August 23, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Why AI will select AI “The sheer number of AI agents is already unmanageable at enterprise scale. Gartner predicted that the average Fortune 500 company will go from less than 15 AI agents in 2025 to more than 150,000 in 2028, while only 13% of… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, bitfinex, CryptEscrow, DonaFi, hype, jp morgan, nansen, ngrave, polymarket, sec, Sedai, the clarity act, trace finance, Transform Ventures

August 23, 2026 @ 5:36 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Chinese fintech firm Lianlian DigiTech is expanding into AI-powered agentic payments as its global payments business recorded double-digit growth in the first half of 2026, according to its latest Hong Kong stock exchange filing. The digital payments company said it is developing an Agent Wallet… Read More

 Tagged china, Lianlian Digitech, payments, wallet

August 23, 2026 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has introduced support for Cash App Pay, enabling eligible customers in the United States to fund purchases of digital assets directly from their Cash App account balances. The company positions itself as the sole platform currently providing this payment option specifically for buying cryptocurrencies… Read More

 Tagged cash app, moonpay, payments

August 22, 2026 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) is introducing contactless payments across its US stores and Sam’s Club locations, ending years as one of the last major retailers without broad support for the technology.The retailer announced on August 21, 2026, that Tap to Pay will begin appearing at selected Walmart… Read More

 Tagged payments, walmart

August 21, 2026 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantitative trading firm Hudson River Trading (HRT) has entered a multi-year agreement with CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) to access specialized artificial intelligence computing resources. The arrangement, described as multi-billion-dollar in scale, will support the development of next-generation trading research and machine learning models. It builds on… Read More

 Tagged coreweave, hudson river trading, nvidia

August 21, 2026 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK Finance has published a report on payments which shares trends in digital and cash payments in the country. According to their research, debit cards remained the most‑used payment method and card payments accounted for 64 percent of all payments. Today, the UK has over… Read More

 Tagged Nayax, payments, uk finance, wallets

August 21, 2026 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has completed the issuance of $200 million in three-year floating-rate digitally native notes, becoming the Global Systemically Important Bank and a UK-based issuer that has now placed such instruments on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure. The notes, created natively on distributed… Read More

 Tagged euroclear, rwas, standard chartered, tokenization

August 21, 2026 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

X, owned by Elon Musk, is reportedly examining the use of stablecoins as a method for distributing payments to digital content creators and influencers. According to individuals familiar with the matter, the platform is engaged in discussions about leveraging digital assets pegged to traditional currencies,… Read More

 Tagged elon musk, payments, stablecoins, x

August 21, 2026 @ 6:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eskimo, a provider of travel connectivity solutions, has launched support for stablecoin transactions on its platform by teaming up with payment specialist Triple-A. This development allows customers to complete purchases of global eSIM data plans using stablecoins directly at checkout, expanding the range of payment… Read More

 Tagged eskimo, mena, payments, stablecoins, triple-a

August 21, 2026 @ 5:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, known as BNI, revealed a new strategic collaboration centered on data and analytics. The agreement aims to bolster BNI’s efforts in serving clients, managing data responsibly, and advancing its digital initiatives. Through this… Read More

 Tagged data, london stock exchange group, lseg, uk, united kingdom