Klarna buffs results ahead of IPO

The BNPL giant says consumer defaults ebbed and active users surged in the second quarter as the company ponders when to go public.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 14, 2025

Circle courts broader payments community

The company is seeking partnerships to boost the use of its USDC coin in payments, along with its cryptocurrency tools and services.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 13, 2025

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The digital evolution of payments is roiling the industry, forcing companies to rethink pricing schemes and revamp corporate strategies. Embedded payments, earned wage access, real-time systems and other innovations will transform the business.

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Shift4 helps crypto fans blast off

The payments company has started processing cryptocurrency transactions for the space flight company Blue Origin.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 12, 2025

Western Union makes $500M acquisition

The old line money transfer company bought a rival as it seeks to bolster growth, particularly in Latin America.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 12, 2025

AI takes on bill payments

Paymentus CEO Dushyant Sharma explained how his company is using AI to make paying bills digitally more efficient.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 11, 2025

Block courts teen app users

The company announced a focus on keeping its youngest customers on Cash App to secure future growth for the platform.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 8, 2025

Big bank moves threaten innovation

That threat extends to American leadership, but the Trump administration can address it in a revised open banking rule, trade group leaders say.

By Penny Lee and Ji Hun Kim • Aug. 8, 2025

Judge vacates debit fee regulations

The federal court ruling potentially forces the Federal Reserve to revisit rules on fees banks can charge merchants when consumers swipe debit cards.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 7, 2025

Shift4 faces CFO, board departures

The payment processor’s CFO will step down and join the board, while the company founder’s father said he will resign from the board.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 7, 2025

FIS lines up acquisitions

After quietly buying Everlink, the payments processor has plans for more acquisitions “shortly,” the CEO said.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 6, 2025

Georgia bank charter attracts two more takers

One payments company has applied for the special acquirer credential and another has expressed interest, a state official said.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 6, 2025

Will JPMorgan take a bigger bite of Apple?

If the bank makes a play for the tech company's credit card portfolio, it may also make a broader bid for more business.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 5, 2025

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

When will you be able to buy a pizza with stablecoin?

The Genius Act is law. Here’s how 5 professionals in the payments industry view prospects for the digital currency becoming a daily payment option.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2025

Shuffle: Finzly, Bitcoin Depot and PayIt

Fintech companies made new CFO and other executive appointments last month as they brace for economic and regulatory headwinds.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 4, 2025

Mastercard backs open banking

The card network’s CEO favors the worldwide open banking trend, and predicts it will be a “winning proposition over time.”

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 4, 2025

Visa denies DOJ debit card allegations

The largest card network said it doesn’t have a monopoly in the debit card market and that its agreements don’t pay others to avoid competing.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 1, 2025

EWS schools Zelle users on fraud

The company has locked arms with a national nonprofit to educate consumers about fraud and scams on the peer-to-peer payments tool.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 1, 2025

Wise shareholders vote to move primary listing to US

One of the money transfer company’s co-founders criticized the stock listing move to New York from London.

By Dan Ennis • July 31, 2025

Block takes aim at Google, Apple

The company’s new Cash App group payments feature lets users pool money with transfers from Apple Pay and Google Pay. That could allow it to poach customers from the rivals.

By Patrick Cooley • July 31, 2025

Visa tailors stablecoin strategy

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

By Lynne Marek • July 30, 2025

CFPB to revise open banking rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it will “substantially” revise the 2024 Biden-era open banking rule that drew a lawsuit from banks.

By Justin Bachman • July 29, 2025

Bilt’s new cards expand options

The points-for-rent loyalty company is retooling its credit card lineup and terms with a new partner, Cardless, and moving into more areas of housing payments.

By Justin Bachman • July 29, 2025

Capital One delivers few details on $265B community plan

A year after touting a community investment proposal as part of an effort to acquire Discover Financial, the card issuer has yet to lay out program specifics.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 29, 2025

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 Lynne Marek • July 28, 2025