Appetize Technologies becomes a player at 15 more stadiums

The company that helps sports stadiums offer mobile and contactless ordering of food, drink and merchandise added five new major league and 10 new minor league venues to its roster as the baseball season gets underway. 

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 4, 2021

Macy's workers win battle against mobile app purchases

The retailer can no longer use its Scan and Pay app in departments where employees make commissions, a labor arbitrator has ruled.

By Daphne Howland • May 4, 2021

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Discover pitches identity theft protection services beyond cardholders

Discover is casting a broader net for customers of the service at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has increased consumer demand for online protection, and put a damper on its mainstay credit card business.

By Anthony Epling • May 4, 2021

SoFi credit card to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum rewards

SoFi is the latest fintech to offer crypto-based credit cards after seeing an appetite for them in the market.

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 3, 2021

E-commerce fraud to surpass $20B in 2021, an 18% jump over last year, report finds

Behavioral biometrics and secured APIs can help rein in the rising fraud, according to a recent Juniper report.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 30, 2021

Google Pay to push promotions for Safeway, Target

The retailers are using the tech company's digital wallet to notify consumers about weekly specials.

By Sam Silverstein • April 30, 2021

Shopify revenue rises with increased online sales, e-commerce boom

The e-commerce giant expects online sales to subside as the economy opens up, but anticipates business will continue growing this year. 

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 29, 2021

American Express targets more growth in China

The credit card company has attracted 14 million merchants in the country.

By Lynne Marek • April 27, 2021

Barclays US to offer merchants BNPL payments option

The bank had considered creating its own in-house BNPL system, but shifted gears and opted to work with tech firm Amount, said Barclays US CEO Denny Nealon.

By Anna Hrushka • April 27, 2021

Gemini partners with Mastercard to launch crypto rewards card

The crypto card slated to launch this summer is gaining traction among users and has amassed 140,000-person waitlist.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 27, 2021

TransUnion invests in blockchain startup Spring Labs

The investment can open doors for financial institutions that deal in huge swaths of consumer data to share information without sharing the underlying data, said TransUnion Senior Vice President Marko Ivanov.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 26, 2021

52% of gas station merchants fall short of new chip card standard

Only about half of major fuel merchants expected to install new chip card technology on all their pumps by this month's deadline, but most had it on at least half their pumps, an ACI Worldwide survey found.

By Lynne Marek • April 26, 2021

Cardless partners with Manchester United to issue credit cards for soccer fans

"This product helps serve a market not previously filled by traditional financial partners," Cardless Founder and President Michael Spelfogel said.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 23, 2021

BNPL company Affirm buys Returnly for $300M as US returns rise

Returnly CEO Eduardo Vilar expects to extend his company's reach under Affirm ownership.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • April 23, 2021

Visa, Mastercard face biggest challenges in a decade

Regulatory, legislative and court confrontations over the card network companies' fees are ratcheting up pressure again for reform of the behemoths' practices.

By Lynne Marek • April 22, 2021

Transit payment systems revamped for post-COVID commuters

Cities across the country are looking to revamp their transit payment channels to make ticketing simpler, faster and safer.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 21, 2021

Amazon One palm payment tool expands to East Coast

The technology that lets a shopper pay with a hand scan linked to an Amazon Prime account or credit card has made its debut in NYC's Amazon Go store.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Updated May 10, 2021

Marqeta partners with ShakePay to offer a crypto card

“Platforms that hold these assets are looking to get their customers to use them,” said Brandon Rembe, senior vice president at Envestnet's Yodlee unit.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 20, 2021

Gilded launches crypto payment platform

Companies can now pay up to 500 employees using digital assets like Ethereum with Gilded's new offering.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 20, 2021

Semafone partners with Avaya on payment security

Companies are developing secure payment channels for over-the-phone transactions as call centers pivot to homes and digital transactions pick up pace.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 19, 2021

International players flock to US market as American consumers warm to BNPL

European and Australian companies that dominate the BNPL marketplace are taking on U.S. rivals.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • April 16, 2021

Acima, Mastercard team up to offer lease-to-own payment cards

Acima's new offering will allow consumers with low credit ratings to lease products, pay them over time and own products outright at the end of the payment cycle. 

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 16, 2021

Consumer credit payment patterns shift during pandemic

Credit payment patterns changed last year as consumers looked to maintain liquidity during the pandemic, a recent TransUnion report said.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 15, 2021

PNC's 'low cash mode' gives users 24-hour overdraft buffer

The feature lets customers choose which payments will be processed if an overdraft is imminent. Tests of the product have helped users reduce insufficient-funds fees by more than 60%, the bank said.

By Anna Hrushka • April 14, 2021

Checkout.com rolls out new product to provide real-time payouts

The new payment interface enables merchants and individuals to process domestic and cross-border payments in real-time.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 14, 2021