Daily brief

September 9, 2026

5 stories curated for this day.

Visa and Revolut have completed (live) the first passkey-authenticated agentic card payment in France, jointly carrying out the transaction as a demonstrated capability rather than a announced future plan. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
Kraken has launched Smart Grid, a fully configurable grid trading tool that automates range-bound trading strategies, now live on Kraken Desktop. Sources: kraken (opens in a new tab)
Circle has introduced Gateway Fast Deposit, now live within its Unified Balance Kit, letting users fund their unified USDC balance up to 40x faster across eligible CCTP Fast Transfer routes. Sources: circle (opens in a new tab)
Funding Circle has formally announced that CEO Lisa Jacobs intends to step down by no later than September 2027, a decided future departure announced ahead of its effective date. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
PayPal is working with MoonPay and M0 on an infrastructure platform that lets developers build application-specific stablecoins backed by its PYUSD stablecoin; the collaboration is live and the developer platform is presented as currently available for building such tokens. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)