PayPal pivots for 2026

The digital payment player aims to keep scaling its collection of integrated businesses, the company’s chief financial and operating officer said.

By Lynne Marek • March 10, 2026

Shift4 promotes Global Blue execs

The payments processor promoted three executives to leadership roles, naming Pier Francesco Nervini as head of its international division.

By Patrick Cooley • March 10, 2026

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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

Par Tech faces investor pressure

One of the point-of-sale software company’s largest shareholders began urging it to consider “strategic alternatives,” such as a sale, last week.

By Lynne Marek • March 9, 2026

Pilot, NCR Voyix agree to 5-year pact

The retailer, which has used NCR’s self-checkout kiosks for years, will now also deploy the payment service company’s point-of-sale technology.

By Brett Dworski • March 6, 2026

Affirm pursues affluent consumers

Shoppers with more purchasing power spend more, and are more likely to use the company’s products again, an executive said.

By Patrick Cooley • March 6, 2026

Visa, Mastercard jockey to set agentic standards

The card networks are locking arms with big tech players and digital payments to shape the evolving agentic commerce ecosystem.

By Lynne Marek • March 5, 2026

Inside a startup building tools for AI agents

Funded by Stripe and Samsung, Circuit & Chisel wants to set the protocol for how artificial intelligence agents navigate the web autonomously.

By Justin Bachman • March 5, 2026

CCCA seeks new path to passage

Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall are angling to attach their credit card interchange fee legislation to a major housing bill before Congress.

By Lynne Marek • March 4, 2026

Would a bank buy PayPal?

Whether major banks, such as JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, might have an interest in owning PayPal could turn on their ability to monetize that two-sided network.

By Lynne Marek • March 3, 2026

Shift4 taps xAI for customer service

The payment processor announced it would partner with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company for a range of uses.

By Patrick Cooley • March 3, 2026

Apple, Google wallets get personal

Beyond payments, the digital wallet is a platform for commerce with software startup Badge trying to help brands expand their wallet presence.

By Justin Bachman • March 3, 2026

PayPal, Rainforest join forces

The digital payments pioneer and software services firm are locking arms to simplify embedded payments for merchants.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 27, 2026

Block swaps 4,000 workers for AI

CEO Jack Dorsey told investors Thursday that Block’s headcount will drop about 40% as it leans on artificial intelligence for efficiencies.

By Patrick Cooley , Lynne Marek • Feb. 26, 2026

Fiserv appoints new executives

The payment processor added two chief revenue officers and a business development executive as it seeks to raise sales figures.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 26, 2026

Stripe’s slower view of agentic commerce

The processing giant, like some other digital commerce specialists, sees agent-enabled shopping evolving at a measured pace.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 25, 2026

New York releases draft BNPL rules

The state aims to set a national standard for regulating buy now, pay later lenders with its regulations issued Monday.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 24, 2026

Klarna pursues more banking customers

The company is targeting more long-term loan and debit card customers as an avenue for growth as it tries to curtail losses.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 20, 2026

Visa to buy Prisma in Argentina

The card network company is buying the card processing and real-time payments assets as it expands its reach in South America.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 19, 2026

Toast courts fast-food restaurants

The company is entering the drive-thru business in a bid to attract more of the quick-service sector to its customer rolls.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 19, 2026

Global Payments builds salesforce

The payments processor plans to hire hundreds of additional sales agents this year as it builds on its acquisition of Worldpay.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 18, 2026

Sezzle adds phone service offer

The new plans will be available at cheaper rates for Sezzle subscribers, as the BNPL provider seeks to grow its subscription business.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 18, 2026

Affirm partnerships target growth

The company’s latest collaborations are aimed at branching out into more sectors of the economy, consultants and analysts say.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 17, 2026

Cash App debuts payment links

After PayPal debuted a similar feature last year, Cash App also wants to simplify payment requests for users.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 12, 2026

Judge backs Illinois law on card fees

A U.S. judge ruled that federal bank law doesn’t preempt an Illinois effort to ban card interchange fees on sales tax and tips. Bank groups vowed to appeal.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 11, 2026

Fiserv struggles with financial business

Revenue in the company’s financial services and banking sectors fell year-over-year, which executives attributed to market share loss among credit unions.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 10, 2026