282 articles by Patrick Cooley

• Sezzle adds phone service offer

  Feb. 18, 2026

• Affirm partnerships target growth

  Feb. 17, 2026

• Why virtual cards can be safer than plastic

  Feb. 13, 2026

• Cash App to sell its credit score

  Feb. 12, 2026

• Fiserv struggles with financial business

  Feb. 10, 2026

• Block to chop up to 10% of employees

  Feb. 9, 2026

• Zip debuts pay-in-2 option

  Feb. 6, 2026

• Visa, Amex vie for small businesses

  Feb. 5, 2026

• Why some payments companies want to be banks

  Feb. 3, 2026

• Amex buoyed by big spenders

  Feb. 2, 2026

• Block opens Dublin office

  Jan. 30, 2026

• Fiserv sued over alleged lax security

  Jan. 29, 2026

• Amazon to halt palm payments

  Jan. 28, 2026

• Zelle network expands by 15%

  Jan. 28, 2026

• Credit card delinquencies drop, says Fed bank

  Jan. 27, 2026

• How payment personalization could change the way we pay

  Jan. 26, 2026

• Affirm seeks Nevada bank charter

  Jan. 23, 2026

• Why Shift4 targets big merchants

  Jan. 22, 2026

• Klarna to offer after-purchase BNPL

  Jan. 21, 2026

• Consumers push back on swipe fees: survey

  Jan. 20, 2026

• Affirm to offer BNPL for rent

  Jan. 15, 2026

• Klarna launches P2P payments

  Jan. 14, 2026

• BillingPlatform names new CEO

  Jan. 12, 2026

• Checkout.com grabs special banking charter

  Jan. 12, 2026

• Stripe to enable crypto payments

  Jan. 9, 2026

• Fiserv’s Clover adopts biometrics

  Jan. 7, 2026

• How payments will evolve: 6 industry trends to watch in 2026

  Jan. 6, 2026

• Klarna faces investor lawsuit

  Jan. 5, 2026

• Klarna, Shift4 embrace stablecoins

  Dec. 23, 2025

• Fiserv, Visa unite on agentic tools

  Dec. 22, 2025

• BNPL connected to poor mental health: study

  Dec. 18, 2025

• EWS leans into sports

  Dec. 17, 2025

• Amex CEO slams surcharges

  Dec. 16, 2025

• BNPL loan values rise, CFPB says

  Dec. 15, 2025

• Stripe digs deeper into crypto

  Dec. 11, 2025

• Why Block created a credit score

  Dec. 10, 2025

• Payments players cozy up to crypto

  Dec. 9, 2025

• Fiserv faces security issue lawsuit

  Dec. 8, 2025

• Stripe to buy Metronome

  Dec. 4, 2025

• BNPL spending storms on

  Dec. 3, 2025

• AGs demand BNPL loan info

  Dec. 2, 2025

• Holiday data sends mixed signals

  Dec. 1, 2025

• Klarna embraces crypto

  Nov. 25, 2025

• Regulatory patchwork vexes BNPL

  Nov. 25, 2025

• Stripe faces bank charter pushback

  Nov. 24, 2025

• Dems dig into BNPL

  Nov. 21, 2025

• Block eyes services for preteens

  Nov. 20, 2025

• Citi, Swift wrap digital asset trial

  Nov. 19, 2025

• Amex says BNPL isn’t a rival

  Nov. 14, 2025

• Fiserv shareholders sue again

  Nov. 13, 2025

• Afterpay confronts new fraud type

  Nov. 10, 2025

• Fiserv exec outlines stablecoin uses

  Nov. 7, 2025

• Apple sets sights on travel spending

  Nov. 5, 2025

• Trump taps Shift4 founder again

  Nov. 5, 2025

• How agentic AI could turbocharge fraud

  Nov. 4, 2025

• Why one cross-border payments pilot was stymied

  Oct. 31, 2025

• Agentic commerce portends merchant headaches

  Oct. 30, 2025

• BNPLs intrude on banks’ turf

  Oct. 29, 2025

• Agentic AI raises liability issues

  Oct. 28, 2025

• Zelle parent pursues crypto for international payments

  Oct. 24, 2025

• Shift4 to buy Worldline subsidiaries

  Oct. 22, 2025

• Fiserv, Block turn to crypto

  Oct. 21, 2025

• Amex downplays shutdown impact

  Oct. 20, 2025

• Affirm to offer interest holiday

  Oct. 14, 2025

• Crypto use trending down, says Kansas City Fed

  Oct. 14, 2025

• Google makes payments play

  Aug. 13, 2025

• Shift4 helps crypto fans blast off

  Aug. 12, 2025

• AI takes on bill payments

  Aug. 11, 2025

• Block courts teen app users

  Aug. 8, 2025

• Shift4 faces CFO, board departures

  Aug. 7, 2025

• Georgia bank charter attracts two more takers

  Aug. 6, 2025

• Will JPMorgan take a bigger bite of Apple?

