Block touts Cash App updates

The payment provider ballyhooed Cash App’s new and existing features this week as it vies with digital wallet rivals.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 14, 2025

Amex says BNPL isn’t a rival

Buy now, pay later competitors don’t concern American Express because the credit card giant depends on wealthier customers.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 14, 2025

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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

Beware too many stablecoins: bank exec

A deluge of digital coins threatens to make the cryptocurrency a loyalty program like airline frequent flier miles, a JPMorgan Chase executive said.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 13, 2025

Fiserv shareholders sue again

The complaint alleges the payment processor’s July revision of its revenue growth guidance was based on faulty data.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 13, 2025

Paystand acquires Bitwage

The blockchain-backed B2B payments provider snapped up another payments player, and raised capital to accelerate its growth.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 12, 2025

Dive Deposits: Was Waller’s ‘skinny’ account clarification a walk-back?

The Federal Reserve governor set out to clarify that only institutions with a banking charter would be eligible for a tailored master account. Does that jibe with the central bank’s “embrace” of disruption?

By Dan Ennis • Nov. 12, 2025

Cash App leans into loans

Block’s financial services unit is pressing growth of short-term consumer loans, confident that its underwriting data will support profitable lending.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 12, 2025

Afterpay confronts new fraud type

Fraudsters are posing as merchants and consumers to make fraudulent purchases and stick Afterpay with the bill, according to a Block executive.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 10, 2025

The technical advantage of a specialized issuer processor

Specialized issuer processors deliver legacy-grade reliability and modern innovation, without tradeoffs. Issuing is complex; choose a partner built for it.

Nov. 10, 2025

Shift4 founder to keep stake

Just as Jared Isaacman makes plans to remain the biggest shareholder of the payments processor he founded, the company faces U.S. sales volatility.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 7, 2025

Fiserv exec outlines stablecoin uses

The major processing firm is considering using the digital assets for bank-to-bank transactions outside of normal business hours.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 7, 2025

Amazon sues Perplexity over AI shopping agents

The mass e-commerce company — which alleges Comet agents are covertly making purchases for users — is open to third-party agentic commerce, but on its own terms.

By Dani James • Nov. 6, 2025

FIS benefits from NYCE, AI

Fidelity National Information Services said the growth of its NYCE debit card network and increased use of artificial intelligence bolstered financial results.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 6, 2025

Toast mulls eat-and-run options

The software firm is contemplating a system that lets restaurants store customer payment cards to give diners a quicker exit after they finish a meal.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 6, 2025

Apple sets sights on travel spending

The tech company is embedding its digital wallet as a method of payment at many stages in the travel process in a bid to attract more consumer use.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 5, 2025

Trump taps Shift4 founder again

The president renominated Jared Isaacman on Tuesday to lead NASA, but did not acknowledge previously withdrawing the executive’s name.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 5, 2025

Cash App claims deadline passes

A judge will consider final approval next month of a $12.5 million settlement covering Washington residents who got text messages from Cash App.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 5, 2025

Fiserv turns to AI for help

Fiserv is embracing artificial intelligence as new executives try to fix major portions of the company and placate peeved customers.

By Justin Bachman • Nov. 4, 2025

How agentic AI could turbocharge fraud

Generative artificial intelligence that can shop on a consumer’s behalf could be leveraged by bad actors to commit fraud on a wide scale.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 4, 2025

One end-to-end platform for consumer and commercial payments

A single platform for consumer and commercial payments drives revenue and accelerates time-to-market.

Nov. 3, 2025

Executive Shuffle: Fiserv, Mastercard and DailyPay

Payments and fintechs reset leadership this month with new CEOs and fresh executives to jump-start finance, sales and marketing functions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 31, 2025

Why one cross-border payments pilot was stymied

Differing regulations across borders makes the instantaneous movement of money a nearly insurmountable challenge, an executive with The Clearing House said.

By Patrick Cooley • Oct. 31, 2025

Mastercard sidesteps reported crypto deal question

“There isn't just one big bet,” the card network’s CEO said, before opting not to comment on the company’s reported interest in buying a crypto startup.

By Lynne Marek • Oct. 30, 2025

Agentic commerce portends merchant headaches

AI agents used by shoppers will change the equation for online sellers, Mastercard’s executive vice president for security solutions said on the sidelines of the Money 20/20 conference.

By Patrick Cooley • Oct. 30, 2025

Fiserv CEO orders major changes

The processor replaced its CFO and added new directors as it seeks to revamp after a management review and troubled quarter revealed deep weaknesses.

By Justin Bachman • Oct. 29, 2025