• Key insight: Visa and Mastercard both released several AI and blockchain-related products in recent days.

• What’s at stake: The credit card companies announce third-quarter earnings next week, and investors will be looking at revenue sources such as value-added non-payment services.

With card-issuing banks pressured to build strategies for agentic commerce and digital assets, Visa and Mastercard are expanding their abilities to sell into these trends.

Both card brands have released services in the past few days, and in the case of Visa, there were rumors of a potential $2.5 billion deal to acquire cryptocurrency technology firm Fireblocks. Visa said it does not comment on rumors or speculation.…