Afterpay to drive Cash App growth, executive says

Once users have signed up for the Cash App card, Block can convince them to use other Block products, a company executive said.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 11, 2024

CFPB-Google battle likely to stretch into next administration

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Google’s payment unit failed to explain why it was denying customer requests for refunds. Google told the agency to back off in a lawsuit.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 10, 2024

Explore the Trendline➔

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

FIS nears capital markets acquisition

The financial tech provider is on the cusp of making a purchase, at the same time that it’s grappling with employee severance costs, its CFO said last week.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 9, 2024

Keeping cash may be critical for a resilient payment system

Climate change, wars and societal benefits should lead the U.S. to maintain greenbacks as an alternative to electronic money, one business professor argues, but he’s worried about preserving it.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 9, 2024

Afterpay’s holiday shopping trends: Free shipping, BNPL for budgeting and more

The holidays are here, and while shoppers are filling their carts, check out what Afterpay is seeing as some of the trends.

Dec. 9, 2024

Crypto leaders have knives out for attorneys leaving the SEC

Coinbase and Ripple executives want law firms not to hire lawyers who worked on lawsuits against them.

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 6, 2024

RTP limit to rise to $10M for 2025

The Clearing House's move to increase to $10 million the amount that can be sent over its real-time network may attract more corporate use of the system.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 6, 2024

PayPal targets higher Braintree pricing

The digital payments pioneer is attempting to develop a more profitable unbranded business line, the company's CFO said at an investor conference this week.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Dec. 5, 2024

Trump taps Shift4’s Isaacman to run NASA

The CEO of the payment and technology company has led two space missions for the private company SpaceX.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 4, 2024

FedNow racks up nearly $246M in annual expenses

The Federal Reserve projects the real-time payment system’s costs will climb slightly next year, from the $245.5 million it expects to spend this year.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 4, 2024

Global Payments spots 6 trends for next year

The payments processor predicts fraud-fighting tools, embedded payments and comprehensive point-of-sale systems will be center stage in 2025.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 4, 2024

Worldpay exec talks digital wallet security

The head of fraud prevention for the processor said the company leverages data to block hackers and fraudsters seeking digital wallet information.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 3, 2024

CFPB proposes rule to rein in data brokers’ sale of consumer information

With the proposal, the federal agency aims to crack down on fraudsters and others seeking to use sensitive personal information for illicit activities.

By Lynne Marek • Dec. 3, 2024

Black Friday winners and losers

Payments players charted an increase in spending over the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend, with e-commerce sales growth outstripping the rise in stores.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 2, 2024

Lead or be left behind: Adapting to the payment needs of every generation

Meet the payment needs of every generation to boost loyalty, satisfaction and on-time payments.

Dec. 2, 2024

BNPL use may rise this year for holiday shopping

With credit card interest rates at a historic high, consumers are likely to gravitate to lower-cost alternatives, including potentially buy now, pay later options, industry consultants say.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 27, 2024

Ex-PayPal CEO opines on everything from crypto to Cobol

Bill Harris, who briefly led the payments pioneer, talks about the U.S. lagging in payments innovation, and the potential of stablecoins.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 26, 2024

Push payment scam losses to surpass $3B by 2028: report

U.S. fraud losses due to push payment scams are rising, partly because of more real-time payments, according to a report from the payments company ACI Worldwide.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 25, 2024

Real-time payments scams rise

More people are falling for real-time payment scams as the use of such speedy systems increases, a FICO survey showed. 

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 22, 2024

CFPB tweaks big tech payments rule

In finalizing the new rule to oversee digital wallet providers Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it made important changes to its initial proposal.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 21, 2024

Amazon now accepts EBT card payments

The e-commerce giant began letting needy families shop on its website with their federal benefits cards earlier this month.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 21, 2024

PayPal CEO pushes beyond payments

After a year as CEO of the digital payments pioneer, Alex Chriss is spearheading an expanded role in commerce for the company.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 20, 2024

Google Pay adds Afterpay BNPL services

Users of the Google Pay digital wallet now have access to Afterpay’s BNPL services, and the tech titan is expected to add rival services from Klarna next year as well.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 19, 2024

Scams ensnare even sophisticated consumers, Fed says

Criminals leverage advanced technology to make so-called mule accounts that pass as humans and persuade consumers to send money to scammers, a Kansas City Fed paper says.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 18, 2024

The real question behind embedded vs. integrated payments: Creating seamless transactions

Interested in learning more about embedded payments and how you can leverage them for your business?

Nov. 18, 2024