PayPal, Venmo connect to colleges

The peer-to-peer player and its PayPal parent have forged new ties to higher education institutions, allowing students to make payments with the P2P tool.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 21, 2026

Considering card network options

"The real challenge for merchants is not which rail a payment uses but a lack of visibility, control, and intelligence to optimize payment flows," a fintech marketing executive writes.

By Amrit Nirav Mohanty • Aug. 21, 2026

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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

Stripe, OpenRouter finally strike a deal

The payments behemoth’s acquisition of the AI spend management firm has been in the works for weeks. The reported price tag: $7.5 billion.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 19, 2026

Stripe acquisition may bolster its AI strategy

If the company completes a prospective acquisition of OpenRouter, it will set itself up to be at the center of artificial intelligence token payments.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 19, 2026

Klarna’s growth hits speed bump

The buy now, pay later player won’t live up to its financial forecast for this year because of a slowdown in one of its largest markets.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 18, 2026

Western Union navigates challenges

The company is dealing with turmoil from the shift to digital money transfers as it seeks regulatory approvals for a $500 million deal for rival Intermex.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 17, 2026

Fiserv seeks investor lawsuit dismissal

Shareholders angry over the stock’s decline are alleging fraud with a complaint that has no merit, the payment processor said in its response.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 12, 2026

Shift4 racked by Iran turmoil

The payments processor sees a large opportunity to expand merchant services sales within its Global Blue retail network, CEO Taylor Lauber said.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 11, 2026

Opening the Fed’s payment rails

“Supervision will need to answer practical questions: what operational resilience should be required before a participant touches core payment infrastructure?” wonders an SRM industry consultant.

By Larry Pruss • Aug. 7, 2026

Fiserv flags Clover revenue drop

The payments processor said a slowdown in the merchant service unit’s hardware sale is negatively impacting results.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 6, 2026

Block explores how to price AI

Cash App’s parent is focused on customer adoption of its AI tools before deciding how it will monetize those offerings, CEO Jack Dorsey said.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 6, 2026

Toast aims to drive AI into dining

Most restaurants don’t have time to leverage AI tools, Toast executives say, anticipating profit from helping operators reap efficiencies.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2026

Visa, Mastercard join another stablecoin group

The card networks are keeping their options open with respect to stablecoin communities, locking arms with Circle on its latest effort.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 5, 2026

FIS seeks to sell parts of capital markets unit

The banking and payments services company floated the plan to offload pieces of the business after sales declined for that segment.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 4, 2026

Western Union faces profit drop

The cross-border payments company’s business has been hurt by U.S. immigration policies, forcing it to embark on a cost-cutting plan.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 3, 2026

From POS provider to fintech platform: Epos Now’s embedded finance journey

See how Epos Now built a full fintech platform with Adyen to power 80k+ locations.

Aug. 3, 2026

Apple’s installment payments target affordability

Amid price increases, the iPhone maker’s CEO says a new lease program run by BNPL player Klarna is designed to boost consumers’ ability to buy.

By Justin Bachman • July 31, 2026

Stablecoins complement dollar: Fed

The greenback will retain its dominance as stablecoins increasingly shape cross-border payments, speakers at a Fed conference predicted.

By Justin Bachman • July 30, 2026

Visa’s revenue momentum slows

The card network’s recent revenue growth slowed in July, relative to last year, but customer spending remains healthy, the company said.

By Lynne Marek • July 29, 2026

How ISO consolidation persists

Global Payments and other processors have been gobbling up smaller firms for years, but payments professionals keep forming new ones.

By Lynne Marek • July 28, 2026

Keeping pace with the next era of commerce payments

Discover the strategic path to modernizing payments for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source.

By Adobe x PayPal • July 27, 2026

Amex ups marketing, tech spend

To keep attracting new card holders, American Express is increasing its spending on marketing and technology in the second half of this year.

By Lynne Marek • July 24, 2026

Nium targets stablecoins, growth

The cross-border payments company bought Cypher this month to roll forward its stablecoin strategy, says CEO Prajit Nanu.

By Lynne Marek • July 23, 2026

5 payments podcasts for a listen

With summer in full swing, it’s a good time to head to the beach, take a walk or just lounge with an audio update on industry happenings.

By Peter Lucas • July 22, 2026

Ramp, FIS make AI moves

The two payments companies this month embarked on separate artificial intelligence initiatives, with one focused on managing AI spending and the other using the technology to mitigate cybersecurity risks.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 22, 2026