Plaid to pay for JPMorgan data

Under the agreement between the two companies, the bank will be paid for sharing consumer data with Plaid. Fintech groups excoriated JPMorgan for the new access fees.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 16, 2025

Cash App lures BNPL card users

Block has drawn 1 million consumers to its Cash App debit card, coupled with Afterpay BNPL, creating a “next-gen” credit card clientele, the company’s CFO said.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 16, 2025

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Payments industry seeks to keep pace with fraudsters

As losses from fraud in payments have climbed, companies are seeking new tools to combat illicit schemes.

By Payments Dive staff

APR caps would shrink access to credit

“Well-meaning legislation shouldn’t leave behind the very people it intends to help,” writes one bank CEO.

By David Becker • Sept. 12, 2025

Fed lifts FedNow limit to $10M

As financial firms flock to instant payments, the Federal Reserve has pitched FedNow as a way to ease internal transfers, corporate payroll and big transactions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 10, 2025

Visa, Mastercard push more tokenization

The card network giants want more merchants and consumers using cards with security tokens to increase transaction volume and to reduce fraud.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 10, 2025

Stablecoin advances crypto adoption

Once large banks and big payments companies “start leaning in, then obviously that gets the flywheel going,” says Taxbit CEO Lindsey Argalas.

By Grace Noto • Sept. 10, 2025

Open banking looks better with crypto

After fintechs and crypto bros showed how banks might fetter digital assets, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revamped its views of open banking.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 8, 2025

Earned wage access should be free

“This industry simply cannot continue to charge employees to access their pay,” writes a fintech founder. “We cannot expect employers to deduct these fees from paychecks through payroll.”

By Jason Lee • Sept. 5, 2025

Chase flags end of gov’t checks

The JPMorgan bank says it’s striving to make branch customers aware of the federal government’s plan to stop sending paper checks next month. Some consumer advocates are still worried.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 4, 2025

Q2 credit card charge-offs fell

Increased consumer incomes led to a drop in net charge-offs and delinquency rates for U.S. bank credit cards in the second quarter, a new report says.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 4, 2025

Local governments press online payments

To avoid paper checks, cities and counties are pushing residents to use online card and ACH payments, according to industry executives.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 3, 2025

How Nokia, AT&T fight mobile fraud

Telecom companies are stepping up their efforts to help financial institutions and payments players reduce phone-related fraud.

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 2, 2025

Visa ramps new fraud prevention program

The card giant has merged its fraud prevention and dispute management programs, forcing merchants and their bank card processors to take more responsibility for thwarting misconduct.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 2, 2025

Innovative Systems acquired by investment firm

The South Dakota billing and payments software company was purchased by the Chicago private equity firm GTCR.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 28, 2025

CFPB proposes trimming nonbank purview

A CFPB rule proposed Tuesday would restrict the bureau’s ability to supervise nonbanks. The agency said it aims to adopt a binding, standardized definition of “risks to consumers” that would make enforcement consistent.

By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 27, 2025

Payments investments, acquisitions slid in H1

Investments in the payments sphere plummeted for the first half of the year, as did acquisitions in the area, according to a KPMG report.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 25, 2025

Will payments be ‘quantum safe’ by 2035?

The federal government and industry organizations warn that fraudsters could use the advanced technology to hack into payments systems.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 22, 2025

Fifth Third buys payments player

The acquisition of cash management software firm DTS Connex bolsters the bank’s commercial payments business, which already processes significant sums, specifically $17 trillion last year.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 21, 2025

CFPB seeks comments for new open banking rule

The agency wants to learn about costs, fees and consumer data risks associated with open banking as it seeks to revise a 2024 rule.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 21, 2025

EarnIn draws adverse court ruling

A federal judge ruled against the earned wage access company in a decision earlier this month, saying lending laws apply to its business.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 19, 2025

Early Warning shirked safeguards, NY says

As states step into the breach left by the CFPB, New York alleges Zelle’s parent devised security policies in 2019 to counter fraud on the payments network, but didn’t impose them for four years.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 18, 2025

ACH payments used for ex-banker’s fraud

A former Alabama banker made some 273 fraudulent ACH transactions over 10 years, ultimately embezzling about $2.3 million, the DOJ said.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Aug. 18, 2025

The case for earned wage access

“This is a tool that workers value and that policymakers should make more accessible, full stop,” one economist writes.

By Jonathan Davis • Aug. 15, 2025

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