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    Affirm delves into in-game payments

    The buy now, pay later player is for the first time partnering with a company that provides in-game payment services to video game developers.

    By June 30, 2025
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    Visa, FIS boost value-added card services

    The companies say they aim to strengthen tech tools available for smaller financial institutions in issuing cards.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 30, 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
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    TreviPay CEO fears fraud ‘AI arms race’

    The payments and invoicing firm’s chief, Brandon Spear, sees artificial intelligence as “transformational” in its capacity to scale business scams.

    By Justin Bachman • June 27, 2025
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    Stablecoins may act as finance bridge

    Stablecoins are like “another payment rail,” said Vince Tejada, who heads treasury and strategic finance at stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion.

    By Grace Noto • June 26, 2025
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    Stablecoins may push aside payments

    Digital assets have the power to “disintermediate” the financial system by bypassing traditional payment rails, according to a Deloitte report.

    By June 25, 2025
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    Amex, Fiserv cite inflation benefit

    “Modest” price increases benefit card and payment companies as long as the economy doesn’t trip into a recession, executives say.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Federal Reserve targets fraud

    Federal agencies took aim at payments fraud Monday, proposing more collaboration, including with states, to combat the rising problem, especially with respect to paper checks.

    By June 17, 2025
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    CFPB, consumer groups clash over BNPL

    The battle over buy now, pay later — whether it’s helpful or hurtful to users — persists even after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month withdrew its rule regulating such services.

    By June 16, 2025
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    Senators push payments fraud task force

    A proposed bipartisan bill would bring together regulators and law enforcement to formulate measures aimed at reducing payment scams.

    By Justin Bachman • June 12, 2025
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    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 June 11, 2025
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    GENIUS Act is just the beginning

    “The bill tackles the fundamental question that has paralyzed our industry: what exactly is a stablecoin, and who gets to regulate it?” writes one Tulane University professor.

    By Ryan Peters • June 10, 2025
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    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 June 9, 2025
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    Wex eyes HSA benefit from budget amid pressure

    The payments software company may get a boost if the U.S. budget allows for more consumer health savings accounts. It could use a lift, given recent shareholder dismay.

    By June 9, 2025
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    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 June 6, 2025
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    Shift4 appoints new CEO

    The digital processor named Taylor Lauber to the post and appointed founder Jared Isaacman as executive chairman, a Thursday regulatory filing said.

    By June 5, 2025
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    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
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    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
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    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 June 3, 2025
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    Illinois delays interchange law

    Over the weekend, the state’s legislature voted to delay implementation of a law that would ban card interchange fees on tips and taxes.

    By June 2, 2025
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    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 May 30, 2025
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    Maryland passes EWA law

    The state’s governor allowed an earned wage access bill to become law, over the objections of some consumer groups, including AARP.

    By Lynne Marek • May 29, 2025
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    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
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    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 May 29, 2025
  • Fintech groups oppose state BNPL rules

    Lobbying organizations argue that New York's rules treat buy now, pay later purchases too much like credit card transactions.

    By May 28, 2025
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    Hack could cost Coinbase up to $400M

    The crypto exchange is offering a $20 million reward for information leading to the hackers’ arrest. Coinbase terminated customer support agents who leaked customer data.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • May 19, 2025