Curated payments intelligence
A filterable reading list of the regulatory, infrastructure, and market events worth tracking.
- September 18, 2025Real-Time
FedNow surpasses one million transactions per day
Daily volume on the Fed's instant rail crosses a symbolic threshold as enterprise use cases broaden.
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve - September 15, 2025CBDCs
ECB publishes preparation-phase update on the digital euro
The ECB advances offline functionality and tiered holding-limit designs.
Source: European Central Bank - September 10, 2025Tokenization
Visa expands network tokenization to additional CNP rails
Broader scheme coverage signals a step-change in card-not-present security.
Source: Visa - September 5, 2025Security
Mastercard unveils refreshed scam-prevention framework
A multi-issuer signal-sharing framework targets APP scam fraud.
Source: Mastercard - August 30, 2025Cross-Border
BIS Innovation Hub publishes Agora interim report
Wholesale cross-border CBDC project shows promising settlement results.
Source: BIS - August 22, 2025Policy
CFPB finalizes Section 1033 open banking rule
The U.S. moves to formalized consumer financial data rights.
Source: CFPB - August 15, 2025Real-Time
Pix adoption in Brazil tops 200 million users
Brazil's instant rail continues to reshape retail payment behavior.
Source: Banco Central do Brasil - August 8, 2025Policy
UK PSR proposes new APP-scam liability allocation
Liability shift formalizes shared responsibility between sending and receiving institutions.
Source: Payment Systems Regulator - August 1, 2025AI Commerce
Stripe extends agentic-commerce primitives to Connect
Scoped tokens for AI agents reach a wider developer audience.
Source: Stripe - July 25, 2025Tokenization
JPMorgan expands tokenized-deposit program to additional clients
Programmable bank deposits scale beyond pilot.
Source: JPMorgan