Visa is introducing new tools to enhance payment experiences, including “payment passkeys” for biometric authentication, aiming to reduce checkout times to 20 seconds. The company is also implementing flexible credentials for smoother cross-border transactions and launching A2A Protect, powered by AI, to mitigate fraud in real-time payments by analyzing transaction patterns and risk levels.
One bitcoin bull cuts forecast by half as “cold breeze” blows
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