Tuesday 27 October 2026, Sydney time.
Top of the morning
Euronet and Fireblocks are pitching stablecoin-funded cards to banks and fintechs, as a white-label add-on to Euronet's issuing platforms.
Visa reports its full-year results on Wednesday morning, Sydney time, its first since Australia's surcharge ban took effect on 1 October.
Regulator watch
Quiet window. No payments releases from the RBA, ASIC, AUSTRAC, APRA, ACCC, Treasury or AusPayNet. The RBA's Assistant Governor Brad Jones joined the panel at the AFR Super and Wealth Summit on Monday 26 Oct.
Schemes & Networks
Week ahead: Visa's full-year results land Wednesday morning
Visa reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results after the US market closes on Tuesday 27 October, with its webcast at 5pm US Eastern, which is 8am Wednesday in Sydney. Expect commentary on cross-border volumes, value-added services and the outlook for fiscal 2027.
Why it matters: listen for any mention of Australia's surcharge ban and interchange changes, and how Visa plans to offset regulated revenue with network and services fees.
New Products & Features
Euronet and Fireblocks pitch stablecoin-funded cards to issuers
Financial firms using Euronet's Ren and CoreCard issuing services can now plug in Fireblocks' wallet infrastructure, so customers can fund card spending from stablecoins. It is sold white-label, so banks and fintechs can put it inside their own apps.
Why it matters: card rails are becoming the off-ramp for digital assets, and any Australian issuer trying this would need to work through AUSTRAC obligations and Australia's evolving digital asset rules.
Issuing & Acquiring · Digital Wallets · International
Nothing notable this window.
People moves
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Coming up in Analysis
What scheme results tell us about life after the surcharge ban · Stablecoin cards and Australia's digital asset rules · BNPL's onboarding problem
Not financial advice. Summaries paraphrase the linked sources.