Mastercard is accelerating efforts to modernise cross-border remittance systems by using AI and stablecoins. It aims to help banks and fintech companies connect multiple payment networks to speed up transfers and reduce costs. Pratik Khowala (프라틱 코왈라) said key priorities are speed, accuracy, trust and cooperation, citing long processing times and opaque fund movements as problems. Mastercard is expanding Mastercard Move with a multi-rail routing approach and added functions such as tracking, fraud risk assessment and settlement.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote that companies cannot outsource responsibility for what AI does on their behalf and that vendor assurances do not reduce that duty. He said superintelligence systems are opaque and firms still give agents sensitive access and core tasks. He argued controls must sit outside the model so programs cannot bypass limits, and proposed engineering approaches focused on isolation, governance, and observability, including disclosure of chain-of-thought and seven design principles.