  Aug. 5, 2025

• EWS schools Zelle users on fraud

  Aug. 1, 2025

• Block takes aim at Google, Apple

  July 31, 2025

• Splitit pivots customer strategy

  July 29, 2025

• Fiserv sued over Clover migration

  July 28, 2025

• Fiserv revenue forecast dims

  July 24, 2025

• Block agrees to $12.5M settlement in Cash App spam text case

  July 23, 2025

• Fiserv’s Clover delves into healthcare

  July 22, 2025

• Stablecoins emerge as alternative: Amex CEO

  July 21, 2025

• Adyen tackles golf payments

  July 18, 2025

• Midsize business use of PayPal, Zelle dipped, Citizens says

  July 17, 2025

• Why small banks may shun Zelle

  July 16, 2025

• Cash App adds tap-to-pay for iPhone

  July 15, 2025

• Embedded payments drive into parking

  July 10, 2025

• FICO reporting could stunt BNPL

  July 9, 2025

• Warren demands Zelle scam update

  July 8, 2025

• Shift4 strategy segues with Global Blue

  July 7, 2025

• Early Warning pitches Zelle to Treasury

  July 1, 2025

• Affirm delves into in-game payments

  June 30, 2025

• Stablecoins may push aside payments

  June 25, 2025

• Klarna, Google join forces

  June 24, 2025

• JPMorgan, Amex flash new cards

  June 20, 2025

• Amex, Fiserv cite inflation benefit

  June 17, 2025

• CFPB, consumer groups clash over BNPL

  June 16, 2025

• Affirm boasts 2 million debit cards

  June 11, 2025

• Fiserv CEO embraces stablecoins

  June 10, 2025

• Checkout-free payments may yet rise

  June 9, 2025

• Fiserv buys out AIB Merchant Services

  June 6, 2025

• Amex leans into B2B payments

  June 6, 2025

• Shift4 appoints new CEO

  June 5, 2025

• Why BNPL appeals to salons

  June 4, 2025

• Shift4 CEO likely to keep post

  June 3, 2025

• Pushpay targets church payment niche

  May 30, 2025

• Fintech groups oppose state BNPL rules

  May 28, 2025

• Amex offers virtual card to small businesses

  May 19, 2025

• Toast targets entertainment venues

  May 16, 2025

• BNPL users struggle with payments

  May 13, 2025

• Cash App profits disappoint

  May 12, 2025

• Mastercard faces cross-border headwinds

  May 8, 2025

• CFPB spurns BNPL rule

  May 7, 2025

• Fiserv names Michael Lyons CEO

  May 6, 2025

• Senate to vote on Fiserv CEO for SSA post

  May 5, 2025

• Shift4 turns to restaurants for future growth

  May 5, 2025

• Executive Shuffle: JPMorgan, Mastercard and PayZen

  April 30, 2025

• Toast, Clover fight for restaurant customers

  April 29, 2025

• Fiserv ventures into high-end restaurants

  April 28, 2025

• Fiserv to acquire Brazilian fintech Money Money

  April 24, 2025

• Adyen hit with cyberattack in Europe

  April 23, 2025

• Instant payments could improve video games: KC Fed

  April 22, 2025

• Fiserv, Kansas to open fintech hub

  April 21, 2025

• Fed, FDIC force more oversight of Discover

  April 21, 2025

• Pay-by-bank should offer perks: Deloitte

  April 17, 2025

• Klarna partners with Fiserv’s Clover

  April 16, 2025

• Credit card 90-day delinquencies rise to record: report

  April 15, 2025

• Shift4 CEO grilled by senators on Musk, SpaceX ties

  April 10, 2025

• Fiserv acquires Australian payment facilitator Pinch

  April 9, 2025

• Fiserv says US trade war could harm demand

  April 8, 2025

• Stripe seeks Georgia special banking charter

  April 7, 2025

• Fiserv promotes Takis Georgakopoulos to COO

  April 2, 2025

• Amex opposes shareholder proposals

  April 2, 2025

• EWS drops Zelle standalone app

  April 1, 2025

• Affirm COO: Walmart deal was “uneconomic”

