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Stripe-backed crypto startup Tempo releases AI payments protocol, launches blockchain

Tempo, incubated by Stripe and the venture firm Paradigm, raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation in 2025.

Fortune · Mar 18

Squarespace unveils Balance platform to make running an SMB 'easier, more efficient, and more cost-effective'

Squarespace has launched a new bank-like tool to give SMBs access to interest-like payments and Visa spending cards.

TechRadar · Mar 17

LuckyMate Online Casino: what actually waits for Aussie players

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inkl · Mar 16

Digital euro: The EU’s tool for payment sovereignty?

Six in ten European transactions flow through American infrastructure, such as Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Brussels wants to change that with the digital euro, its most ambitious plan.

Euronews · Mar 5

Why Europe needs a payment system independent of Mastercard and Visa

Europe spends trillions of euros every year on card payments, yet almost none of them run through a European system. Now the EU wants to change that, but can it? Watch the video.

Euronews · Mar 4

Morgan Stanley Says These Could Be 2 of the Best Agentic AI Stocks to Buy Now

The premiere financial services firm expects these two payment giants to get a big boost from AI. But both are reportedly facing a big threat.

Barchart · Mar 3

Visa to expand card partnership with Stripe’s Bridge to over 100 countries

The two firms previously launched stablecoin-backed cards for 18 countries in April.

Fortune · Mar 3

How close is the EU to break free from Visa and Mastercard's grip?

Europe needs to roll up its sleeves, or it risks losing its last bit of independence to US-controlled payment schemes. As the first EU instant payment system, WERO aims to become Europe’s ticket to payment autonomy.

Euronews · Mar 3

Can Europe break free of Visa and Mastercard? MEPs stall digital euro

MEPs are struggling to agree a position on the ECB-backed digital euro as Berlin pushes for progress and critics warn the file is being stripped back.

Euronews · Feb 27

‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets

Shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express fall on back of apocalypse scenario posted on Substack

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24