How agentic payments present risk

“There's no clear legal rule for who bears the loss when an AI tool exceeds its mandate,” writes one financial services consultant. “That's a problem for issuers as they contemplate making credentials available to AI tools.”

By Aaron Cheiffetz • Oct. 9, 2026

Treasury taps data to fend off fraud

The U.S. department has increased its scrutiny of payments using new sources of data in an attempt to stem past ‘pay and chase’ patterns.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 8, 2026

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Stablecoins enter the payments universe

Stablecoins are gaining ground thanks to passage of the Genius Act, forcing companies to consider competitive strategies in the digital realm.

By Payments Dive staff

Payments income bolsters banks

Income from card, digital and other rails has swelled to about 40% of revenue for the global bank industry, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 7, 2026

SAP expands into payments

A new service from the software firm supports multiple payment methods, including wires and stablecoin-based transactions, the company said.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 7, 2026

Payments conferences for 2027

Real-time payments, stablecoins and AI use cases are expected to be among the hot topics at next year’s industry events.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 6, 2026

Why Fiserv pivoted on FIUSD

The payments processor had planned to issue its own stablecoin, FIUSD, by last year, but the strategy shifted for multiple reasons.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 5, 2026

Stripe swallows Parafin

The mega processor is buying an embedded financing company that caters to small businesses, in its second acquisition in as many months.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 1, 2026

Will Europe unseat Visa, Mastercard?

The Wero project launched by European banks is making progress in challenging the card networks’ dominance on the continent, but the U.S. companies still have an edge, one firm’s analysts contend.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 30, 2026

FedNow tiptoes into cross-border

The Federal Reserve is inching toward adding some sort of cross-border capability to FedNow, but it’s not clear when or how.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 29, 2026

Payment revenue growth to slow

The rate of payments-related revenue growth in North America, and globally, will slow in the next four years, a major consulting firm predicts.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 28, 2026

Moov adds P2P competition

Using Mastercard and Visa’s digital infrastructure, the tool facilitates peer-to-peer payments without requiring both parties to have the same app.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 24, 2026

Merchants call card-fee pact unconstitutional

Walmart and other retailers argue that forcing them to stay in a swipe-fee settlement class violates their due process rights.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 22, 2026

Scammers fake student identities to siphon aid payments

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is warning payment processors and financial institutions “to be vigilant” of the fraud schemes.

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 17, 2026

House passes Common Cents bill

The bill officially ends minting of pennies and allows merchants to round to the nearest nickel, though the coins are already out of production. It’s the second time the chamber has taken up such legislation.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 16, 2026

Mastercard CFO seeks int’l growth

The company’s new chief financial officer presented his view of stablecoins, growth and acquisitions at an investment bank conference last week.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 15, 2026

Fiserv’s CEO eyes monetization

Takis Georgakopoulos is trying to reposition the company so it’s better able to sell its key payments and banking services.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 14, 2026

PayPal CEO plans for a ‘fix’

Can selling financial services to consumers, organizing the business into three units and pursuing acquisitions repair the digital payments pioneer?

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 11, 2026

Trump pledges card fee cuts, again

The president reiterated his support for policies to cut fees associated with credit cards, noting the charges are a burden for consumers.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 10, 2026

Circle buys Tazapay for $400M

The stablecoin issuer will gain new payment rails and bank relationships via the Singapore-based cross-border payments firm.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 10, 2026

Visa builds business abroad

The card network has entered a partnership with an international lender in emerging economies to fuel demand for digital payments around the world.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 9, 2026

Block seeks OCC bank charter

Cash App’s parent is joining a parade of fintechs seeking to become national banks as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency allows more leeway for such licenses.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 9, 2026

TabaPay eyes bank charter

The money movement platform received a $155 million investment to buy Transact Bank so it can offer payments clients banking services.

By Dan Ennis • Sept. 3, 2026

Stablecoins lose ground

While the digital currencies have gained some acceptance, there is a growing interest by financial institutions in tokenized deposits as an alternative.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 2, 2026

Banks undertake stablecoin effort

Goldman Sachs, PNC and Capital One are also among 21 financial institutions partnering on an asset expected to go to market early next year.

By Dan Ennis • Sept. 2, 2026

Modernizing payments is a must

“Payments modernization is no longer a future aspiration,” writes one bank tech executive. “It has become an operational and strategic imperative.”

By Michael Engel • Aug. 28, 2026