  March 31, 2025

• Block shrinks workforce 8%

  March 27, 2025

• Fiserv CEO vows to keep Social Security Administration intact

  March 26, 2025

• Fiserv CEO faces fire for Social Security cuts

  March 25, 2025

• Affirm, other BNPL players ratchet up credit bureau reporting

  March 24, 2025

• Discover cards now accepted at Airwallex merchants

  March 20, 2025

• Fiserv acquires Dutch payment company CCV

  March 19, 2025

• Klarna seeks to flex advertising muscle

  March 19, 2025

• Klarna to displace Affirm as Walmart BNPL provider

  March 17, 2025

• Block takes on payday lenders with Cash App

  March 17, 2025

• Stablecoin company Mesh raises $82M

  March 13, 2025

• Sezzle pitches coupon feature to consumers and merchants

  March 7, 2025

• Fiserv investors count on next CEO’s well-rounded resume

  March 6, 2025

• Zip targets BNPL services at everyday purchases

  March 4, 2025

• Fiserv exec talks real-time payments and challenges

  March 3, 2025

• Stripe bids for worker shares in offer worth $91.5B

  Feb. 27, 2025

• Gen Z uses BNPL more than credit cards, survey shows

  Feb. 27, 2025

• Amex, Alipay target fast-growing China market

  Feb. 26, 2025

• Stripe employee share sale may mean delayed IPO

  Feb. 25, 2025

• Block begins rollout of Afterpay on Cash App debit card

  Feb. 21, 2025

• Toast dips toe into retail payments

  Feb. 21, 2025

• Shift4 to acquire Global Blue for $1.5B

  Feb. 19, 2025

• Cap One, Discover shareholders approve merger

  Feb. 19, 2025

• How payment scams start on social media

  Feb. 18, 2025

• Georgia special charter attracts another applicant

  Feb. 13, 2025

• Discover flags potential Cap One merger delay

  Feb. 12, 2025

• Klarna, JPMorgan to offer BNPL to business clients

  Feb. 11, 2025

• Affirm to emphasize no-interest loans

  Feb. 10, 2025

• Fiserv doubles down on embedded finance

  Feb. 6, 2025

• Cash App, Venmo app downloads decline

  Feb. 5, 2025

• Gamers support CFPB video game payments rule

  Feb. 4, 2025

• Third of U.S. small businesses add credit card surcharges

  Feb. 3, 2025

• PayPal, Amex and Wells Fargo shake up leadership

  Jan. 31, 2025

• Apple, Google coalition seeks to skirt payments rule

  Jan. 29, 2025

• Trade group leader discusses BNPL security and appeal

  Jan. 27, 2025

• Amex posts 2024 records for payments volume, fees

  Jan. 24, 2025

• Discover Q4 payments volume drops

  Jan. 24, 2025

• Fiserv names Bisignano’s successor

  Jan. 23, 2025

• Stripe pushes out 300 employees

  Jan. 22, 2025

• AI promises 2025 advances for payments industry

  Jan. 21, 2025

• Amex pays $230M to resolve DOJ allegations

  Jan. 16, 2025

• Shift4 makes $4.7M in undisclosed payments to executives’ relatives

  Jan. 16, 2025

• How AI makes payments faster, cheaper

  Jan. 15, 2025

• Buy now, pay later users pile on debt, CFPB finds

  Jan. 14, 2025

• Payments laws apply to online games, CFPB says

  Jan. 13, 2025

• CFPB picks FDX to set open banking standards

  Jan. 10, 2025

• FTV Capital raises $4B for more B2B investments

  Jan. 9, 2025

• Sezzle challenges critical research from short-seller firm

  Jan. 8, 2025

• Payments player Tranch acquired by legal services firm

  Jan. 7, 2025

• Debit card decline issue persists for Affirm

  Jan. 3, 2025

• Fiserv swallows gig rival Payfare

  Jan. 2, 2025

• BNPL payments rise with young, repeat users

  Dec. 20, 2024

• CFPB takes aim at gambling card fees

  Dec. 19, 2024

• What role do stablecoins play in the payments industry?

