BNPL firms urge HUD to skip new rules

Regulators need greater insight into the impacts of buy now, pay later lending, multiple groups said in their comments to U.S. housing officials.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 27, 2025

Worldpay rewires for bot shoppers

The processor aims to prepare its merchant clients for the opportunities and risks of AI-driven agentic shopping.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 26, 2025

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Payments industry seeks to keep pace with fraudsters

As losses from fraud in payments have climbed, companies are seeking new tools to combat illicit schemes.

By Payments Dive staff

Will payments be ‘quantum safe’ by 2035?

The federal government and industry organizations warn that fraudsters could use the advanced technology to hack into payments systems.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 22, 2025

US consumer trust in digital payments lags globally

Consumers in the U.S. are less trusting than those in other countries when it comes to using digital tools to make payments, according to a fintech study.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 22, 2025

Early Warning shirked safeguards, NY says

As states step into the breach left by the CFPB, New York alleges Zelle’s parent devised security policies in 2019 to counter fraud on the payments network, but didn’t impose them for four years.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 18, 2025

Shift4 helps crypto fans blast off

The payments company has started processing cryptocurrency transactions for the space flight company Blue Origin.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 12, 2025

Block courts teen app users

The company announced a focus on keeping its youngest customers on Cash App to secure future growth for the platform.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 8, 2025

Shift4 faces CFO, board departures

The payment processor’s CFO will step down and join the board, while the company founder’s father said he will resign from the board.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 7, 2025

Georgia bank charter attracts two more takers

One payments company has applied for the special acquirer credential and another has expressed interest, a state official said.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 6, 2025

Will JPMorgan take a bigger bite of Apple?

If the bank makes a play for the tech company's credit card portfolio, it may also make a broader bid for more business.

By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 5, 2025

When will you be able to buy a pizza with stablecoin?

The Genius Act is law. Here’s how 5 professionals in the payments industry view prospects for the digital currency becoming a daily payment option.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2025

Wise shareholders vote to move primary listing to US

One of the money transfer company’s co-founders criticized the stock listing move to New York from London.

By Dan Ennis • July 31, 2025

Fiserv sued over Clover migration

A securities lawsuit alleges the payments processor moved merchants to Clover, and then misled investors about the point-of-sale system’s growth.

By Patrick Cooley • July 28, 2025

Corpay to buy Alpha Group, sell vehicle units

The commercial card and expense management company plans to buy the British cross-border firm in a $2.2 billion deal, as it considers divestures.

By Lynne Marek • July 24, 2025

Fiserv revenue forecast dims

The payments processor offered a less rosy outlook as executives took some blame for second-quarter revenue growth being lower than analysts expected. It also agreed to buy a TD Bank portfolio.

By Patrick Cooley • July 24, 2025

Block agrees to $12.5M settlement in Cash App spam text case

A class action alleged the company let users send spam messages to other users in violation of a Washington state law.

By Patrick Cooley • July 23, 2025

Stablecoins emerge as alternative: Amex CEO

While the digital assets likely won’t replace ACH and SWIFT, they are a viable way to send money in lieu of those rails, Steve Squeri said.

By Patrick Cooley • July 21, 2025

Payments in the age of VAMP

There are changes coming to the way Visa monitors fraud and chargebacks. VAMP is the new standard coming to payments — and Inovio has solutions to prepare merchants.

By Shane Estes, VP of Sales and General Operations, Inovio by North • July 21, 2025

Mastercard, Visa play down stablecoin threat

The giant card networks are sifting through the opportunities and threats that stablecoins present for their businesses.

By Lynne Marek • July 17, 2025

Why small banks may shun Zelle

The peer-to-peer payment network charges comparatively higher transaction rates, but also offers the potential for new customers, consultants say.

By Patrick Cooley • July 16, 2025

Fedwire makes ISO leap

The Federal Reserve shifted payments for the Fedwire Funds Service to a new international standard this week without any reported glitches.

By Lynne Marek • July 15, 2025

6 takeaways from the Senate’s crypto market structure hearing

Senators largely agreed on the need for regulation, but differed on the potential focus and framing of such a bill.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • July 14, 2025

The hidden costs in your payment stack

Lowering fees won’t fix your payments problem. Reducing friction will.

By Anne Hay, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer • July 14, 2025

Fed’s ISO ‘big bang’ hits

The Federal Reserve’s shift of trillions of dollars in payments to the new ISO 20022 standard Monday will reverberate around the world.

By Lynne Marek • July 11, 2025

HUD studies BNPL housing risks

U.S. regulators want to learn more about how buy now, pay later loans may affect borrowers’ finances and housing market stability.

By Justin Bachman • July 11, 2025