Mastercard expands sonic branding with 'Priceless' album

The multi-artist album, a first-time marketing move by the card company, features original songs that incorporate Mastercard’s brand sound.

By Chris Kelly • June 22, 2022

Mastercard shareholders reject ghost guns proposal

A shareholder who is also a state official and candidate for Congress urged the card giant’s board to issue a report related to untraceable guns, but the proposal didn’t win enough support to pass at the company’s annual meeting.

By Caitlin Mullen • June 22, 2022

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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

Friendly fraud: How should fintechs view the risks?

With friendly fraud, fintechs don’t always consider the whole picture when it comes to fraudulent disputes.

By Sarah Mirsky-Terranova • June 21, 2022

Discover eyes benefits of downturn

As smaller fintechs grapple with restructuring challenges, the card company expects there will be more opportunities for it in hiring talent and acquiring businesses.

By Caitlin Mullen • June 21, 2022

Walmart, Roku partner to evolve shoppable streaming ads 'beyond the QR code'

The mega-retailer is the exclusive partner on a new Roku feature that allows people to purchase products by clicking on ads with their remote.

By Peter Adams • June 17, 2022

Card fees: the price hike nobody is talking about

"The Visa-Mastercard duopoly controls about 80% of the market share, allowing them to raise fees indiscriminately and with no formidable opposition," contends Doug Kantor, general counsel for the National Association of Convenience Stores.

By Doug Kantor • June 17, 2022

CFPB urges standardization in BNPL credit reporting

The agency isn’t pleased about the three big credit reporting bureaus taking different approaches to tracking consumer data for buy now-pay later financing.

By Lynne Marek • Updated June 17, 2022

Samsung debuts a new digital wallet with crypto

The new wallet will store IDs, cards and crypto, giving the South Korean company more leverage to compete with digital payment apps from tech giants Apple and Google.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 16, 2022

Startup Metropolis snags $167M to scale

Metropolis Technologies, which uses computer vision and machine learning for parking payments, plans to use the funding to scale, aiming to hire 500 workers by the end of the year.

By Caitlin Mullen • June 15, 2022

Grubhub adds instant pay option for delivery drivers

Food delivery company GrubHub will make an instant payout option available to its couriers, with an assist from PayPal and Visa, so drivers can deposit earnings to a debit card.

By Alicia Kelso • June 15, 2022

PayPal expands BNPL payment options

PayPal is making a bigger move into buy now-pay later financing as competitors in that arena multiply. It will now offer a new monthly payment plan targeted at bigger purchases.

By Lynne Marek • June 15, 2022

Payments startups still gaining value, for now

Payments companies “led the pack in valuation increases” and had the biggest average increase in valuation, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

By Jonathan Berr • June 14, 2022

PayPal strives to improve checkout

The company aims to improve the checkout experience for both merchants and consumers, with new services being tested this year, CEO Dan Schulman said.

By Lynne Marek • June 13, 2022

Chip cards rise 10% last year to 12B globally

That figure was the annual increase tallied this week by EMVCo as part of its work to streamline payment protocols for merchants and improve the security of their transactions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 10, 2022

Apple joins BNPL boom

Apple Pay Later will let users split the cost of an Apple Pay purchase into four equal payments over a six-week period, with no interest or fees. It will be available via the Mastercard network.

By Jonathan Berr • June 7, 2022

Circle K owner rolls out computer-vision checkout units

Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates locations under the Circle K and Couche-Tard banners, plans to deploy Mashgin's technology across North America and Europe over the next three years.

By Sam Silverstein • June 6, 2022

Amex isn't afraid of inflation

American Express CEO Steve Squeri is bullish on his cardholders' financial health and the broader economic situation, saying Thursday he expects inflation to moderate in 2023.

By Caitlin Mullen • June 3, 2022

Block offers Apple tap-to-pay for merchants

Block wants to attract more business clientele as fintech firms experience economic volatility. Offering tap-to-pay on the iPhone advances that goal.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 3, 2022

Economic pressures stress payment fintechs

PayPal, Klarna and Bolt have chopped their workforces in the face of mushrooming macro-economic pressures, suggesting a potential fintech shakeout in the offing.

By Lynne Marek • June 2, 2022

Klarna taps Marqeta for card

The partnership comes as buy now-pay later providers seek to expand their customer bases amid market volatility and regulatory pressure.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 2, 2022

NMI aims to equip banks with modern payments tech

As banks try to fend off competition from fintechs in merchant acquiring and processing, payments gateway NMI aims to capitalize by offering to bolster their services.

By Caitlin Mullen • June 1, 2022

BNPL extends to gas, groceries

Buy now-pay later providers have made their financing services more available for everyday purchases, offering consumers a tool to deal with inflation.

By Jonathan Berr • June 1, 2022

Visa's CEO braces for legislation

Visa CEO Al Kelly said Sen. Dick Durbin is contemplating new legislation that would impose more pricing restrictions on the card industry. Kelly didn't elaborate and Durbin has been mum.

By Lynne Marek • May 31, 2022

Cross-border payments change as they rise: report

Consumers and businesses are more frequently using digital means to send payments around the world, according to Mastercard's second annual report on cross-border payments.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 31, 2022

Dollar General piloting self-checkout-only stores

The test will involve about 200 of the discount retailer's 18,000-plus locations and run throughout 2022, Chief Operating Officer Jeff Owen said Thursday during an earnings call.

By Sam Silverstein • May 27, 2022