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    Opinion

    The case for earned wage access

    “This is a tool that workers value and that policymakers should make more accessible, full stop,” one economist writes.

    By Jonathan Davis • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Q&A

    How stablecoins could impact payments: ACI

    With clients wondering how stablecoins will impact payments in the Genius Act era, ACI Worldwide’s chief strategy and growth officer offers insights.

    By • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Embedded payment tools make inroads

    Business customers demanding integrated tools is likely to keep driving a trend toward more embedded payments tools.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    NMI appoints new CEO

    The embedded payments company plans to install a former top Billtrust executive as its next CEO, after Vijay Sondhi exits next month.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    NY sues Early Warning over Zelle fraud

    The NY attorney general’s state lawsuit comes five months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a federal action over the same matter.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Google makes payments play

    The search giant has locked arms with Wise, Klarna and others to improve and expand its payments services, including in remittances and e-commerce.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Payroc to buy Agilisa Technologies

    The big nonbank payment processor has grown via acquisitions in recent years, and this one extends its reach in Latin America.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Circle courts broader payments community

    The company is seeking partnerships to boost the use of its USDC coin in payments, along with its cryptocurrency tools and services.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Shift4 helps crypto fans blast off

    The payments company has started processing cryptocurrency transactions for the space flight company Blue Origin.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Shopify aims to kill Sezzle lawsuit

    The Canadian online commerce company plans to ask a federal judge to dismiss Sezzle’s antitrust complaint over the companies’ competing BNPL offerings.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Western Union makes $500M acquisition

    The old line money transfer company bought a rival as it seeks to bolster growth, particularly in Latin America.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Q&A

    AI takes on bill payments

    Paymentus CEO Dushyant Sharma explained how his company is using AI to make paying bills digitally more efficient.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    Block courts teen app users

    The company announced a focus on keeping its youngest customers on Cash App to secure future growth for the platform.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Opinion

    Big bank moves threaten innovation

    That threat extends to American leadership, but the Trump administration can address it in a revised open banking rule, trade group leaders say.

    By Penny Lee and Ji Hun Kim • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Global Payments mulls more divestitures

    The mega processor may sell assets after the Worldpay purchase revised its outlook. The company also expects Trump tax benefits.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    FIS lines up acquisitions

    After quietly buying Everlink, the payments processor has plans for more acquisitions “shortly,” the CEO said.

    By • Aug. 6, 2025
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    Will JPMorgan take a bigger bite of Apple?

    If the bank makes a play for the tech company's credit card portfolio, it may also make a broader bid for more business.

    By • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Finzly CFO seeks ‘connectivity’

    As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

    By Grace Noto • Aug. 5, 2025
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    When will you be able to buy a pizza with stablecoin?

    The Genius Act is law. Here’s how 5 professionals in the payments industry view prospects for the digital currency becoming a daily payment option.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Shuffle: Finzly, Bitcoin Depot and PayIt

    Fintech companies made new CFO and other executive appointments last month as they brace for economic and regulatory headwinds.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 4, 2025
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    Mastercard backs open banking

    The card network’s CEO favors the worldwide open banking trend, and predicts it will be a “winning proposition over time.”

    By • Aug. 4, 2025
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    Payroc scoops up another peer

    The suburban Chicago payments processor nabbed payments orchestration firm BlueSnap as the latest purchase in its acquisition streak.

    By • Aug. 1, 2025
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    EWS schools Zelle users on fraud

    The company has locked arms with a national nonprofit to educate consumers about fraud and scams on the peer-to-peer payments tool.

    By • Aug. 1, 2025
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    PayPal embarks on $300M restructuring

    The digital payments company has begun to log expenses for a “large-scale initiative” to overhaul its technology infrastructure, including job cuts.

    By • July 31, 2025
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    Block takes aim at Google, Apple

    The company’s new Cash App group payments feature lets users pool money with transfers from Apple Pay and Google Pay. That could allow it to poach customers from the rivals.

    By • July 31, 2025
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    Ramp raises $500M to rush AI

    The fintech has amassed $700 million in funding over two months as it tries to capitalize on corporate finance’s adoption of artificial intelligence.

    By Justin Bachman • July 30, 2025