  Dec. 17, 2024

• Amex keeps focus on younger customers

  Dec. 16, 2024

• Shift4 merges with Eigen

  Dec. 12, 2024

• Afterpay to drive Cash App growth, executive says

  Dec. 11, 2024

• CFPB-Google battle likely to stretch into next administration

  Dec. 10, 2024

• Struggling businesses pile on credit card debt, survey shows

  Dec. 9, 2024

• Fiserv cuts as many as 1,500 employees, analyst estimates

  Dec. 6, 2024

• Trump taps Shift4’s Isaacman to run NASA

  Dec. 4, 2024

• Worldpay exec talks digital wallet security

  Dec. 3, 2024

• BNPL use may rise this year for holiday shopping

  Nov. 27, 2024

• Democrats bash CapOne-Discover merger proposal

  Nov. 26, 2024

• Real-time payments scams rise

  Nov. 22, 2024

• Amazon now accepts EBT card payments

  Nov. 21, 2024

• Google Pay adds Afterpay BNPL services

  Nov. 19, 2024

• Scams ensnare even sophisticated consumers, Fed says

  Nov. 18, 2024

• Shift4 CEO bets on crypto and Trump

  Nov. 14, 2024

• Klarna files for IPO

  Nov. 13, 2024

• Young people fall prey to payments fraudsters

  Nov. 12, 2024

• Paze gets new leader amid slow start

  Nov. 7, 2024

• Fiserv exec opens up on Walmart, DoorDash partnerships

  Nov. 6, 2024

• Stablecoins face obstacles to widespread adoption

  Nov. 4, 2024

• AI increases fraud risk, fintechs say

  Oct. 31, 2024

• Fiserv CEO dishes on making mergers work

  Oct. 30, 2024

• Pay-by-bank to be used for bills, Plaid CEO predicts

  Oct. 28, 2024

• Finix eyes competition with rivals like Stripe

  Oct. 25, 2024

• Industry balks at FDX standard-setting monopoly

  Oct. 24, 2024

• Stripe to buy stablecoin company Bridge for reported $1.1 billion

  Oct. 21, 2024

• Fiserv may grab competitive edge with new bank charter

  Oct. 21, 2024

• Apple, Klarna collaborate on BNPL

  Oct. 18, 2024

• Discover discloses SEC accounting criticism

  Oct. 17, 2024

• More authentication leads to fewer approvals

  Oct. 15, 2024

• Barclays replaces Goldman Sachs as GM card issuer

  Oct. 14, 2024

• Stripe partners with Nvidia, Pepsi and Rivian

  Oct. 11, 2024

• New York Governor signs gun code law

  Oct. 10, 2024

• Toast increases processing fees, adds surcharge feature

  Oct. 9, 2024

• Fiserv teams with Canadian company on open banking

  Oct. 7, 2024

• Fiserv nets special banking charter in Georgia

  Oct. 4, 2024

• P2P payments tools lack transparency, consumer group says

  Oct. 2, 2024

• Affirm may offer discounts after Fed interest rate cut

  Oct. 1, 2024

• Trump interest rate cap draws criticism

  Sept. 30, 2024

• Fiserv, Wells Fargo to end joint venture

  Sept. 27, 2024

• FDX seeks to become open banking standard-setter

  Sept. 26, 2024

• Sezzle evolves alongside BNPL industry

  Sept. 25, 2024

• Stripe shows signs of IPO, despite co-founder comments

  Sept. 24, 2024

• Amazon, Google stake out bigger foothold in payments

  Sept. 23, 2024

• Reliant pushes back against CFPB lawsuit

  Sept. 19, 2024

• Affirm CEO stakes out differences with Klarna

  Sept. 19, 2024

• Block shuffles leadership, creates chief risk officer role

  Sept. 17, 2024

• CFPB sues credit card company over excessive fees

  Sept. 16, 2024

• U.S. Bank rolls out access to Paze digital wallet

