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Linux Foundation Takes Over x402 as Industry Forms New Open Payments Body

The move puts a vendor-neutral, open standard behind AI-to-AI micropayments built into the web’s basic HTTP flow.

AI Agents Enter Payments as Coinbase’s x402 Scales and Mastercard–Google Launch Verifiable Intent

Banco do Brasil Launches Cross-Border PIX Payments in Argentina

Hana Card Launches USDC Tourist Payments Pilot With 5% Cashback via Crypto.com

Visa-Backed World Cup 2026 Promotions Go Live in Mexico and Argentina

Sui Launches USDsui, a Native Stablecoin That Routes Reserve Yield to the Network

Spotify and PayPal Users Warned Over Parallel Phishing Waves Using Payment Lures and Phone Traps

Pakistan Reports 127 Million Digital Banking Users as PM Orders QR Codes on All Bills

Cake Wallet Adds Native Bitcoin Lightning With Self-Custody and Privacy Defaults

UPI Logs 20.39 Billion February Transactions, Up 27% Year on Year

India, Israel Sign Pact to Link UPI With Israel’s Payment System

PhonePe Launches Conversational Payments With Microsoft-Built AI Across India

Razorpay and NPCI Launch Agentic Payments Pilot on Anthropic’s Claude

Zashi Wallet Renames to Zodl After Developers Exit Electric Coin Company

UAE and Hyderabad Police Warn of Ramadan Donation Scams and Digital Fraud

Government Study Finds UPI Now Top Choice as Incentives Drove 11x Surge in Digital Payments

Bizum, Wero and Partners Sign Pact to Enable Instant Cross‑Border Mobile Payments Across Europe

UPI Sets New Monthly Record at 21.70 Billion Transactions in January

Blinkit Launches Rs 50 NCMC Bharat Yatra Card With 10-Minute Home Delivery

Bundesbank Says It Faces 5,000 Cyberattacks a Minute, Pushes Digital Euro for Resilience