SumUp battles for small merchants

The point-of-sale firm is investing in the U.S. to seize a larger share among small retailers as bigger payments players move upmarket.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 2, 2025

Payments conferences to keep on your radar for 2026

The U.S. open banking rule and artificial intelligence are expected to be hot topics at next year’s payments industry events.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 1, 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

Stripe pushes agentic AI sales via chat

The payments firm is teaming with OpenAI for a new agentic commerce protocol to help merchants sell their wares via AI chat sessions.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 30, 2025

US payments growth may have peaked

Payments revenue growth is projected to slow over the next four years, with cash-to-card migration largely in the rearview, said the author of a BCG report.

By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 29, 2025

Affirm eager to grow services

Home and personal services is one of Affirm’s smallest merchant categories but among the fastest-growing for the buy now, pay later provider, its CFO said Tuesday.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 24, 2025

Capital One cuts Discover workers

The bank said it’s cutting nearly 400 Discover employees between November and March 2026, following job cuts last month related to Discover’s home equity business.

By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 23, 2025

Cardless fuels growth with new $60M

The credit card fintech will use the fresh capital to hire and bolster its work with clients Coinbase and Bilt, co-founder Michael Spelfogel said.

By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 22, 2025

Shopify wants court to toss Sezzle lawsuit

The BNPL provider is misapplying antitrust law because it dislikes competition, Shopify said in a motion to dismiss Sezzle’s lawsuit.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 22, 2025

Don’t conflate surcharges and ‘junk’ fees

“Payment processors and merchants must strongly oppose claims conflating credit card surcharging with mandatory or ‘junk’ fees,” say legal pros.

By Jonathan Razi and Keturah Taylor • Sept. 19, 2025

AI commerce portends potential fraud

As payments firms enable agentic AI shopping, secure transactions and safeguards are at the forefront of their initiatives.

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 18, 2025

PayPal, Google enter major tech pact

The digital payments pioneer has locked arms with the tech titan in a multi-year deal to pursue a “next-generation commerce and payments platform.”

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 18, 2025

Cash App lures BNPL card users

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

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 16, 2025

Maverik expands cardless payment options

The retailer’s partnership with Piston lets professional drivers initiate a fuel payment via QR or authorization codes.

By Jessica Loder • Sept. 11, 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

Klarna counts on retailers for growth

As Klarna becomes publicly traded, the BNPL giant says the availability of its services at retailers such as Walmart and Macy’s correlates strongly to future growth.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 10, 2025

Circle K grows fleet payment options

Alimentation Couche-Tard is partnering with Relay to add more than 500 truck-accessible locations to the fintech company’s network.

By Jessica Loder • Sept. 9, 2025

Fiserv buys CardFree for hospitality expansion

The company said it acquired the California startup that focuses on restaurant and hotel payment systems to expand its Clover point-of-sale business.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 5, 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

EWA players seek federal oversight

A trade group representing earned wage access providers backs introduction of a bill outlining federal oversight for the emerging industry.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 27, 2025

Worldpay rewires for bot shoppers

The processor aims to prepare its merchant clients for the opportunities and risks of AI-driven agentic shopping.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 26, 2025

US consumer trust in digital payments lags globally

Consumers in the U.S. are less trusting than those in other countries when it comes to using digital tools to make payments, according to a fintech study.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 22, 2025

CFPB mulls cutting int’l money transfer oversight

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering the definition of a large international money transfer firm, potentially reducing regulation.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 20, 2025

PayPal, Mesh jump into crypto conversion

Just as gold and cash coexist, stablecoin will serve payments while volatile cryptocurrencies remain an investment vehicle, the CEO of crypto-transfer firm Mesh says.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 20, 2025

NY queries BNPL providers

New York regulators said Monday that buy now, pay later companies can have extra time to furnish voluntary BNPL data ahead of new state rules.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 19, 2025

Payments players spar for sports contracts

The goal: elevate brand image and bring real-time data to stadium merchants, offering sports fans an integrated experience.

By Shefali Kapadia • Aug. 18, 2025