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

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

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Embedded payment tools make inroads

Business customers demanding integrated tools is likely to keep driving a trend toward more embedded payments tools.

By Payments Dive staff

NMI appoints new CEO

The embedded payments company plans to install a former top Billtrust executive as its next CEO, after Vijay Sondhi exits next month.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 14, 2025

Google makes payments play

The search giant has locked arms with Wise, Klarna and others to improve and expand its payments services, including in remittances and e-commerce.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 13, 2025

Payroc to buy Agilisa Technologies

The big nonbank payment processor has grown via acquisitions in recent years, and this one extends its reach in Latin America.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 13, 2025

Shopify aims to kill Sezzle lawsuit

The Canadian online commerce company plans to ask a federal judge to dismiss Sezzle’s antitrust complaint over the companies’ competing BNPL offerings.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 12, 2025

Western Union makes $500M acquisition

The old line money transfer company bought a rival as it seeks to bolster growth, particularly in Latin America.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 12, 2025

Remitly seeks SMB supplement

The cross-border payments upstart is wooing more small and mid-sized business customers as stablecoins stoke competition.

By Lynne Marek • 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

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

Global Payments mulls more divestitures

The mega processor may sell assets after the Worldpay purchase revised its outlook. The company also expects Trump tax benefits.

By Lynne Marek • 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

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

Payroc scoops up another peer

The suburban Chicago payments processor nabbed payments orchestration firm BlueSnap as the latest purchase in its acquisition streak.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 1, 2025

PayPal embarks on $300M restructuring

The digital payments company has begun to log expenses for a “large-scale initiative” to overhaul its technology infrastructure, including job cuts.

By Lynne Marek • July 31, 2025

Splitit pivots customer strategy

The BNPL player will rely less on partnering with individual merchants thanks to a partnership with Samsung’s digital wallet.

By Patrick Cooley • 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

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

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

Payroc to buy LedgerPay

The growing payments processor has agreed to acquire the cloud-based peer, and may have more targets in its sights.

By Lynne Marek • July 23, 2025

Fiserv’s Clover delves into healthcare

The payment processor is partnering with a healthcare software company to provide a service fitted for healthcare providers.

By Patrick Cooley • July 22, 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

Adyen tackles golf payments

A company executive explained how the payment processor can compete with firms that specialize in processing payments for golf companies.

By Patrick Cooley • July 18, 2025

Midsize business use of PayPal, Zelle dipped, Citizens says

The bank's annual survey of midsize companies showed the popularity of business-to-consumer alternative payment types slipped this year.

By Patrick Cooley • July 17, 2025