Flexbase takes on Amex

The personal and business finance software firm is betting that private banking services and a new, ultra-premium credit card will lure wealthy entrepreneurs.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 5, 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

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Former PayPal execs invest in Sokin

The former C-suite executives pitched in to help the cross-border payments startup raise $50 million as it seeks to expand internationally.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 4, 2025

United, Southwest turn to debit

The airlines’ loyalty programs are responding to the millions of Americans who prefer to use a debit card for purchases in lieu of credit.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 1, 2025

Green Dot inks deals splitting bank, fintech business

The company, which had been exploring “strategic alternatives” since March, will sell its fintech business to a private equity firm and its bank to a $840 million-asset lender.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 26, 2025

Will Trump be good for payments innovation?

The positives and negatives of the administration’s policies for the industry have stacked up in the months since he took office.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 26, 2025

Worldpay floats agentic protocol

The artificial intelligence tool now available to software developers is meant to help companies accept bot payments on behalf of consumers.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 26, 2025

Consumers seek text connections

RCS messaging is gaining momentum in helping financial service providers collect payments and boost consumer engagement, a survey said. 

By Michael Brady • Nov. 26, 2025

Klarna embraces crypto

The BNPL company said it’s testing a new stablecoin, and plans to launch it publicly next year.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 25, 2025

How the open banking rule skidded

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a budget crunch or closure in early 2026, clouding the fate of its open banking rule revision.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 25, 2025

Stablecoin risks loom: Op-ed

The Genius Act, a law enacted this year to provide stablecoin regulations, doesn’t adequately protect consumers, one think tank lawyer writes.

By Mark E. Budnitz • Nov. 24, 2025

Stripe faces bank charter pushback

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition says the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency charter would let Stripe sidestep regulations, and offer the fintech legitimacy it does not deserve.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 24, 2025

Senators back open banking rule

Democrats urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pursue an open banking rule that lets consumers freely shift personal financial data.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 21, 2025

How consumers see card threats

Many card users say their card issuers haven’t prompted them to take security precautions recently, a J.D. Power survey showed.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 21, 2025

White House nominates Vought aide to lead CFPB

Stuart Levenbach’s nomination is technical and extends Russ Vought’s tenure as acting director, a bureau spokesperson said.

By Caitlin Mullen • Nov. 20, 2025

Block eyes services for preteens

The company aims to make savings and card services available on its Cash App digital wallet for preteens, according to a Wednesday presentation. The tools would presumably be managed by parents.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 20, 2025

Capital One joins FedNow

The bank signed up for the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments system this week, leaving just one of the five major U.S. banks that has not.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 20, 2025

Priority Tech investors oppose proposed CEO buyout

Shareholders of the payments software firm urged its board to reject an offer from Thomas Priore valuing the company at up to $520 million.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 19, 2025

Citi, Swift wrap digital asset trial

The two institutions contend that interoperability between crypto ledgers and traditional financial systems is possible.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 19, 2025

Fed pitches fraud-fighting tips

The Federal Reserve Financial Services suggests that financial firms draw from a range of data sources to spot possibly fraudulent transactions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 19, 2025

Block touts Cash App updates

The payment provider ballyhooed Cash App’s new and existing features this week as it vies with digital wallet rivals.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 14, 2025

Beware too many stablecoins: bank exec

A deluge of digital coins threatens to make the cryptocurrency a loyalty program like airline frequent flier miles, a JPMorgan Chase executive said.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 13, 2025

Visa CFO trumpets legal pact

The card network’s chief financial officer touted the benefits of a proposed legal settlement with merchants.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 13, 2025

Paystand acquires Bitwage

The blockchain-backed B2B payments provider snapped up another payments player, and raised capital to accelerate its growth.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 12, 2025

Dive Deposits: Was Waller’s ‘skinny’ account clarification a walk-back?

The Federal Reserve governor set out to clarify that only institutions with a banking charter would be eligible for a tailored master account. Does that jibe with the central bank’s “embrace” of disruption?

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 12, 2025