Investors seem jittery about President Trump’s support of a measure that would require a lower-cost alternative for credit-card routing.

The next wave of payments innovation uses tech to put people first, making money movement more secure, smarter and more personal. NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / January 13, 2026 /Originally published by Mastercard By Vicki Hyman,

S&P 500 banking index fell ‌about 1 per cent. Other big banks, due to report their quarterly numbers later this week, are widely expected to post stronger results, helped by a pickup in dealmaking. U.

A proposed legal settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants could soon change how some shoppers pay at checkout.

Meanwhile, the company continues to send a lot of cash back to shareholders. In fiscal 2025, Visa returned $22.8 billion through share repurchases and dividends. The bulk of this capital return was in the form of share repurchases during fiscal 2025. Visa repurchased $18.2 billion worth of its own stock.

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“If those agents are ultimately going to do autonomous buying, consumers have to trust them,” Klenoff says. “That means standards, governance and layers of security.” Mastercard is already working on what it describes as agentic pay – systems that allow AI agents to transact securely on a consumer’s behalf.

Mastercard has announced a collaboration with Google on its Universal Commerce Protocol to boost secure, intuitive & flexible agentic commerce experiences