NY legislature backs bill to protect cash

The state’s two chambers voted in favor of a bill that requires New York retailers to accept cash, following a trend set by other states and cities.

By Lynne Marek • June 13, 2025

Adyen opts for build over buy

The Dutch payments processor eschews acquisitions in favor of building its own systems to drive growth, including in the U.S. market.

By Lynne Marek • June 12, 2025

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Cross-border payments targeted for upgrades

When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.

By Payments Dive staff

Drivers seek digital payment options

Digital payments are on the rise, but toll road payments are lagging behind.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 12, 2025

Visa, Mastercard race to agentic AI commerce

The two top U.S. card networks are speeding to develop payments services that will enable bot-based buying, with digital rival PayPal also making a play.

By Lynne Marek • June 11, 2025

Affirm boasts 2 million debit cards

The number of such cards the buy now, pay later provider has now made available is an increase of about 600,000 cards since January.

By Patrick Cooley • June 11, 2025

Sezzle sues Shopify in BNPL battle

The buy now, pay later provider says Shopify violated antitrust laws when it sought to dominate BNPL transactions on its merchants’ platform.

By Justin Bachman • June 11, 2025

Fiserv CEO embraces stablecoins

The processor is developing an infrastructure that would let its merchant customers make use of the digital assets, Mike Lyons said.

By Patrick Cooley • June 10, 2025

Checkout-free payments may yet rise

Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could let cashierless payment companies succeed where Grabango failed, industry insiders and observers say.

By Patrick Cooley • June 9, 2025

Walmart taps Mastercard, Synchrony for new cards

The retail juggernaut’s OnePay affiliate is working with the card issuer and the network to launch general purpose and private label credit cards later this year.

By Lynne Marek • June 9, 2025

Fiserv buys out AIB Merchant Services

The payments processor’s deal to buy the ownership stake that it doesn’t already own is expected to give it a stronger foothold in Europe.

By Patrick Cooley • June 6, 2025

Amex leans into B2B payments

The card company aims to spur more business spending by corporate clients to buttress volume in the face of a possible recession.

By Patrick Cooley • June 6, 2025

Visa picks value-added services head

The global card network is shuffling its executive leadership as it bolsters efforts to sell ancillary software and advisory services.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 5, 2025

Why BNPL appeals to salons

The buy now, pay later option attracts more customers and leads to bigger spending, asserts a payments software executive.

By Patrick Cooley • June 4, 2025

Airlines decry proposed card amendment

Airline and aviation industry stakeholders argue the Marshall-Durbin amendment to the GENIUS Act bill would harm consumers and workers by undercutting credit card revenue.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 3, 2025

Shift4 CEO likely to keep post

Jared Isaacman was dropped by the Trump administration as a nominee to head NASA, and analysts expect he will remain at the payments processor.

By Patrick Cooley • June 3, 2025

Pushpay targets church payment niche

The company caters to churches and other nonprofits, smoothing the channels to take in donations in various forms, including cryptocurrencies.

By Patrick Cooley • May 30, 2025

PayPal’s venture arm taps new leader

The digital payments company has promoted Ian Cox Moya, who rejoined the company in 2022, to head the unit that invests in startups.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 29, 2025

Remittance tax draws fintech pushback

The budget bill proposal moving through Congress would levy a tax on cross-border money transfers. That has prompted “strong concern” from one fintech organization.

By Lynne Marek • May 29, 2025

Fiserv reaffirms Clover revenue goal

The company’s chief financial officer contended the point-of-sale unit will still deliver $3.5 billion in revenue this year despite a recent volume growth slowdown.  

By Lynne Marek • May 27, 2025

Cash use declines as cards rise: Atlanta Fed

Consumers keep using cash, but credit cards are king, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta documented in its annual payment method survey. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 22, 2025

Circle K launches fleet payment mobile app

The program, developed alongside Car IQ, is designed to help drivers avoid credit card skimmers at the pump.

By Brett Dworski • May 22, 2025

Durbin, Marshall push credit card amendment

Sens. Roger Marshall and Dick Durbin aim to add their Credit Card Competition Act legislation to the GENIUS stablecoin bill advancing in Congress.

By Lynne Marek • May 21, 2025

Visa, Mastercard $5.5B settlement advances

Plaintiffs in the card network litigation say problematic third-party communications regarding claims has declined since a February filing deadline.

By Justin Bachman • May 20, 2025

Klarna touts merchant growth

The buy now, pay later provider surpassed 100 million users globally this year, but also reported widening consumer credit losses for the first quarter.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris and Lynne Marek • May 20, 2025

Capital One closes Discover deal

Completion of the combination results in the richest banking deal of the past six years and creates the nation’s largest credit card issuer.

By Dan Ennis • May 19, 2025