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Circle K launches fleet payment mobile app
The program, developed alongside Car IQ, is designed to help drivers avoid credit card skimmers at the pump.
By Brett Dworski • May 22, 2025 -
Klarna touts merchant growth
The buy now, pay later provider surpassed 100 million users globally this year, but also reported widening consumer credit losses for the first quarter.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris and Lynne Marek • May 20, 2025 -
Explore the Trendline➔
ArtemisDiana via Getty ImagesTrendlineCross-border payments targeted for upgrades
When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.
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Q&A
Paymentus keeps the lights on
Utilities and auto loans may not be exciting, but nondiscretionary payments is a profitable business largely unaffected by downturns, CEO Dushyant Sharma says.
By Justin Bachman • May 20, 2025 -
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 -
Why Mastercard invested in Corpay
The $300 million infusion in a cross-border partner creates a complementary tie, the network’s CFO said. It also comes as headwinds rise on that front.
By Lynne Marek • May 19, 2025 -
Amex offers virtual card to small businesses
The company has long provided the service to corporate clients, but this month started letting small business owners pay suppliers who accept Amex without a physical card.
By Patrick Cooley • May 19, 2025 -
CFPB slashes Wise penalty
The U.S. unit of fintech Wise must pay the bureau $45,000 and roughly $450,000 in redress to affected customers – a far cry from the $2.5 million penalty issued in January.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • May 18, 2025 -
Toast targets entertainment venues
The digital processor signed a Dallas-based chain of driving ranges as a customer in the first quarter, and has made a push to add movie theaters, bowling alleys and arcades.
By Patrick Cooley • May 16, 2025 -
Banks struggle to talk about fraud
Financial institutions battling an increase in fraud, particularly push-payment scams, have been stymied in sharing information that might help them better protect customers.
By Lynne Marek • May 15, 2025 -
Businesses grapple with payments fraud
Companies are struggling to keep up with fraudsters’ growing technological prowess, particularly in business email compromises.
By David McCann • May 14, 2025 -
Q&A
JPMorgan Chase taps payments tech head
The bank’s payments arm named Sri Shivananda to head up its technology operations this year. Now, he’s overseeing decisions on stablecoins, real-time transactions and other advances.
By Lynne Marek • May 14, 2025 -
BNPL users struggle with payments
Nearly half of U.S. adults who have used buy now, pay later services experienced financial difficulties, such as overspending or missing a bill payment, according to a recent survey.
By Patrick Cooley • May 13, 2025 -
Google drops lawsuit against CFPB
The tech giant ended its court battle as the federal agency halted supervision of the company’s payments arm.
By Justin Bachman • May 13, 2025 -
Stablecoin bill falters in Senate
Democrats demanded fixes to the GENIUS Act – designed to create a framework for bringing stablecoins into the U.S. financial system – and raised concerns about Trump’s ties with crypto ventures.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • May 12, 2025 -
Q&A
Marqeta chief focuses on revenue diversity, execution
Interim CEO Mike Milotich wants to boost the processor’s non-Block revenue and expand its embedded finance offerings via a new mobile app for customers.
By Justin Bachman • May 12, 2025 -
Cash App profits disappoint
Block reported just 10% growth in first-quarter gross profit for Cash App, even after it added Afterpay to Cash App debit cards.
By Patrick Cooley • May 12, 2025 -
Expensify predicts brand boom from Brad Pitt F1 film
The travel-and-expense manager is the top sponsor of Pitt’s fictional race team and says it expects a wave of new leads from Apple’s summer drama.
By Justin Bachman • May 9, 2025 -
Opinion
Banks must accelerate ISO 20022 prep
“While larger banks have made considerable progress in preparing for this transition, smaller regional banks and credit unions are largely lagging,” writes one IT executive.
By Robert Turner • May 9, 2025 -
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AvidXchange swallowed in $2B deal
The accounts payable software firm agreed to be taken private in an acquisition by investment company TPG and card processor Corpay.
By Lynne Marek • May 8, 2025 -
Apple faces new payments lawsuit
A basketball training company is suing the tech titan, which it claims unfairly collected money from potentially more than 100,000 app developers.
By Justin Bachman • May 7, 2025 -
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Indiana passes EWA law
The state follows others, including Nevada and Wisconsin, in instituting licensing requirements for earned wage access providers.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 7, 2025 -
Visa pursues stablecoins for cross-border payments
The biggest U.S. card network is setting up partnerships and innovating behind the scenes to develop stablecoins for cross-border uses.
By Lynne Marek • May 6, 2025 -
Zelle service glitch tied to Fiserv resolved
The P2P payments experienced technical troubles Friday as Fiserv cited an "internal issue" that disrupted its service.
By Justin Bachman • Updated May 5, 2025 -
Apple violated app payments injunction, judge rules
The tech giant schemed to limit competition and protect its payment revenues from app developers despite the court’s 2021 order, a federal judge said.
By Justin Bachman • May 2, 2025 -
Green Dot, Crypto.com partner for banking services
Crypto.com has collaborated with other mainstream financial firms like Visa and FIS to offer its digital currency customers more services.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 2, 2025