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    Fraud vs. conversion: How payments can reduce risk without adding friction

    How can companies and payment providers meet consumer demand for speed and convenience without compromising security?

    By Soumya Chakrabarty, EVP of Product, JCB • Jan. 20, 2026
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    Bill CFO reflects on PayPal tenure

    Jain shares her career path, which spans roles at some of the world’s largest organizations, including PayPal and GE.

    By Sandra Beckwith • Jan. 16, 2026
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    Digital wallets proliferate as features advance

    As more companies aim to offer digital wallets the rise in competition is sharpening their features.  

    By Payments Dive staff
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    PayPal alums build fraud startup

    Veterans from the digital payments pioneer founded Pinch AI and have raised capital for a business that detects fraudulent returns.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 15, 2026
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    Affirm to offer BNPL for rent

    The buy now, pay later player is one of the first to offer pay later installment financing for tenants paying their monthly rent.

    By • Jan. 15, 2026
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    Klarna launches P2P payments

    The service, which is available in Europe, marks another encroachment by Klarna into the territory of the banking industry.

    By • Jan. 14, 2026
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    FIS teams with Visa, Mastercard on agentic commerce

    Fidelity National Information Services has joined with the card networks to enable banks to work with shopping agents driven by artificial intelligence.

    By • Jan. 13, 2026
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    Google takes agentic retail into chat

    The tech giant’s newest agentic AI protocol will work with Adyen and PayPal to smooth the technical path for retail shopping within AI chat sessions.

    By • Jan. 13, 2026
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    BillingPlatform names new CEO

    Chris Bishop, who has 20 years of experience working for software companies, will replace Dennis Wall.

    By • Jan. 12, 2026
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    Checkout.com grabs special banking charter

    The payments processor received conditional approval for Georgia’s merchant acquirer limited purpose bank charter.

    By • Jan. 12, 2026
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    Stripe to enable crypto payments

    A collaboration with Crypto.com announced Tuesday will allow consumers to make payments to merchants with digital currencies.

    By • Jan. 9, 2026
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    Opinion

    How the US can drive payments modernization

    "The moment has arrived for the U.S. to meet the G20 targets and pursue the rewards of a faster, cheaper, and more competitive financial ecosystem," writes one payments executive.

    By Brigit Carroll • Jan. 9, 2026
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    AI poised to aid payments operations

    Shopper bots grab headlines but autonomous AI is likely to transform many business functions, a Deloitte report suggests.

    By • Jan. 9, 2026
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    Marqeta names Stripe alum as CFO

    Patti Kangwankij, a former finance and strategy executive for the digital payments player, will oversee financial functions at the card issuer.

    By Grace Noto • Jan. 7, 2026
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    Visa, Mastercard track about 4% holiday retail sales growth

    The 2025 holiday season saw consumers shopping across channels to land the best deals and maximize convenience, according to new reports. 

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 7, 2026
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    CFPB must request funds from Fed, court rules

    A federal judge rejected an argument that the bureau would run out of money in early 2026 because the central bank hadn’t turned a profit since 2022.

    By Dan Ennis • Jan. 7, 2026
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    How agentic AI will lure shoppers

    It’s likely to be through a gradual process of trust-building and smaller purchases, a payments executive predicts.

    By • Jan. 7, 2026
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    Visa, Mastercard, ACI and Wex: 2026 predictions

    Major payments companies see several 2026 trends beyond the much-discussed stablecoin and agentic commerce crazes.

    By • Jan. 7, 2026
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    Fiserv’s Clover adopts biometrics

    Customers will be able to make payments by scanning their face or palm at merchants that use the subsidiary’s point-of-sale service.

    By • Jan. 7, 2026
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    Deep Dive

    How payments will evolve: 6 industry trends to watch in 2026

    Stablecoins and agentic commerce are two trends that will shape payments this year, but there are several others highlighted in this list.

    By , , • Jan. 6, 2026
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    Klarna faces investor lawsuit

    The buy now, pay later company understated the risks of its consumer loans, the legal action alleges.

    By • Jan. 5, 2026
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    Executive shuffle: Fiserv, DailyPay and MoneyGram

    Major payments services providers made new C-suite hires this month as they geared up for 2026.

    By • Dec. 23, 2025
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    Klarna, Shift4 embrace stablecoins

    Both companies announced stablecoin ventures in the past week.

    By • Dec. 23, 2025
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    Fiserv, Visa unite on agentic tools

    The payment processor plans to partner with card networks, also including Mastercard, to cater to merchants navigating agentic commerce.

    By • Dec. 22, 2025
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    Can transparency curb synthetic fraud?

    Giving consumers a deeper look into their data will reduce payments fraud, the president of checkout software firm Bolt contends.

    By • Dec. 22, 2025
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    Fintech Mercury applies for OCC bank charter

    The company also appointed an alum of SoFi, Green Dot and Goldman Sachs to serve as CEO of the proposed bank. 

    By Dan Ennis • Dec. 22, 2025