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Mastercard Makes It Easier for Merchants to Sell With AI Shopping Agents
Mastercard is giving merchants a simpler way to connect their products and payments with AI shopping agents. Its new Agent Connect service will link merchants, AI agents, digital platforms and payment providers through a single integration.
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Mastercard is giving merchants a simpler way to connect their products and payments with AI shopping agents. Its new Agent Connect service will link merchants, AI agents, digital platforms and payment providers through a single integration.
Mastercard, Visa and Ant International Move to Make AI Agent Payments Safer
Mastercard, Visa and Ant International want to make payments safer when AI agents shop for consumers. The companies are exploring an interoperable Know-Your-Agent framework to help payment networks, digital wallets, agent platforms and marketplaces identify AI agents and who operates them.
Backbase Adds Mastercard’s AI Tools to Its Banking OS
Mastercard and Backbase are collaborating to bring Mastercard’s AI, data insights and ecosystem capabilities into the Backbase AI-native Banking Operating System, giving banks access to tools for personalisation, analytics, customer engagement and cyber resilience.
Visa Updates Singapore Security Roadmap as AI Payment Scams Rise
Visa has unveiled an updated security roadmap for Singapore’s payments sector as it responds to a shift towards authorised payment scams, where fraudsters use AI and social engineering to manipulate consumer behaviour.
Gemini Secures MAS Licence for Crypto, Cross-Border Payments
Crypto exchange Gemini has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. According to the MAS Financial Institutions Directory, the licence covers cross-border money transfer and digital payment token services.
Finmo Opens New Singapore HQ as Monthly Transactions Top US$1 Billion
Finmo has opened a new global headquarters in Singapore as its monthly transaction volume surpasses US$1 billion. The Singapore-founded fintech plans to grow its local team and invest further in artificial intelligence (AI) and treasury intelligence from the Suntec City office.
Singapore's AI Lead Is Real — But the Security Gap Is Widening
Singapore has moved past AI experimentation into full-scale deployment, with 21 percent of organisations at advanced maturity — nearly double the global average. But a new report warns that this speed has outpaced security controls, leaving enterprises exposed to data leaks, AI-driven phishing, and overprivileged cloud identities.
AI can now help make entire films. What does that mean for Singapore’s film i...
As Singapore creators experiment with AI in filmmaking, questions are emerging over what it could mean for human creativity, jobs and authorship. Every AI development in Singapore adds another data point to the city-state's transformation into a Smart Nation powered by artificial intelligence.
Active Use of AI Across Finance Functions More than Double in 2 Years
Between 2024 and 2026, the active use of artificial intelligence (AI) across finance functions more than doubled, a rapid adoption that’s already yielding significant gains and improvements for organizations, according to a new study by KPMG.