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This article provides an introduction to Visa and Mastercard as card networks, explaining their roles in facilitating transactions and their key responsibilities in the payment ecosystem.

A WIRED article reports on multiple tech security issues, including a research finding that expired Visa cards can be exploited for contactless payments through a man-in-the-middle app, along with other stories on AI surveillance, privacy breaches, and encryption debates.

Samsung announced the Galaxy Card, a credit card issued by Barclays on the Visa network, offering cash rewards with perks for Samsung device users, launching July 22.

Visa has integrated its payment network into ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to search and purchase products on behalf of users at any Visa-accepting merchant, replacing OpenAI's discontinued Instant Checkout with support for spending limits and manual approval.

Visa and OpenAI partner to enable AI agents to make purchases on users' behalf using tokenized Visa credentials, with user-controlled spending limits and fraud monitoring, backed by Microsoft, IBM, Anthropic, Samsung, and Stripe.

OpenAI and Visa announced a collaboration to integrate Visa's payment network into ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to automatically complete shopping and payments on behalf of users, marking a significant infrastructure advancement for autonomous AI-driven commerce.

Amazon is deploying physical-world AI agents for logistics and commerce, while Visa invests $1B in Replit to enable seamless payment integration with these agents, betting that agent-driven commerce will dominate by 2027.

Brazil's Pix instant payment system is facing commercial and geopolitical pressure from Visa, Mastercard, and the US administration, which allege anti-competitive practices despite Pix's massive growth in transaction volume.