Toast courts fast-food restaurants

The company is entering the drive-thru business in a bid to attract more of the quick-service sector to its customer rolls.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 19, 2026

How stablecoins are finding a foothold

The digital currency’s earliest use cases are focused mostly on cross-border payments and peer-to-peer remittances.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 17, 2026

Bill weighs the best path to profits

Business payments company Bill Holdings is mulling a sale, according to a media report, as recent B2B fintech deals show ample buyer interest.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 12, 2026

Fiserv struggles with financial business

Revenue in the company’s financial services and banking sectors fell year-over-year, which executives attributed to market share loss among credit unions.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 10, 2026

Payoneer CFO eyes stablecoin, AI innovation

Bea Ordonez said the payments company is focused on expanding its core ecosystem, strengthening partnerships, and building out strategies for stablecoin and AI.

By Grace Noto • Feb. 9, 2026

How to fix subscription pay friction

What can a subscription-based company do when a customer hasn’t canceled but their payment fails? Butter has an algorithmic fix.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 6, 2026

Visa, Amex vie for small businesses

The card networks are each pitching new services to mom-and-pop stores, including financing options as well as tools for expense management and fraud mitigation.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 5, 2026

Charting 2026 payments trends

Here are 4 stories that round up our deep dive outlook for this year, including coverage of agentic payments, fraud and personalization.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 30, 2026

Payment outages cost $44B in lost sales annually

Payment issues can cause companies to take heavy losses as impatient customers abandon their online and in-store purchases, a new report estimates.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 26, 2026

Capital One nabs Brex for $5.15B

The deal, expected to close in mid-2026, lets the bank absorb a fintech player that specializes in corporate cards, payments and expense-management tools.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 23, 2026

PayPal buys Israeli AI firm

The digital payments pioneer said it purchased Cymbio, a company that has been a partner in providing multi-channel orchestration services.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 22, 2026

Why Shift4 targets big merchants

The processor’s CEO explained why the payment processor looks for merchant customers with multiple locations or vendors with complex software needs.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 22, 2026

Merchant lawyers laud surcharge option

Lawyers for merchants suing Visa and Mastercard over fees reiterated support for a settlement that may saddle consumers with added cost.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 20, 2026

Bill CFO reflects on PayPal tenure

Jain shares her career path, which spans roles at some of the world’s largest organizations, including PayPal and GE.

By Sandra Beckwith • Jan. 16, 2026

Visa, Mastercard rebuff merchant gripes

The card networks rejected retailers’ objections to a proposed court settlement and suggested plaintiffs are too optimistic about winning at trial.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 15, 2026

BillingPlatform names new CEO

Chris Bishop, who has 20 years of experience working for software companies, will replace Dennis Wall.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 12, 2026

AI poised to aid payments operations

Shopper bots grab headlines but autonomous AI is likely to transform many business functions, a Deloitte report suggests.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 9, 2026

Visa, Mastercard, ACI and Wex: 2026 predictions

Major payments companies see several 2026 trends beyond the much-discussed stablecoin and agentic commerce crazes.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 7, 2026

Fiserv’s Clover adopts biometrics

Customers will be able to make payments by scanning their face or palm at merchants that use the subsidiary’s point-of-sale service.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 7, 2026

Consumer groups attack card settlement

Groups representing consumers and small business joined merchants in faulting a proposed Visa, Mastercard card fee settlement.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 6, 2026

FIS agrees to pay $210M settlement

The payments and banking technology company agreed to pay the sum as part of a legal settlement reached last week with investors who sued over its 2019 purchase of Worldpay.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 23, 2025

Executive shuffle: Fiserv, DailyPay and MoneyGram

Major payments services providers made new C-suite hires this month as they geared up for 2026.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 23, 2025

Fiserv, Visa unite on agentic tools

The payment processor plans to partner with card networks, also including Mastercard, to cater to merchants navigating agentic commerce.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 22, 2025

Visa’s new program rejects fake data

“The industry has pulled together to try and meet the new requirements,” writes one industry CEO. “Unfortunately, some processors and gateways are already trying to game it.”

By Jeremy Layton • Dec. 19, 2025

PayPal seeks bank charter

The digital payments pioneer has applied with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions to form an industrial bank.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 15, 2025