stage to commercial deployment. Inyo Global, a Visa Direct processor, is the first enabler of this new offering, powering it for eligible Visa Direct clients and partners.
Mastercard, BVNK unveil Global Money Platform
The modular infrastructure layer lets businesses embed multi-currency accounts holding fiat and stablecoins side by side. It links with Mastercard Move for local-currency payouts and lets users spend stablecoin balances across Mastercard’s merchant network. Nuvei and Marqeta have integrated.
Marqeta, Coinbase to bring stablecoin-backed cards to crypto, non-crypto firms
Using Coinbase’s crypto infrastructure, Marqeta will enable businesses to offer a payment card solution that allows users to tap into the benefits of stablecoins by turning their stablecoin balances into everyday card spend.
Glance, PayPal announce agentic commerce integration
Glance is an AI-powered personal shopping platform backed by InMobi. The PayPal deal brings real-time product data and native checkout directly to Glance for tens of millions of consumers in the United States. Consumers can discover and visualize products, build a cart, and complete their purchase by leveraging PayPal without leaving the experience.
Cross River Bank, Ripple to integrate RLUSD into operating system
RLUSD, Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, will be connected to Cross River’s proprietary Core Operating System (COS), with support for transactions on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a public blockchain.
Financial Fitness Passport seeks improved financial wellness
Financial Fitness Passport is designed to help everyday Americans better understand, measure and improve their financial health. It evaluates a user’s financial health across seven key areas and generates a personalized Financial Fitness Score, giving users a more comprehensive view of their overall financial well-being. It then helps users identify areas that may require attention and provides actionable guidance designed to help them make progress over time.
It includes Penny, an AI-powered financial coach that allows users to ask questions and receive guidance as they work toward their financial goals.
Maxio adds 7 agents
The billing and financial reporting platform for B2B SaaS and AI companies this week unveiled seven specialist agents that work from the contracts, invoices, payments, usage, and revenue data already in Maxio, find the work that needs doing, and prepare it for approval.
Extend adds AI agents
The firm brings spend and expense management to business cards. Its AI Receipt Agent automates matching receipts to card transactions while keeping finance teams in control of every decision
SBS, NVIDIA launch sovereign AI platform
The SBS AI Foundation, powered by NVIDIA, lets banks deploy AI without data ever leaving their own environment, whether on a private cloud, a managed cloud or fully on-premises. The platform is already live in production with a long-time SBS client in the UK, Scottish Building Society, on Amazon Web Services and is now available to hundreds of financial institutions SBS serves across the world.
Crypto payment network Mesh launches Link Chat
Users can initiate financial actions through natural-language requests.
Episode 6 debuts Verified Backing technology
The technology provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure said Verified Backing from the E6 Token Control Ledger checks the backing and status of a bank’s own tokenized deposits and stablecoins issued through the E6 Token Control Ledger, in real time, when they’re created and again when they’re redeemed.
Matera Workspace targets stablecoin issuance
Matera Workspace is an extensible application platform that allows banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, crypto and other digital assets side by side with fiat – without replacing their core banking system. It includes Digital Twin, Matera’s real-time ledger
Validfi unveils Compass, an account validation and identity verification layer
The decision intelligence layer connects account validation with relevant identity, ownership, fraud, relationship, and payment-risk signals. Delivered through one API and customized to the customer’s use case, Compass from ValidiFI helps organizations better understand the risk behind an account or payment and determine the appropriate next step.
Powerpay targets Canadian SMB owners
Powerpay unveiled a new platform designed to simplify how Canadian small and mid-sized businesses manage and pay their people. It’s part of Dayforce Canada.
