In May 2026, we analyzed 5,600 ChatGPT responses across nine financial services categories to compile the AI Visibility Index.

JPMorgan and peers create a tokenized deposit rail to counter stablecoins and lock in funding.

Consumers can use stablecoins for remittances, but banks still need to create compelling insights for their everyday use

International travelers are looking for affordability and health benefits when going abroad.

The Walmart-backed fintech is expanding crypto use cases in the app.

They see stablecoin rails as the future, with added services like marketing lifting revenues

Real-time payments are growing quickly, but adoption lags due to cost, risk, and entrenched behaviors. Providers must focus on high-friction use cases and cash-flow benefits as competition from alternative rails intensifies.

New agreements give the digital euro clearance for tap to pay and app-based P2P transactions.

Stablecoin-backed solutions are unlocking real-world use cases for gig workers.

The market is catching up to the moment, and banks that don’t offer at least indirect exposure to crypto risk falling behind.

While many payment giants see stablecoins as the future, not all regions have the same crypto horizons.

The network’s gamble on a real-time payments rail aged poorly as stablecoins gain traction.

As Coinbase’s main business lags, stablecoins and agentic commerce offer an alternate revenue stream.

The network duopoly’s endorsement of stablecoins can help spur crypto adoption.

After Libra/Diem’s failure to launch, the firm returns again to crypto with regulatory clarity.

Heavy investments in its crypto tech stack are bearing fruit.

It’s an early mover among traditional financial institutions.

A Canadian dollar-backed stablecoin is coming, but it may get stuck in a regulatory quagmire.

In today’s episode, we explore consumers’ use of agentic AI in their financial lives, and the development of stablecoin payment rails becoming “bank grade” in 2026. Join the discussion with host and Head of Business Development Rob Rubin, and Senior Analysts Grace Broadbent and Myra Thomas.

SoFi launched the SoFiUSD stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain. The bank will also provide infrastructure that lets other banks and fintechs issue white-label stablecoins that are interoperable with SoFiUSD. “Stablecoins as a service” like SoFi’s offering—and Fiservs’—may democratize stablecoins to a broader base of financial institutions. Up until now, banks that wanted to issue stablecoins needed to develop their own decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure and internal compliance guardrails. A widespread entry into stablecoins would be a massive pivot for a banking sector used to dealing in fiat currency, normalizing stablecoins as a payment mechanism across the US—further blending traditional finance and DeFi.