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Huaxi Securities: AI Drives Dual Acceleration in Cross-Border Payments—Rules and Technology
AI agents are reshaping cross-border payments, pushing both regulatory frameworks and technical infrastructure forward, according to Huaxi Securities' latest computer industry weekly.
SWIFT Doesn't Touch Money: How a Non-Settling Company Sat at the Center of Cross-Border Payments for 50 Years
It holds no funds, bears no credit risk, and competes with no customer. The six things it got right are now replaying in agentic payments.
XRP Ledger Agentic Transactions Hit All-Time High as AI Payments Surpass 3.99 Million
On-chain activity driven by AI agents reaches record levels, signaling a shift toward automated, machine-initiated payments on XRP Ledger.
Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Startup Diameter Pay Raises $10M
The funding will support KYC/KYA processes, sanctions screening, and on-chain taint detection for AI-agent-driven machine-to-machine payments.
Bottomline Partners with Chainlink to Connect 600 Banks to Blockchain Settlement
The Swift service provider teams up with Chainlink to offer blockchain-based cross-border settlement to its banking clients, marking one of the largest attempts to bridge the Swift messaging network with public and private blockchains.
Solana Leads x402 AI Agent Payment Activity, Tops On-Chain Settlement Volume
Solana is outpacing other blockchains in AI agent payment activity via the x402 protocol, driven by low fees and high throughput, according to the latest data from Pluang.
Only 23% of Merchants Can Identify AI Agent-Driven Purchases, Attribution Becomes New Competitive Battleground
A new report finds most merchants see AI agents reshaping shopping, yet few can track their impact on sales—creating an early advantage for those that crack attribution.
EMVCo Proposes Intent Layer for Agentic Card Payments
The global payments standards body unveils a draft framework to standardize how AI agents authorize card transactions, ensuring they operate within consumer-set limits.
Goldman Sachs, BofA Among 21 Banks Planning Joint Dollar Stablecoin
A consortium of 21 banks, including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, is reportedly developing a dollar-pegged stablecoin for institutional payments and cross-border settlements, aiming to challenge incumbents like USDC and USDT.
AWS Brings x402 Agent Payments to the Edge
AWS extends x402-based agent payments to edge computing, enabling AI agents to autonomously handle machine-to-machine payments in scenarios like IoT and CDNs, settled in stablecoins such as USDC.
Jan Curn: x402 Not Ready for Prime Time—Double-Spend and Protocol Wars Threaten Crypto Payments' Window of Opportunity
Payment protocol expert Jan Curn warns that x402, the HTTP 402-based machine payment protocol, is unfit for agentic payments due to double-spend risks and settlement finality gaps, urging the industry to fix these issues before the AI agent boom passes crypto by.
Someone poisoned your wallet: how a $0 transfer steals your next payment
Address poisoning feeds on one habit — copying a payee address out of your transaction history. Humans hesitate; agents don't. And one thing we insist on: the poisoned party is a victim, and shouldn't be penalized for it.