Ant International, Visa, and Mastercard plan a new standard for payments made via AI agents, citing McKinsey's projection of $3T to $5T in commerce by 2030 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/ant-international-visa-masterca…
#VISA #MasterCard
One potential side effect of limiting processing fees would be merchants being able to deny using some high cost cards.
"The 'honor all cards' provision, which requires merchants to accept all Visa and Mastercard versions, would be discontinued. Merchants may choose to decline to accept higher-cost rewards cards and other premium consumer and commercial credit cards."
Oligarchies suck
https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/what-the-38-billion-visa-mastercard-swipe-fee-settlement-means-for-credit-card-users-164015738.html
Blockchain wordt consequent aangeduid als hype en gebakken lucht, dat is/was het ook voor een deel, tegelijk bestaan cryptocurrencies nog en heeft de rijkste Nederlander zijn geld ermee verdiend.
'Mysterieuze cryptomiljardair blijkt rijkste Nederlander ooit – maar heeft bij Tether niets meer te zeggen'
I don't know why coffee juice is not available in the United States.
Fresh coffee beans are absolutely delicious.
(Very much ripe grape-ish character... EXTREMELY SWEET).
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cdarwin/11707173…
Sources including French public officials detail how Mistral's rise over the past three years owes much to the privileged relationship it built with Macron (Océane Herrero/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/mistral-ai-arthur-mensch-emm…
@… As Zappa put it, "Look here brother, who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris" https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/science/mys
One God, No Masters - Rabbi Lev Taylor https://simlev.blog/2026/08/06/one-god-no-masters/