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Mastercard Pushes Agentic Commerce Live… and Australia Goes First

Mastercard Pushes Agentic Commerce Live… and Australia Goes First

Hey Payments Fanatic! Mastercard just completed Australia’s first fully authenticated agentic transactions on its network. The transactions ran through Mastercard’s Agent Pay framework, with issuers, acquirers, and merchants all able to see that an agent initiated the payment, with cardholder consent. A Commonwealth Bank debit card was used

Nuvei Teams Up with WEX… and Tightens the Travel Payments Loop

Nuvei Teams Up with WEX… and Tightens the Travel Payments Loop

Hey Payments Fanatic! Nuvei just partnered with WEX to expand virtual card payments across the global travel industry. This one is about cash flow. Travel merchants can now fund supplier payments directly from incoming settlements, cutting reliance on credit lines at a time when liquidity really matters. Virtual cards bring

UPI Heads to Japan… and India’s Payment Rails Go Global Again

UPI Heads to Japan… and India’s Payment Rails Go Global Again

Hey Payments Fanatic! India’s UPI is preparing to debut in Japan, marking another step in the global rollout of the country’s flagship payment network. A partnership between NTT Data and the National Payments Corporation of India will kick off a trial in fiscal 2026. The first use case

Juspay Raises $50M… and Quietly Joins India’s Unicorn Club

Juspay Raises $50M… and Quietly Joins India’s Unicorn Club

Hey Payments Fanatic! Juspay just raised $50M from WestBridge in a Series D follow-on round. That pushes the company’s valuation to $1.2B, officially putting Juspay into unicorn territory. A big step for one of India’s most infrastructure-heavy payments players. What I find notable is the

Gr4vy Teams Up with Ecommpay… to Route Every Payment the Smart Way

Gr4vy Teams Up with Ecommpay… to Route Every Payment the Smart Way

Hey Payments Fanatic! Gr4vy just partnered with Ecommpay to give merchants instant access to 100+ local and international payment methods. Through one integration, merchants get access to cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and key local APMs like iDEAL, BLIK, Bancontact, Trustly, and P24, with each transaction routed to the best

Mastercard Sets the Rules for Agentic Commerce… Before Things Break

Mastercard Sets the Rules for Agentic Commerce… Before Things Break

Hey Payments Fanatic! Mastercard is moving fast to define how agentic commerce should actually work. The company just joined Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol and is pushing to bring Agent Pay into Microsoft Copilot Checkout. Same message everywhere: speed without trust doesn’t scale. This is about rules: clear intent,

Pomelo Raises $55M… and Pushes Deeper Into LatAm Payments

Pomelo Raises $55M… and Pushes Deeper Into LatAm Payments

Hey Payments Fanatic! Pomelo just raised $55M in a Series C to scale across Latin America and beyond. Kaszek and Insight Partners co-led the round. A strong signal of long-term belief in the region. Mexico and Brazil are the priority. Scale matters there. Regulation too. Pomelo is also