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Mastercard said it has helped Denmark's Danske Bank reach an agentic payments milestone. Using Mastercard's Agent Pay, Danske was able to complete a transaction in which an artificial intelligence (AI) agent made both the purchase and payment on a customers' behalf, the payments giant announced Monday (Sept.

The artificial-intelligence spending cycle is still early, according to UBS analysts — and that affords investors a number of compelling opportunities across the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Compounding is boring until you look at the receipts. Three businesses have quietly turned a decade of reinvested cash flow into life-changing returns, and the engines that produced those returns are still running.

Citi has launched Mastercard's subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mastercard said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release.

MA is targeting small-business demand for integrated tools, cybersecurity and premium features to deepen relationships beyond card payments.

Visa and American Express have also been readying their systems for agentic bots that shop on behalf of cardholders.

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MA edges V on expected EPS growth and strategic expansion in AI and digital assets, supported by Agent Pay, BVNK and value-added services.

Mastercard's new marketing push aims to give America's 36 million small businesses a morale boost as they face pressures ranging from increased energy prices triggered by war in the Middle East, tariffs that have upended supply chains, and higher labor and operating costs.

Small businesses are putting a premium on predictability. Across more than 6,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) surveyed in 18 countries for Mastercard's inaugural Dreamonomics report, 68% said they prioritize stability and predictability over fast growth.