Ant International has launched an open-source payment protocol backed by major wallets, acquirers, Visa and Mastercard as rising demand for AI shopping agents collides with consumer fears over autonomous spending. Software agents are moving beyond chat-like assistance and towards a…
Consent-based access to bank and investment data is helping lenders assess new-to-credit borrowers and reach smaller cities, while planned interoperability could simplify the system further. India’s Account Aggregator system is emerging as a potential bridge between formal lenders and borrowers…
A controlled technical trial showed AI agents locating digital services, making sub-$2 micropayments and settling transactions automatically using tokenised bank deposits. HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies have completed a technical verification test that explored whether artificial intelligence agents could discover…
Early deployments are shifting agentic payments from an AI concept towards tightly controlled workflows, with banks and fintechs developing permissions, verification and audit trails to keep humans in charge. Agentic payments are beginning to move from concept to practical use,…
India’s Enforcement Directorate says a network behind All Panel Exchange and MGM91 used shell companies, mule accounts, inflated trade invoices and cryptocurrency to move alleged betting proceeds offshore. India’s Enforcement Directorate has widened its money-laundering probe into online betting by…
CareEdge Global Ratings has ranked India’s digital public infrastructure among the world’s 10 most effective reform stories, citing its scale, interoperability and impact on financial inclusion. India’s digital public infrastructure, anchored by Aadhaar and the Unified Payments Interface, has been…
India has expanded the activities covered by its money-laundering rules, forcing crypto exchanges, custodians and other virtual-asset providers to undertake wider ownership checks, monitoring and reporting. India has widened its anti-money-laundering net around cryptocurrency and other virtual digital assets, bringing…
Digital warehouse receipts are moving into live agricultural finance, but their value still depends on verified inventory, solvent custodians and enforceable legal rights. Tokenised warehouse receipts sit at the intersection of old commodity finance and newer digital infrastructure. The basic…
AI assistants and 24/7 support claims are reshaping payment gateway help, but merchants still need to examine human access, escalation rules and whether problems are actually resolved. For merchants, payment gateway support is no longer just a helpdesk feature. It…
Six years after Stripe’s acquisition, Paystack is moving beyond online checkout through banking, consumer finance and acquisitions as it seeks the deposits and interest income that payments alone cannot provide. Six years after Stripe bought Paystack in a deal valued…
Merchants are using real-time routing across acquirers and payment providers to lift approval rates, reduce avoidable failures and control processing costs. Dynamic routing has become one of the quiet fixes behind smoother online payments, especially in markets where card and…
As transactions accelerate and criminals adopt deepfakes and AI, banks and payment firms are turning to behavioural analytics and automated monitoring to identify fraud before payments are completed. Visa’s ethics and compliance chief for Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Central Asia…
