Daily brief

October 28, 2026

3 stories curated for this day.

European fintech Zen.com has enabled Pay by Bank experiences through Mastercard Open Finance, now supporting merchant payment acceptance and digital wallet top-ups across nine European markets. The rollout spans Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Lithuania. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
MoneyGram has selected AiPrise to support compliance and fraud prevention operations across its global payments network, AiPrise announced. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
Circle and identity infrastructure firm Proof unveiled a collaboration at Money20/20 in Las Vegas, demonstrating a single agent-initiated transaction that combines verified legal identity with stablecoin payments. Proof's x401 protocol, published in June 2026 and moved into production the week before the demo, addresses merchants' lack of a reliable way to know who authorised an AI-agent purchase. Sources: thefintechtimes (opens in a new tab)