Tilia C-suite gets overhaul

The payments startup has a new team of top executives to spearhead payments for gaming, social media and other next-generation marketplaces.

By Lynne Marek • March 14, 2023

Retail brands react to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse

The merchants explained how the SVB situation had affected their sales, online commerce, payments and finances.

By Dani James • March 13, 2023

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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

Payments players caught in SVB fallout

As the banking crisis spread, payments players, such as FIS, and venture-backed firms, including Payoneer, were caught in the contagion.

By Lynne Marek , Caitlin Mullen • March 13, 2023

February retail, restaurant sales rise: Mastercard

U.S. retail sales climbed about 7% in February over last year, alongside increases in restaurant and travel spending, Mastercard said in a report.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 10, 2023

FedNow may draw in low-income users

The real-time payments system due later this year could have particular appeal to unbanked and underbanked Americans, Fed researchers say.

By Lynne Marek • March 9, 2023

Brex offers ChatGPT-style tools

The announcement comes as interest in ChatGPT is rapidly gaining momentum, even as some worry about potential privacy and security risks.

By Alexei Alexis • March 8, 2023

PayPal CFO hits the exit

PayPal CFO Blake Jorgensen, who has been on a medical leave since September, left his role Tuesday.

By Lynne Marek • March 7, 2023

Paymentus picks ex-TiVo exec for CFO

The electronic billing and payment company’s CFO hire comes less than a month after it handed a change in control and severance agreement to its then interim CFO.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 7, 2023

Banking technology provider Amount cut 25% of staff

The Chicago-based fintech, which was valued at $1 billion in 2021, recently initiated its second round of layoffs in less than a year.

By Anna Hrushka • March 6, 2023

PayPal leans on Venmo for growth

While the digital payments pioneer has kept its PayPal and Venmo operations separate, the parent company expects them to converge in about a year.

By Lynne Marek • March 6, 2023

Behind Synchrony’s decision to join Project Black

The private label card issuer decided it needed to do more to support entrepreneurs of color and women business owners so it teamed up with Ariel Alternatives.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 6, 2023

Senators urge regulators to keep close eye on Zelle

Five Democrats blasted the platform for its use of murky language, such as “authorized” transactions, in fraud-related reimbursements of customers.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 6, 2023

Jack Henry, ACI pounce on FedNow

The companies are gearing up to add U.S. real-time services for customers with the mid-year launch of the Federal Reserve instant payments system.

By Lynne Marek • March 3, 2023

Synchrony, Bread brace for potential late fee cap impact

If a late fee cap is imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the companies may curtail credit and seek other offsets, executives said this week.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 3, 2023

Visa aims to lower credit surcharge

The card network plans to reduce the credit card surcharge that merchants can impose on consumers, but the proposal is facing pushback.

By Lynne Marek • March 2, 2023

Fiserv discloses 7% drop in workforce

As the company cut 3,000 employees, Fiserv’s employee termination costs nearly doubled to $187 million in 2022.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 2, 2023

CFPB’s fate at stake in Supreme Court case

The high court’s decision could set a precedent for future actions, challenging everything the CFPB has done, said Scott Pearson, a partner in Manatt's consumer financial services practice.

By Anna Hrushka • March 1, 2023

Mastercard embraces nationalism

The card company isn’t shying away from countries in which the governments are taking a more insular approach to building their payments systems.

By Lynne Marek • March 1, 2023

Klarna’s growth comes at a cost

The buy now, pay later pioneer kept up growth despite employee cuts last year. The credit loss rate edged up too.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 28, 2023

Battle over expected Durbin bill ensues

A credit union trade group railed against expected credit card processing legislation aimed at Visa and Mastercard before a bill has even been introduced in Congress this year.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 27, 2023

Remitly to shutter digital banking platform Passbook

The Seattle-based remittance fintech launched Passbook in 2020. The product, however, hasn’t garnered significant overlap with existing customers, Remitly CEO Matt Oppenheimer said.

By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 27, 2023

Transparency key to crypto’s next phase: Circle CFO

USDC issuer Circle is moving to become a public company, its CFO said, even as regulatory attention on the space sharpens.

By Grace Noto • Feb. 24, 2023

Green Dot juggles customer changes

The banking-as-a-service company posted profits in the final quarter of last year even as it recovered from the loss of clients.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 24, 2023

Block boosts Ahuja’s responsibilities

Pledging to be more efficient with a revamp of the company’s leadership structure, Block has combined the CFO and COO roles under Amrita Ahuja.

By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 24, 2023

GoDaddy launches payable domain service

GoDaddy now offers its business owner clients a digital payment tool that is customizable to their company branding.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 24, 2023