Inside Bobby Leibrock’s first 100 days at ACI

The former IBM and Red Hat executive discusses why collaboration, motivation and curiosity are the pillars of his approach to this new CFO role.

By Adam Zaki • Oct. 16, 2025

Fed to boost payments services’ days of operation

The Federal Reserve plans to have the Fedwire Funds Service and the National Settlement Service operate on Sundays, but not until several years from now.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 16, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Basis Theory raises $33M

The San Francisco-based payments infrastructure startup to pour additional capital into its agentic AI capabilities.

By Tatiana Walk Morris • Oct. 16, 2025

Stripe’s Bridge applies for national trust charter

The stablecoin infrastructure firm joins a growing list of crypto-native firms, including Coinbase and Circle, that have applied for an OCC charter this year.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 15, 2025

Affirm to offer interest holiday

The company’s customers will have a chance to take out loans with 0% APR for three days next week as the holiday shopping season gets under way.

By Patrick Cooley • Oct. 14, 2025

Crypto use trending down, says Kansas City Fed

A survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City cast doubt on the notion that more U.S. consumers will adopt cryptocurrency for payments, even after a new law eased the path to crypto use.

By Patrick Cooley • Oct. 14, 2025

Crossing the digital divide: How US business payments trends are shifting

U.S. businesses go digital as business payments network Paymode reveals a major shift.

By Mike Jackson, SVP,  Paymode • Oct. 13, 2025

Open banking also helps banks: Fintechs

Financial technology firms are trying to rally support for U.S. open banking as regulators gather comments to inform a revised rule.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 10, 2025

Bank of America fires up AI payments assistant

AskGPS was trained on more than 3,200 internal documents by the company’s in-house engineering team and rolled out last week.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2025

How to unleash innovation and competition in payments

“Give digital payments companies a path to directly access the Federal Reserve’s systems through a limited-purpose payments bank charter,” writes one former top legal executive.

By John Muller • Oct. 10, 2025

Baltimore sues MoneyLion over lending tactics

City officials filed a lawsuit against the fintech, alleging it operates as a “modern-day payday lender,” charging customers exorbitant interest rates despite marketing its earned wage advances as “zero interest.”

By Caitlin Mullen • Oct. 9, 2025

Fiserv launches Roughrider stablecoin

The processor is working with a North Dakota state-owned bank to establish a new digital asset.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 9, 2025

Square stirs restaurant battle

The digital payments provider has cooked up a new set of tools for restaurant clients as the contest to attract customers heats up.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 8, 2025

Investors vie to lead Fiserv stock lawsuit

A federal court will assess the plaintiffs’ claims and select one to shepherd a lawsuit on behalf of other investors suing Fiserv over its stock price decline.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 7, 2025

Volvo to test embedded car payments

A North Carolina Turnpike Authority "pay-by-car" pilot will cover tolls and may one day ease transactions at gas stations and drive-thru venues.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 7, 2025

PayPal ties BNPL to cash back

The digital payments company is offering 5% cash rebates with buy now, pay later purchases to lure holiday shoppers to audition its loans.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 6, 2025

BNPL lenders should report customers’ data

Keeping BNPL data from consumers’ credit reports is preventing millions of people from building credit, the CEO of a fintech trade association says.

By Phil Goldfeder • Oct. 3, 2025

SumUp battles for small merchants

The point-of-sale firm is investing in the U.S. to seize a larger share among small retailers as bigger payments players move upmarket.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 2, 2025

Payments conferences to keep on your radar for 2026

The U.S. open banking rule and artificial intelligence are expected to be hot topics at next year’s payments industry events.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 1, 2025

Brex to accept stablecoins as payment

The card issuer sees stablecoin payments as a key product differentiator, with more companies adopting cryptocurrency for finance functions.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 30, 2025

Executive Shuffle: Extend, Marqeta and Mastercard

Fintech firms are snapping up C-suite executives to drive revenue growth through strategic partnerships.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 30, 2025

Stripe pushes agentic AI sales via chat

The payments firm is teaming with OpenAI for a new agentic commerce protocol to help merchants sell their wares via AI chat sessions.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 30, 2025

Fiserv buys cash manager to boost stablecoin

The deal for StoneCastle expands Fiserv as a liquidity source for financial institutions, and will help the processor fund cash for its FIUSD stablecoin.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 29, 2025

When customers call, costs climb: Why self-service starts with better payment experiences

Poor payment experiences drives up costs. Learn how to fix it with Payment Experience Management.

By Anne Hay, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, PayNearMe • Sept. 29, 2025

The $2.4 trillion opportunity: How financial services can lead the payments revolution

Marqeta’s 2025 State of Payments Report offers a roadmap for issuers to navigate rising payment demands.

Sept. 29, 2025