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Visa Says New Tools to Protect Virtual Commercial Card Payments From Fraud

October 21, 2026
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Finsei Picks Thredd to Help Launch New Debit Offering
Partnerships // October 20, 2026

London-based payments firm Finsei has picked issuer processing platform Thredd to power its new Mastercard debit offering. “The partnership reflects a shared focus on simplifying an increasingly complex payments environment,” Thredd said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) news release. “Businesses operating across markets often rely on multiple providers to manage accounts, payments,...

B2B Payments Already Have the Controls AI Agents Need
B2B Payments // October 08, 2026

Watch more: How Payments Turn AI Into Action Every swipe, ACH transfer or virtual card transaction carries clues about who is spending, where money is moving, what is being bought and whether something looks wrong. Those clues have remained relatively untapped, and not for lack of...

BankPro Taps Thredd to Power Physical and Virtual Cards
Partnerships // September 29, 2026

BankPro is teaming with Thredd to power its physical and virtual debit and credit card programs. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Sept. 29), involves BankPro tapping into Thredd’s platform to enhance BankPro’s payment infrastructure and provide payment solutions to the Bahamas-based private bank’s international high-net-worth customers. “This isn’t just about issuing...

Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments
B2B Payments // September 25, 2026

Corporate cards provided a scalable answer to the question of who is allowed to spend company money. Virtual cards are taking that answer even further, to the question of “what” is allowed to direct enterprise spend. HSBC expanded its virtual card program across Asia Pacific on...

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B2B Payments Already Have the Controls AI Agents Need

October 08, 2026
Watch more: How Payments Turn AI Into Action Every swipe, ACH transfer or virtual card transaction carries clues about who is spending, where money is moving, what is being bought and whether something looks wrong. Those clues have remained relatively untapped, and not for lack of enterprise effort. “The core problem is work happens in one […]

Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments

September 25, 2026
Corporate cards provided a scalable answer to the question of who is allowed to spend company money. Virtual cards are taking that answer even further, to the question of “what”...

Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break

July 24, 2026
For the past 25 years, card-not-present payments have been built around a defensive premise: Prove the buyer is human, authorized and in control of the transaction. Fraud systems, merchant controls...

400% Growth Gap: How Top Middle Market Companies Use Virtual Cards Differently

July 24, 2026
Virtual cards are gaining a second job inside corporate finance departments. Beyond helping companies pay suppliers, the cards can give CFOs more control over timing, visibility and short-term funding. New...

Quick Reads
Visa Says New Tools to Protect Virtual Commercial Card Payments From Fraud

October 21, 2026
Visa has introduced new capabilities designed to keep commercial virtual card payments safer. Visa Commercial Fraud Solutions are part of a series of new capabilities designed to bring “trust and control” to business payments, Visa said in a Wednesday (Oct. 21) news release. “Businesses are moving quickly to automate the work around payments, from identifying supplier opportunities […]

Finsei Picks Thredd to Help Launch New Debit Offering

October 20, 2026
London-based payments firm Finsei has picked issuer processing platform Thredd to power its new Mastercard debit offering. “The partnership reflects a shared focus on simplifying an increasingly complex payments environment,” Thredd said in a Tuesday (Oct....

BankPro Taps Thredd to Power Physical and Virtual Cards

September 29, 2026
BankPro is teaming with Thredd to power its physical and virtual debit and credit card programs. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Sept. 29), involves BankPro tapping into Thredd’s platform to enhance BankPro’s payment infrastructure and provide...

Thredd Powers iPayLinks Cross-Border Virtual Debit Program

September 15, 2026
Issuer processor firm Thredd has launched a partnership with cross-border payment/capital settlement platform iPayLinks. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Sept. 15), will see Thredd power China-based iPayLinks’ new Mastercard virtual commercial debit card program. “iPayLinks has...