The realities of managing a global workforce in Africa

The real challenge in Africa isn’t hiring - it’s moving money.

By Alicia Levine • March 30, 2026

Walmart brings Sparky to ChatGPT

OpenAI is pivoting away from handling purchases after its initial efforts failed to provide enough flexibility.

By Dani James • March 27, 2026

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

Branch integrates with Stripe for digital wallet payouts

The EWA provider is using Stripe’s infrastructure to offer another tool that enables companies and contractors to pay their workforces.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 26, 2026

Citi pursues payments advances

Real-time payments, agentic commerce and stablecoin advances are all topics the bank is discussing with clients, a top executive said.

By Lynne Marek • March 26, 2026

Mastercard bets on AI virtual CFOs

The company’s new “virtual CFO” tool is tailored for lean teams and designed to augment — not replace — human leadership, Mastercard’s Mark Barnett said.

By Alexei Alexis • March 24, 2026

PayPal takes Venmo global

The peer-to-peer payment app will be available to users in 90 countries by integrating with PayPal accounts, the company said Monday.

By Justin Bachman • March 23, 2026

Synchrony, others broaden horizons to tap top talent

Payments companies are often seeking experience outside of financial services, including in tech, in their search for new hires.

By Shefali Kapadia • March 23, 2026

Stablecoin use surges

The total transaction volume for the digital assets more than doubled in the past year, according to the asset management firm Macquarie Group.

By Patrick Cooley • March 20, 2026

Amex soups up cards for Concur

The card company and the expense management firm have locked arms to add virtual card features for business clients.

By Lynne Marek • March 19, 2026

Affirm outlines options if economic stress rises

The buy now, pay later player spelled out ways in which it could adjust its lending in the event U.S. economic uncertainty creates more stress for consumers.

By Patrick Cooley • March 19, 2026

Mastercard to buy BVNK for $1.8B

“Adding on-chain rails to our network will support speed and programmability for virtually every type of transaction,” a Mastercard executive said.

By Lynne Marek • March 17, 2026

EWS pairs with Citi to offer Paze

The collaboration marks the first time the financial technology company has worked with a non-owner bank on the digital wallet.

By Patrick Cooley • March 17, 2026

FDIC to make stablecoin move

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to propose that pass-through insurance not be available for stablecoin deposits.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 16, 2026

Payments firms diverge on checks

Payment companies offered different ways to move past paper checks in comments to the Federal Reserve regarding plans to shift to digital alternatives.

By Patrick Cooley • March 16, 2026

Robinhood takes on premium card issuers

The fintech’s new $695 credit card aims to lure young, wealthy people uninterested in hoarding points or using a card for airport lounge access.

By Justin Bachman • March 16, 2026

AI drives global fraud surge

Losses to fraud and scams climbed 9.2% in 2025, with much of the increase attributed to bad actors leveraging artificial intelligence, said a report from Nasdaq's Verafin financial crime-fighting software unit.

By Patrick Cooley • March 13, 2026

Instant pay can boost low-income workers’ savings habits: report

Despite consumer advocates’ concerns about earned wage access fees, researchers found modest usage can help with financial planning.

By Danielle McLean • March 12, 2026

Visa, Mastercard face U.K. challenge

“In seeking to reduce its reliance on Visa and Mastercard, the United Kingdom banking sector is justified, given the perceived risk that the two main schemes have too much control over the market,” a European executive says.

By Brian Gaynor • March 12, 2026

Fraud battle calls for cross-sector effort

As criminals adopt AI-enabled tactics, financial institutions need to consider data-sharing with other industries, fraud-fighting professionals contend.

By Justin Bachman • March 12, 2026

Engine aims to fix SMB cards

Engine, a business-travel startup, says its smaller-business customers aren’t served by current travel and entertainment card players in the market.

By Justin Bachman • March 11, 2026

Global Payments feels Middle East impact

The payments services provider said the conflict in the Middle East is taking a toll as some of its airline customers are impacted.

By Lynne Marek • March 11, 2026

Shift4 promotes Global Blue execs

The payments processor promoted three executives to leadership roles, naming Pier Francesco Nervini as head of its international division.

By Patrick Cooley • March 10, 2026

Meta revamps ad payment policy

The social media company is mandating that some of its advertisers make their monthly payments via invoice or debit starting next month.

By Justin Bachman • March 10, 2026

AWS leaps into agentic payments

Amazon Web Services, the tech giant’s cloud computing network, is gearing up for armies of AI-powered agents and transactions.

By Justin Bachman • March 9, 2026

Clarity Act stokes debate on crypto

The bill aims to identify which agencies should regulate digital currencies.

By Patrick Cooley • March 9, 2026