Visa Gains Approval to Establish Clearing Operations in China
Visa has secured regulatory approval from the People's Bank of China to establish a domestic bank card clearing institution.

Visa has secured regulatory approval from the People's Bank of China to establish a domestic bank card clearing institution.

A Visa study reveals that 46% of Asia-Pacific consumers plan to use stablecoins within five years, though 41% of users hold misconceptions about their value stability.

Gate is partnering with Visa to launch a crypto-linked card across more than 40 markets, enabling users to spend digital assets at over 175 million merchant locations worldwide.

The Trump administration has barred Microsoft, Adobe, and six other major IT firms from a program facilitating permanent residency for foreign workers due to fraud allegations.

Tangem has introduced its first physical Visa card for payments, with an initial batch of 5 000 units, as the company navigates complex global regulatory and banking requirements.

Merchants are integrating AI shopping agents into existing payment and fraud infrastructure, relying on tokenization and identity protocols to manage new transaction patterns.

The Visa Foundation has committed $2 million in grants to support U.S. entrepreneurial organizations helping small businesses grow and adopt new technologies.

Visa has open-sourced its VVAH cybersecurity framework after AI-driven stress tests uncovered over 10,000 critical vulnerabilities in its global payment network.

Weekly spending via stablecoin-linked cards hit a record $189 million in mid-September, as monthly transaction volumes consistently exceed $1 billion throughout 2026.

The Federal Reserve's recent rate hike to a 3.75%–4.00% range has created a favorable environment for Visa and Wells Fargo, according to market analysts.

Moov has introduced a P2P payment service in collaboration with Visa and Mastercard, enabling fund transfers directly to debit card-linked accounts without requiring shared applications.

Waymo is offering a $2.85 credit to riders who combine robotaxi trips with public transit using a linked Visa card.

Waymo has partnered with Visa to offer a $2.85 credit for robotaxi trips that connect with public transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Only 11% of SMBs are currently prepared for AI-driven commerce, yet most merchants expect AI agents to account for a significant portion of digital sales within two years.

Visa is closing a payment loophole that allowed users to earn credit card rewards on meme coin purchases by misclassifying them as digital media transactions.

Visa is closing a loophole that allowed users to earn credit card rewards on memecoin purchases by misclassifying transactions as digital goods.

Visa Direct and MassPay have partnered to streamline cross-border payments for SMBs by integrating payout infrastructure for bank accounts, cards, and digital wallets.

MoneyGram is rolling out a Visa-branded stablecoin debit card, starting in Colombia, to compete with Western Union in the blockchain-based remittance market.

MoneyGram has introduced a stablecoin-backed Visa card in Colombia, enabling users to spend USDC at 100 million merchant locations worldwide.

Visa, Mastercard, and Ant International are developing a unified standard to identify and verify AI agents that perform transactions on behalf of consumers.
