Google preps $700M settlement payouts

Two years after the tech giant agreed to settle Play store antitrust complaints with states and consumers, the claims process is gearing up.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 8, 2025

FinCen targets illegal remittances

The federal government’s financial security enforcement arm urged money transfer businesses to be on the lookout for illegal cross-border transfers.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 5, 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.  

By Payments Dive staff

Former PayPal execs invest in Sokin

The former C-suite executives pitched in to help the cross-border payments startup raise $50 million as it seeks to expand internationally.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 4, 2025

BNPL drives over $1B in online spend on Cyber Monday

Overall spending on the digital shopping day topped $14 billion in the U.S., per Adobe Analytics. Shopify also touted record sales despite technical difficulties.

By Dani James • Dec. 3, 2025

BNPL spending storms on

The buy now, pay later industry has posted record spending levels so far during the holiday shopping season, even as it faces heightened regulatory scrutiny.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 3, 2025

Cash App spam settlement approved

A federal judge issued final approval Tuesday of a $12.5 million class action agreement resolving consumer complaints over Cash App marketing messages in Washington state.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 3, 2025

United, Southwest turn to debit

The airlines’ loyalty programs are responding to the millions of Americans who prefer to use a debit card for purchases in lieu of credit.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 1, 2025

Amazon, Visa team on agentic tools

The retail juggernaut is locking arms with the largest U.S. card network to provide software developers with tools and contacts for creating agentic commerce experiences.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 1, 2025

Holiday data sends mixed signals

Data from Mastercard, Morgan Stanley and others show consumers wary of holiday spending, but also gunning ahead with outlays.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 1, 2025

Consumers seek text connections

RCS messaging is gaining momentum in helping financial service providers collect payments and boost consumer engagement, a survey said. 

By Michael Brady • Nov. 26, 2025

Regulatory patchwork vexes BNPL

In the absence of federal regulation, the pay later industry is falling under the purview of state laws that were not intended for buy now, pay later transactions.

By Patrick Cooley , Julia Himmel • Nov. 25, 2025

Dems dig into BNPL

A group of Democrats queried seven buy now, pay later companies for information about who uses their services and how often.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 21, 2025

Adyen US executive exits

The Dutch payments processor’s president for North America, Davi Strazza, said he’s leaving after witnessing 11 years of growth.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 18, 2025

Sezzle renews subscription focus

The buy now, pay later firm’s CEO says that when a consumer makes a monthly financial commitment they spend more and deliver higher profits.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 17, 2025

Amex says BNPL isn’t a rival

Buy now, pay later competitors don’t concern American Express because the credit card giant depends on wealthier customers.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 14, 2025

Visa CFO trumpets legal pact

The card network’s chief financial officer touted the benefits of a proposed legal settlement with merchants.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 13, 2025

8 pros, cons of Visa-Mastercard pact

A proposed settlement to end 20 years of credit card swipe fee litigation generated strong reactions for and against the agreement.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 12, 2025

Visa, Mastercard reach legal pact with merchants

The legal agreement, if approved by a federal court, could end two decades of litigation between the two biggest U.S. card networks and their merchant clients over credit card interchange fees.

By Justin Bachman and Lynne Marek • Nov. 10, 2025

Shift4 founder to keep stake

Just as Jared Isaacman makes plans to remain the biggest shareholder of the payments processor he founded, the company faces U.S. sales volatility.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 7, 2025

Amazon sues Perplexity over AI shopping agents

The mass e-commerce company — which alleges Comet agents are covertly making purchases for users — is open to third-party agentic commerce, but on its own terms.

By Dani James • Nov. 6, 2025

Apple sets sights on travel spending

The tech company is embedding its digital wallet as a method of payment at many stages in the travel process in a bid to attract more consumer use.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 5, 2025

Global Payments leans into Genius

Global Pay is counting on its rising use of the Genius brand to bolster volume, as it expands with the acquisition of Worldpay.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 4, 2025

Fiserv turns to AI for help

Fiserv is embracing artificial intelligence as new executives try to fix major portions of the company and placate peeved customers.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 4, 2025

How agentic AI could turbocharge fraud

Generative artificial intelligence that can shop on a consumer’s behalf could be leveraged by bad actors to commit fraud on a wide scale.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 4, 2025

Executive Shuffle: Fiserv, Mastercard and DailyPay

Payments and fintechs reset leadership this month with new CEOs and fresh executives to jump-start finance, sales and marketing functions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 31, 2025