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

Merchants assail card fees pact

Retailers, restaurants and others oppose a proposed court settlement with Visa and Mastercard over swipe fees as insufficient and favorable to the networks.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 15, 2025

JPMorgan backs B2B firm Mondu

The largest U.S. bank’s payments arm plans to provide debt financing and collaborate with the Dutch business-to-business services firm.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 12, 2025

Airwallex raises $330M in new funding

The payment player’s latest capital injection will help fund further U.S. expansion and a second headquarters in San Francisco.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 9, 2025

Fiserv faces security issue lawsuit

A civil complaint alleges the payment processor misled its customers about the use of two-factor authentication to access systems containing sensitive information.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 8, 2025

Shifting AR from cost center to growth engine

For CFOs at billion-dollar B2B companies, outdated AR approaches are becoming a strategic liability, trapping capital and limiting growth when agility matters most.

Dec. 8, 2025

Pressure on Bill Holdings rises

Another shareholder, Barington Capital Management, urged the finance and payments software provider to cut costs and consider a sale.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 5, 2025

Billtrust, Pavilion tap new CEOs

The payments players, both of which are owned by private equity firms, switched leaders this month as they charge ahead with growth plans.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 4, 2025

Stripe to buy Metronome

The digital payments player has agreed to purchase U.S. billing platform Metronome, bringing together software firms that operate in the same realm.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 4, 2025