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Mastercard is putting a payment card in the hands of AI agents. Through a collaboration with Alchemy, the company is developing AgentCard, which will let AI bots make purchases using tokenized Mastercard credentials linked to a consumer’s existing account. As the Wall Street Journal first reported, Alchemy’s AgentCard will support Mastercard payment credentials through an…

Commercial vehicle loans recorded the highest early-stage delinquency among vehicle finance products, with portfolio at risk (PAR) 31-90 at 4.1 per cent in June 2026. Auto loans remained the best-performing asset class across both PAR 31-90 and PAR 91-180, according to a CRIF High Mark report.   The vehicle finance portfolio grew at…

Home Private Credit By the Numbers: Key Trends Driving Private Lending, Finance Talent, and Global Shipping Key data points tracking shifts in private credit, finance talent, and global shipping costs. This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. Each month, Global Finance readers can look forward to our “By the Numbers”…

Concentration on mega-infrastructure projects masks a broader decline in foreign investments across the region. This article appears in the October issue of Global Finance Magazine. Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean grew by just 1.7% in 2025, with the share of fixed capital at 14%. 1,326 projects were announced totaling $114.1 billion,…

Artificial intelligence enables cyber threats by enhancing existing criminal tactics such as scams and fraud, according to Interpol. AI is enhancing existing criminal techniques rather than revolutionizing them, Bjorn R. Watne, global chief information security officer at Interpol, told CNBC on the sidelines of Tech Week Singapore on Thursday. Scam operators can use AI to…