DoorDash to offer SNAP online purchasing for grocery orders

Offering the payment option will reduce accessibility barriers to getting groceries, as well as boost convenience for SNAP users, DoorDash said.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 28, 2023

Credit card spending topped $13T last year: FIS report

Global credit card transaction value rose both online and in stores last year, despite an earlier FIS projection of a decline. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 28, 2023

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Cross-border payments targeted for upgrades

When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.

By Payments Dive staff

BNPL remains mainly absent from consumer credit histories

The lack of BNPL data being furnished to credit bureaus more than a year after inclusion efforts were announced points to the complexity involved with fitting the burgeoning payment method into the traditional credit scoring framework.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 27, 2023

Buy now, pay later explodes in grocery

The percentage of online transactions involving groceries where shoppers opted to delay payment grew 40% during the first two months of 2023, according to Adobe data.

By Sam Silverstein • March 23, 2023

FedNow attracts real-time payments early adopters

Companies partnering with the Federal Reserve to test the real-time payments system see it as a way to draw customers and get an edge on rivals.

By Lynne Marek • March 23, 2023

Panera tests Amazon One palm payments at 2 cafes

Panera plans to expand the palm payments technology to as many as 20 cafes in the second stage of the test, depending on the outcome of the initial test.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • March 22, 2023

Convenience chain to install bitcoin ATMs

GetGo joins a growing list of convenience store operators adding bitcoin ATMs, as retailers seek new ways to bring customers inside their stores.

By Brett Dworski • March 22, 2023

Nacha CEO counts FedNow as competition

Although FedNow will be a competitor to the ACH network, it’s also poised to fill current gaps in the system, Nacha CEO Jane Larimer said Monday.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 21, 2023

DoorDash adds cash payment option

The company’s white label delivery service can now accept cash payments, which drivers would collect as part of their pay.

By Julie Littman • March 21, 2023

Mastercard buys Baffin Bay Networks

The card network company said it bought the cybersecurity business to better combat cyber-attacks in an increasingly threatening environment.

By Lynne Marek • March 20, 2023

Apto Payments, Sardine team on anti-fraud tools

Apto Payments and Sardine are joining forces to offer commercial customers issuing cards better anti-fraud tools.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 20, 2023

Western Union CEO gives rivals respect

The legacy money transfer company has lost the advantage of scale over younger fintechs like Remitly and Wise, but it’s discounting digital services to claw back customers.

By Lynne Marek • March 20, 2023

Brex, other fintechs stand by troubled banks

After a week of several high-profile bank failures and near-failures, some fintechs don’t see jumping ship as an option.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 17, 2023

BNPL firms snag consumers at checkout: J.D. Power

As buy now, pay later use rises, consumers are learning about the payment option at checkout, more so than from social media or family and friends.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 17, 2023

Meijer, Flashfood expand tie-up to include SNAP payments

The Midwestern grocer is the first of the food waste solution company’s partners to make the payment method accessible on the company’s app. 

By Peyton Bigora • March 16, 2023

FedNow aims for late end of launch period

The Federal Reserve is targeting July, as opposed to the earlier end of its prior range, for starting its new real-time payments service.

By Lynne Marek • March 16, 2023

Tilia C-suite gets overhaul

The payments startup has a new team of top executives to spearhead payments for gaming, social media and other next-generation marketplaces.

By Lynne Marek • March 14, 2023

Cloud-enabled processing with PayiQ: The key to automating merchant onboarding

In a world where merchants expect fast and easy payments, the time required for ISOs and ISVs to complete arduous technical onboarding processes can cost sales and damage reputations.

March 13, 2023

Affirm courts Amazon for more business

Even as it angles for an increase, the buy now, pay later provider’s CFO acknowledged Thursday that its juggernaut e-commerce partner has other BNPL options.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 10, 2023

USDA picks 5 states for mobile SNAP payments pilot

Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri and Oklahoma are working with the government agency to expand payment options for SNAP consumers. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 9, 2023

FedNow may draw in low-income users

The real-time payments system due later this year could have particular appeal to unbanked and underbanked Americans, Fed researchers say.

By Lynne Marek • March 9, 2023

Pagos aims to check merchants’ payments costs

With a recent venture capital infusion for the merchant software tools provider, Pagos is planning to add jobs, including engineers.

By Ryan Deffenbaugh • March 9, 2023

Brex offers ChatGPT-style tools

The announcement comes as interest in ChatGPT is rapidly gaining momentum, even as some worry about potential privacy and security risks.

By Alexei Alexis • March 8, 2023

Shift4 needles rival Toast

Toast and Shift4 are battling to win larger customers in the intensely competitive restaurant payments arena. 

By Caitlin Mullen • March 8, 2023

Amazon Go to close 8 of its stores

The company will close the checkout-free stores next month as it struggles to get its physical retail footprint right.

By Brett Dworski • March 7, 2023