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Visa and Mastercard back new Agentic Payments Alliance

·Source: Finextra

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Executive Summary

Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly have joined the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), a coalition of organisations working together to help guide the development of AI commerce.

Analysis

Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly have joined the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), a coalition of organisations working together to help guide the development of AI commerce.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Finextra on Aug 18, 2026.

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