Gate News message, April 23 — Girin Labs has launched the Girin Wallet, integrating Doppler Finance's institutional-grade yield layer to enable XRP and RLUSD payments in everyday transactions. Users can now spend XRP and RLUSD at any Visa-accepting merchant, with transactions settling instantly on t

Ryt Bank expands Ryt PayLater to Visa card payments, enabling 1,499 ringgit deferred purchases across QR, online, and in-store, near the regulatory threshold.

Fiuu launches Apple Tap to Pay on iPhone in Malaysia, turning iPhones into payment terminals for in-person contactless payments, boosting payments across 8 markets and 110 methods, with Singapore rollout and expansion plans. Abstract: Fiuu, Malaysia's leading payment gateway formerly known as Razer Merchant Services, has introduced Apple Tap to Pay on iPhone, enabling merchants to accept contactless payments without separate card readers. The rollout covers eight markets with support for over 110 payment methods, following a Singapore launch in December 2025. The company plans to expand direct acquiring for JCB and UnionPay and extend Visa installment options to Singapore, positioning iPhone-based terminals to compete with traditional readers and platforms like HitPay, and enabling payments outside fixed checkout locations to reduce costs for pop-ups and deliveries.

Visa unveils Intelligent Commerce Connect, enabling AI-initiated purchases via a single integration on the Visa Acceptance Platform, with payment initiation, tokenization, authentication, and controls; pilots with partners, rollout planned this year. Abstract: Visa introduces Intelligent Commerce Connect, a service that lets AI agents initiate purchases through a single integration on the Visa Acceptance Platform. It supports payment initiation, tokenization, authentication, and spending controls for both Visa and non-Visa cards, helping businesses accommodate AI-driven shopping. The service is currently piloted with partners such as Aldar, AWS, Diddo, Highnote, Mesh, Payabli, and Sumvin, with broader rollout planned later this year.

InterLink has launched a Visa card allowing users to spend USDT and ETH at over 100 million merchants worldwide. It offers instant crypto-to-fiat conversion and integrates with mobile payment apps, enhancing the use of digital assets in daily transactions. Future updates will include support for InterLink's native tokens.

A 27-year-old German hacker, Noah Christopher, was arrested in Thailand and faces up to 74 counts of cybercrime, accused of developing ransomware and providing network attack services, involving transnational cybercrime. His visa was revoked, and he is awaiting extradition to Germany.

Visa officially launched its “Smart Business Connect” platform on April 9, aiming to provide AI agents and merchants with a gateway into AI-driven commerce. The platform supports multiple payment methods; it is currently being piloted and is planned to roll out nationwide in 2026.

Morph’s release report shows that the annual trading volume of stablecoins has reached $3.3 trillion, surpassing Visa and Mastercard. It is predicted that it will exceed $5 trillion by 2026, and by 2030 stablecoins will account for 10% of global cross-border payments.

AgentPay, launched by Alchemy, is designed to address interoperability issues between AI payment systems and provides a unified interface for multiple payment protocols. By simplifying payment integration through an API entry point, the tool enhances system security and scalability, promotes the fusion of AI with crypto payments, and helps drive the development of decentralized payment networks.

Visa executives, during their visit to South Korea, said that the country is the best place to conduct stablecoin experiments, with 17 million cryptocurrency investors, and strong performance in the field of artificial intelligence. Visa is optimistic about South Korea’s future potential in combining stablecoin and AI businesses.