  Sept. 13, 2024

• Amex taps troves of customer data

  Sept. 10, 2024

• Discover’s top lawyer leaves for Ally

  Sept. 9, 2024

• Visa to upgrade pay-by-bank service in UK next year

  Sept. 6, 2024

• Grabango CEO pushes for more partnerships

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Academics question digital wallet security

  Sept. 4, 2024

• Maryland gets tough on BNPL

  Sept. 3, 2024

• Affirm shuffles leadership, promoting CFO to COO

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Shoppers’ online fraud fears escalate

  Aug. 28, 2024

• Amex, Flutterwave partner in Nigeria

  Aug. 22, 2024

• Stripe, Zip partner on BNPL processing

  Aug. 21, 2024

• BNPL providers won’t face penalties during transition to new CFPB rule

  Aug. 20, 2024

• Adyen collects more US customers

  Aug. 19, 2024

• Credit card users struggle with inflation

  Aug. 16, 2024

• JPMorgan, Zelle may have upper hand if litigation ensues

  Aug. 15, 2024

• Capital One insists Discover deal won’t increase card fees

  Aug. 14, 2024

• How embedded payments are changing the way we pay

  Aug. 13, 2024

• Shift4 strives to become ‘SpaceX of payments’

  Aug. 9, 2024

• Toast aims to move beyond restaurants

  Aug. 7, 2024

• Global Payments executive promoted to president, COO

  Aug. 6, 2024

• Credit card delinquencies rise even as credit limits are extended

  Aug. 6, 2024

• Apple services revenue rises with boost from payments

  Aug. 5, 2024

• Stripe, Fifth Third Bank to team on embedded services

  Aug. 1, 2024

• How artificial intelligence can improve payments fraud prevention

  July 31, 2024

• Stripe buys software rival Lemon Squeezy

  July 30, 2024

• Affirm says CFPB’s proposed BNPL rules will confuse customers

  July 29, 2024

• Zelle, big banks challenge senators on scam reimbursements

  July 25, 2024

• Fiserv to leverage artificial intelligence to help merchants

  July 24, 2024

• Amex benefits from young cardholders’ spending

  July 23, 2024

• Opponents of Capital One-Discover merger to air grievances

  July 18, 2024

• Fiserv’s RNC visibility carries possible benefits, perils

  July 17, 2024

• Prepaid card spending accelerates

  July 16, 2024

• Payments industry to use AI to detect fraud, improve efficiency

  July 2, 2024

• How buy now, pay later benefits merchants

  July 1, 2024

• Travelers want to use credit cards, but often can’t

  June 27, 2024

• Amex banks on spending at high-end restaurants

  June 26, 2024

• Fiserv hires former JPMorgan executive

  June 21, 2024

• Amex to buy Tock for $400M

  June 21, 2024

• Apple to drop its BNPL option in US

  June 17, 2024

• Startup offers ‘credit-building’ debit cards for Gen Z

  June 13, 2024

• EBay to accept Venmo

  June 12, 2024

• Apple unveils new iPhone touch and pay feature

  June 12, 2024

• Upcoming ISO 20022 transition leaves some finance players scrambling

  June 11, 2024

• Rivals Adyen, Stripe partner with Capital One to combat fraud

  June 10, 2024

• Amex dismisses impact of eBay’s rejection

  June 6, 2024

• Pot payments players crave federal reforms

  June 5, 2024

• Are digital wallets safer than debit cards?

  May 31, 2024

• Debit cards face rising digital wallet competition

  May 29, 2024