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

Affirm partnerships target growth

The company’s latest collaborations are aimed at branching out into more sectors of the economy, consultants and analysts say.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 17, 2026

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Digital wallets proliferate as features advance

As more companies aim to offer digital wallets the rise in competition is sharpening their features.  

By Payments Dive staff

Why virtual cards can be safer than plastic

Many companies are swapping plastic payment cards for virtual because they’re less prone to fraud, Boost Payments Chief Revenue Officer Seth Goodman said.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 13, 2026

Cash App debuts payment links

After PayPal debuted a similar feature last year, Cash App also wants to simplify payment requests for users.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 12, 2026

Cash App to sell its credit score

Block on Thursday opened up a waitlist for companies that want to access deeper insights from its Cash App consumer scoring.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 12, 2026

JPMorgan, Nacha to share data via blockchain

The companies aim to simplify the account verification process for JPMorgan Chase customers.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 11, 2026

GAO details CFPB’s downsizing

The scope of the CFPB’s downsizing were explored in two reports released Monday, one of which concludes that the changes cost consumers $19 billion.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Feb. 11, 2026

Judge backs Illinois law on card fees

A U.S. judge ruled that federal bank law doesn’t preempt an Illinois effort to ban card interchange fees on sales tax and tips. Bank groups vowed to appeal.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 11, 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

Fed ‘skinny’ account idea draws criticism

A prototype payment account carries undue restrictions, fintech groups said in response to a Fed proposal that offers expanded real-time payments access.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 9, 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

Modernizing payments is essential

“The shift toward a 24/7 payments ecosystem is inevitable...organizations that are prepared to support instant payments will have a distinct competitive advantage,” writes one industry executive.

By Mihail Duta • Feb. 5, 2026

Visa pushes real-time payments into China

The company is partnering with UnionPay International to bring direct payments to debit cardholders in one of the largest remittance markets.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 3, 2026

Why some payments companies want to be banks

Banking charters let those companies streamline their services and save money by not partnering with banks.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 3, 2026

PayPal appoints new CEO

The digital payments company tapped former HP CEO Enrique Lores as its new chief executive Tuesday, casting aside Alex Chriss.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 3, 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

Block opens Dublin office

The location, announced Thursday, will include a demonstration lab to show off products to potential European customers.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 30, 2026

Embedded finance to ‘explode’: panel

Tucking financial services, like payments, into a broader range of consumer situations is about to take off, bank executives said Thursday.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 30, 2026

Visa doles out stablecoin advice

The company began offering clients strategic counsel on the digital assets last month, but doesn’t foresee many U.S. consumer use cases.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 30, 2026

Mastercard reworks Cap One pact

The card network's CEO said the company signed a new agreement with Capital One, reaffirming ties despite the bank’s purchase of rival Discover.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 29, 2026

Zelle network expands by 15%

Most of the 337 banks that were added to the network last year were small community banks and credit unions.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 28, 2026

Credit card delinquencies drop, says Fed bank

The decline happened even as U.S. consumers spent more on their credit cards, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia shows.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 27, 2026

Secret Service foils card skimmers

The federal agency last year identified and deactivated some 400 illegal card reader inserts in major U.S. cities.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 26, 2026

Brex CFO Erica Dorfman’s take on the Capital One deal

In a rare look inside a major fintech transaction, Dorfman describes the speed, scale and boardroom logic that led Brex to Capital One.

By Adam Zaki • Jan. 26, 2026

Affirm seeks Nevada bank charter

The company said Friday that it submitted applications to state and federal regulators to start Affirm Bank.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 23, 2026