AI takes on bill payments

Paymentus CEO Dushyant Sharma explained how his company is using AI to make paying bills digitally more efficient.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 11, 2025

Block courts teen app users

The company announced a focus on keeping its youngest customers on Cash App to secure future growth for the platform.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 8, 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

Big bank moves threaten innovation

That threat extends to American leadership, but the Trump administration can address it in a revised open banking rule, trade group leaders say.

By Penny Lee and Ji Hun Kim • Aug. 8, 2025

Judge vacates debit fee regulations

The federal court ruling potentially forces the Federal Reserve to revisit rules on fees banks can charge merchants when consumers swipe debit cards.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 7, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

Fiserv sued over Clover migration

A securities lawsuit alleges the payments processor moved merchants to Clover, and then misled investors about the point-of-sale system’s growth.

By Patrick Cooley • July 28, 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

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

EWA providers fight NY over court venue

The New York Attorney General opposes efforts by DailyPay and MoneyLion to have the state’s earned wage access lawsuits tried in federal court.

By Justin Bachman • July 22, 2025

How much will killing the penny cost?

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia, estimates American consumers will pay millions of dollars more annually as merchants round up.

By Lynne Marek • July 22, 2025

Consumer advocate group slams Genius Act

The law aims to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins, but critics note that more needs to be done to protect consumers.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 21, 2025

Stablecoins emerge as alternative: Amex CEO

While the digital assets likely won’t replace ACH and SWIFT, they are a viable way to send money in lieu of those rails, Steve Squeri said.

By Patrick Cooley • July 21, 2025

Gambling on cards, wallets spurs debate

The growth of U.S. sports betting has given rise to a variety of regulatory proposals addressing gamblers’ use of credit cards and digital wallets.

By Justin Bachman • July 18, 2025