JETRO and Purdue University Advance U.S.-Japan Collaboration in Advanced Technologies

Naoyuki Maekawa, Director-General, Innovation Department, JETRO (right), and Dimitrios Peroulis, Senior Vice President for Partnerships and Online, Purdue University (left), exchange the signed MOU at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on September 9, 2026. The MOU was signed by JETRO Chairman and CEO Norihiko Ishiguro and Purdue University Interim President Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (Photo credit: Krock Photography, LLC)

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and Purdue University recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen innovation collaboration in advanced technology fields and further connect the innovation ecosystems of Japan and the United States. The MOU was signed by Norihiko Ishiguro, Chairman and CEO of JETRO, and Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., […]

Ant International, Mastercard and Visa Initiate Know-Your-Agent Interoperability Collaboration

Ant International, Mastercard and Visa initiate collaboration on Know-Your-Agent interoperability to scale agentic commerce. (Image Credit: Business Wire)

Ant International, Mastercard, and Visa have begun collaboration on a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework, designed to help card networks, digital wallet ecosystems, agent platforms and marketplaces streamline agent onboarding and identification across networks, based on shared principles while preserving each network’s own verification and decisioning processes. AI agents are evolving from making recommendations to completing purchases on […]