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    PayPal CEO rejects stablecoin threat

    Alex Chriss doesn’t view the ascendent cryptocurrency as a threat, but rather an advantage.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
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    Bill CEO defends performance

    The payments fintech has “massive” growth potential, says its founder. Two activist investors are likely to demand pursuing that aggressively.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Cross-border payments targeted for upgrades

    When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Activist investor targets Bill

    Bill Holdings’ weak revenue growth and sagging stock attracted a prominent hedge fund to buy a large stake in the payments and accounting software firm.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 9, 2025
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    Corpay mulls asset sales

    The fleet payments company may sell its third-largest payments segment, and it’s already put two non-core vehicle businesses on the sales block.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
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    Great Hill raises $7B fund

    The venture capital firm, which has a niche for investing in payments businesses, plans to keep injecting capital into the financial services sector.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 8, 2025
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    Square unveils new product roadmap

    Block’s point-of-sale unit offered a public glimpse of new features from its product schedule last week, with a request for customer feedback.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 2, 2025
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    Innovative Systems acquired by investment firm

    The South Dakota billing and payments software company was purchased by the Chicago private equity firm GTCR.

    By • Aug. 28, 2025
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    Payments investments, acquisitions slid in H1

    Investments in the payments sphere plummeted for the first half of the year, as did acquisitions in the area, according to a KPMG report.

    By • Aug. 25, 2025
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    Stablecoins set to transform cross-border payments

    The search for faster and cheaper global payments is leading many companies to consider the use of stablecoins for remittances.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 25, 2025
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    Fifth Third buys payments player

    The acquisition of cash management software firm DTS Connex bolsters the bank’s commercial payments business, which already processes significant sums, specifically $17 trillion last year.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Payments players spar for sports contracts

    The goal: elevate brand image and bring real-time data to stadium merchants, offering sports fans an integrated experience.

    By Shefali Kapadia • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Remitly seeks SMB supplement

    The cross-border payments upstart is wooing more small and mid-sized business customers as stablecoins stoke competition.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    Global Payments mulls more divestitures

    The mega processor may sell assets after the Worldpay purchase revised its outlook. The company also expects Trump tax benefits.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    Finzly CFO seeks ‘connectivity’

    As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

    By Grace Noto • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Ramp raises $500M to rush AI

    The fintech has amassed $700 million in funding over two months as it tries to capitalize on corporate finance’s adoption of artificial intelligence.

    By Justin Bachman • July 30, 2025
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    Visa tailors stablecoin strategy

    CEO Ryan McInerney expects the digital assets to be beneficial in emerging markets where the network’s digitization efforts have faced difficulties.

    By • July 30, 2025
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    Coinstar to offer Mastercard card

    The company behind the green coin machines at grocery stores will soon let consumers turn their pocket change into a prepaid debit card.

    By • July 28, 2025
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    How to build a B2B payments behemoth

    No single company dominates U.S. commercial payments, as with card networks or merchant acquirers. Bottomline CEO Craig Saks says that will change.

    By Justin Bachman • July 25, 2025
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    Fiserv’s Clover delves into healthcare

    The payment processor is partnering with a healthcare software company to provide a service fitted for healthcare providers.

    By • July 22, 2025
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    Deluxe pivots to digital and data

    The company known for paper checks aims to jump-start sagging revenue with electronic enterprises, including a fast-growing marketing data arm. 

    By • July 18, 2025
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    Small business isn’t quitting checks

    The paper check will persist for decades for small companies, despite the growth of digital payments, BillGO’s CEO predicts.

    By Justin Bachman • July 1, 2025
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    Payments firms switch up CFOs

    ACI Worldwide, Bill and Corpay lured chief financial officers from other companies this month as the health of the U.S. economy wavers.

    By • June 30, 2025
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    Visa, Mastercard trials postponed

    Courts in New York and Chicago rescheduled two antitrust trials over Visa and Mastercard swipe fees to next year as merchants decried further delays.

    By Justin Bachman • June 30, 2025
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    TreviPay CEO fears fraud ‘AI arms race’

    The payments and invoicing firm’s chief, Brandon Spear, sees artificial intelligence as “transformational” in its capacity to scale business scams.

    By Justin Bachman • June 27, 2025
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    Melio swallowed in $2.5B deal

    The New York bill-pay company is set to be acquired by Xero, a New Zealand provider of accounting and payroll management software for small businesses.

    By • June 25, 2025