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

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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.  

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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 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

Fintech’s next era: The strategic value of license ownership for speed and control

In today’s environment, relying on sponsor banks or cobbled-together providers is no longer good enough.

By Mariëtte Swart, Adyen • July 28, 2025

How to build a B2B payments behemoth

No single company dominates U.S. commercial payments, as with card networks or merchant acquirers. Bottomline CEO Craig Saks says that will change.

By Justin Bachman • July 25, 2025

Payments hurl toward digitization

It’s no coincidence that President Donald Trump ushered in the stablecoin era just a few months after the Treasury Department canceled the penny.

By Lynne Marek • July 25, 2025

Stablecoins face last-mile trouble

“The promise of stablecoins to solve existing issues quickly encounters a series of challenges,” writes an ACI Worldwide executive. “Chief among them is what we call the ‘last mile’ problem.”

By Phil Bruno • July 24, 2025

Corpay to buy Alpha Group, sell vehicle units

The commercial card and expense management company plans to buy the British cross-border firm in a $2.2 billion deal, as it considers divestures.

By Lynne Marek • July 24, 2025

Fiserv revenue forecast dims

The payments processor offered a less rosy outlook as executives took some blame for second-quarter revenue growth being lower than analysts expected. It also agreed to buy a TD Bank portfolio.

By Patrick Cooley • July 24, 2025

Groups seek Trump aid on open banking

Fintechs and merchants urged the president to take on big banks and let the U.S. open banking rule move forward.

By Justin Bachman • July 24, 2025

Block agrees to $12.5M settlement in Cash App spam text case

A class action alleged the company let users send spam messages to other users in violation of a Washington state law.

By Patrick Cooley • July 23, 2025