commercial payments

Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays

Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays
Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays
October 09, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payments are proving to be the strongest use case for stablecoins, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said Friday (Oct. 9), Bloomberg reported. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Miebach said...

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AI Agents Can Make Cross-Border Payments Faster, But Not Fix Why They Fail
AI Agents Can Make Cross-Border Payments Faster, But Not Fix Why They Fail
October 09, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Moving money across borders may be one of the last steps in an international payment. Getting the money ready to move can take considerably longer....

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Chase Adds Payroll to Larger Business Banking Offering
Chase Adds Payroll to Larger Business Banking Offering
October 07, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Chase is expanding its payroll service to help business clients dealing with cash flow pressures. The new offering, announced Wednesday (Oct. 7), brings Chase Payroll...

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The Fed and PYMNTS Intelligence Agree: Stablecoins Have a Demand Problem
The Fed and PYMNTS Intelligence Agree: Stablecoins Have a Demand Problem
October 06, 2026  |  Blockchain

Stablecoins have spent the past year and a half acquiring nearly everything an emerging payments technology is supposed to need to go mainstream. Clearer regulation,...

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Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
October 05, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments...

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The Alphabet Soup of Agentic Standards: A Vocab Playbook for Merchants and PSPs
The Alphabet Soup of Agentic Standards: A Vocab Playbook for Merchants and PSPs
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The biggest mistake merchants could make in agentic commerce may be waiting for one protocol to win. There probably won’t be one. The emerging infrastructure...

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Citi Rewires Global Payments Through Single Swift Connection
Citi Rewires Global Payments Through Single Swift Connection
September 29, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Citi now enables its bank clients to access multiple cross-border instant payment markets through a single account structure, the bank said in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release. This solution also...

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5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
September 29, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Money can move at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The systems needed to fund, convert, settle and account for that flow of funds may have another...

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