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    Citizens spies opportunity after Chase move

    As premium credit card fees climb, “it does create a little more room for us to compete in between,” the regional bank’s head of lending said.

    By Caitlin Mullen • July 10, 2025
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    Embedded payments drive into parking

    Lots across the U.S. are using systems that let customers park their cars without swiping a credit card or paying an attendant.

    By July 10, 2025
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    Top 5 stories from Payments Dive

    The digital evolution of payments is roiling the industry, forcing companies to rethink pricing schemes and revamp corporate strategies. Embedded payments, earned wage access, real-time systems and other innovations will transform the business.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Warren demands Zelle scam update

    In letters to Zelle’s bank owners, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other Democrats asked what the financial institutions are doing to protect customers using the digital payments service.

    By July 8, 2025
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    Trump imposes new remittance tax

    The spending and tax bill signed by President Donald Trump includes a new levy on international money transfers, though it’s lower than initially proposed.

    By July 8, 2025
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    Wegmans tests smart carts

    The grocer is trying out technology from two providers, including Instacart’s Caper Carts that let shoppers pay directly from the cart.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • July 8, 2025
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    Shift4 strategy segues with Global Blue

    The deal is a departure from the company’s typical blueprint for acquisitions, according to analysts.

    By July 7, 2025
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    Balance, Alibaba team on BNPL for biz clients

    Small and mid-sized businesses can now use Balance’s buy now, pay later financing on the global e-commerce marketplace. 

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 2, 2025
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    Affirm delves into in-game payments

    The buy now, pay later player is for the first time partnering with a company that provides in-game payment services to video game developers.

    By June 30, 2025
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    Visa, Mastercard trials postponed

    Courts in New York and Chicago rescheduled two antitrust trials over Visa and Mastercard swipe fees to next year as merchants decried further delays.

    By Justin Bachman • June 30, 2025
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    Visa, FIS boost value-added card services

    The companies say they aim to strengthen tech tools available for smaller financial institutions in issuing cards.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 30, 2025
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    Payments firms pursue top talent

    Companies developing digital wallets, cryptocurrency strategies and pay later tools are still seeking top talent despite economic turmoil, recruiters say.

    By June 26, 2025
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    PayPal lines up Big Ten, Big 12 ties

    The digital payments pioneer will handle the collegiate conferences’ payments to student athletes as it makes a bid for more student spending.

    By June 26, 2025
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    Payments conferences yet to come in 2025

    Artificial intelligence, FedNow and the ISO 20022 standards are expected to be hot topics at this year’s payments conferences.

    By Shefali Kapadia • Updated June 26, 2025
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    Visa loses bid to toss DOJ debit lawsuit

    A New York federal judge ruled Department of Justice allegations against the card network over an illegal monopoly in the debit card market are plausible at this stage of litigation.

    By Justin Bachman • June 25, 2025
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    Stablecoins may push aside payments

    Digital assets have the power to “disintermediate” the financial system by bypassing traditional payment rails, according to a Deloitte report.

    By June 25, 2025
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    Klarna, Google join forces

    The Swedish buy now, pay later business integrated its payments tool into the search giant’s digital wallet, making its services more widely available.

    By June 24, 2025
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    Walmart settles FTC money transfer fraud case

    The $10M deal resolves US allegations that the retail giant turned a blind eye to scams and fraud that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

    By Daphne Howland • June 23, 2025
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    Shift4 buys Smartpay for $180M

    The payments services provider bought the distribution network business to keep building its presence in Australia and New Zealand.

    By June 23, 2025
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    Opinion

    Don’t make Americans pay to pass financial data

    “Pausing or gutting Rule 1033 wouldn’t just stall innovation,” writes one industry executive who has international perspective. “It would send a message that the system works best when it’s closed.”

    By Jamie Twiss • June 20, 2025
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    JPMorgan, Amex flash new cards

    Both companies have teased premium card refreshes, reflecting the race for high-end card holders.

    By June 20, 2025
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    Amex, Fiserv cite inflation benefit

    “Modest” price increases benefit card and payment companies as long as the economy doesn’t trip into a recession, executives say.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Illinois delays interchange fee law

    Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a bill that delays implementation of a controversial new law that would bar interchange fees on taxes and tips in Illinois.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Cantaloupe scooped up for $848M

    The self-checkout kiosk company was purchased by 365 Retail Markets, a firm focused on self-service technology and backed by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Credit card bill crusade persists

    Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall may have lost their latest bid to win a congressional vote on the Credit Card Competition Act, via stablecoin legislation, but proponents are undeterred.

    By June 16, 2025
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    CFPB, consumer groups clash over BNPL

    The battle over buy now, pay later — whether it’s helpful or hurtful to users — persists even after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month withdrew its rule regulating such services.

    By June 16, 2025