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Trust Is a Currency; the Credit Card Networks Set the Exchange Rate

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  Amber McGirr / October 6, 2026
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Risk prevention in digital payments is mostly about confidence. Visa and Mastercard aren’t in the business of picking who to trust; they just define the rules, signals, and liability frameworks so everyone else can decide how much trust to put on the line. Imagine two people making a deal. One says, “I’ll pay you.” The […]