Stripe, PayPal drive payments acquisitions spree with 2 more deals

Stripe's acquisition of fraud prevention company Bouncer, and PayPal's deal to buy Happy Returns, are latest deals driving payments industry M&A.

By Lynne Marek • May 17, 2021

PayPal acquires returns startup Happy Returns

After investing in the startup in 2019, the payments platform is now acquiring Happy Returns to better serve consumers throughout their transactions.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 14, 2021

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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

The Clearing House nudges businesses to buy into real-time system

The U.S. real-time payments system has invested $320 million in a real-time payments network, and now wants businesses to invest in their own systems to use it.

By Lynne Marek • May 14, 2021

Facebook-backed Diem shifts from Swiss to US jurisdiction

Diem Networks U.S. will register as a money services business with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Silvergate Bank will become the exclusive issuer of Diem's dollar-backed stablecoin.

By Anna Hrushka • May 13, 2021

Fed proposes review of debit transaction routing, but leaves fee alone

The Fed will review whether a rule requiring options in routing debit transactions is being followed, but angered merchants when it kept the cost basis for a national debit fee cap unchanged.

By Lynne Marek • May 13, 2021

Visa invests in Remitly, extends partnership

Credit card behemoth Visa bought an ownership stake in Remitly, a phone app company seeking to build a payments network for immigrants sending money to other countries.

By Lynne Marek • May 12, 2021

Cantaloupe expands with crypto, cashless payments partnerships

The company, formerly known as USA Technologies, has teamed up with crypto company Bakkt and manufacturer Castles Technology to upgrade its automated retail machines.

By Matt Thibault • May 12, 2021

Cryptocurrency fuels ransomware payments

The rapid ascent of crypto, like other emerging technologies before it, has challenged the federal government's ability to regulate the new arena.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 12, 2021

Citi considers crypto services, but isn't rushing in

"This isn't a space race," Citi's head of global foreign exchange, Itay Tuchman, told the Financial Times. "There is room for more than just one flag."

By Dan Ennis • May 11, 2021

Neobank Lili raises $55M as customer base expands

The fintech, which caters to freelancers and gig-economy workers, raised $55 million after such work expanded during the pandemic.

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 11, 2021

Google Pay launches P2P cross-border payments

Google launches cross-border P2P payments from U.S. to India and Singapore in a push to make "complicated processes simple for users."

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 11, 2021

PayPal forecasts boom in QR-code payments, plans BNPL expansion

PayPal is betting digital and alternative payment option trends, like BNPL, will persist even after the pandemic subsides. 

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 6, 2021

FIS links with NYDIG to offer Bitcoin services

The second-largest U.S. merchant payments processor is turning to the fintech firm to help provide banks with account services for Bitcoin.

By Lynne Marek • May 6, 2021

Payments fintechs lure big bucks in first quarter, report says

The payments industry was a particular magnet for money during the first quarter, attracting more than $6 billion worldwide, a CB Insights report found. 

By Lynne Marek • May 5, 2021

Macy's workers win battle against mobile app purchases

The retailer can no longer use its Scan and Pay app in departments where employees make commissions, a labor arbitrator has ruled.

By Daphne Howland • May 4, 2021

Discover pitches identity theft protection services beyond cardholders

Discover is casting a broader net for customers of the service at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has increased consumer demand for online protection, and put a damper on its mainstay credit card business.

By Anthony Epling • May 4, 2021

SoFi credit card to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum rewards

SoFi is the latest fintech to offer crypto-based credit cards after seeing an appetite for them in the market.

By Vaidik Trivedi • May 3, 2021

Google Pay to push promotions for Safeway, Target

The retailers are using the tech company's digital wallet to notify consumers about weekly specials.

By Sam Silverstein • April 30, 2021

Bitcoin will soon be accepted at most Landry's restaurants

The move to accept cryptocurrencies was "inevitable," Landry's CEO Tilman Fertitta told CNBC this week. The restaurant chain includes Morton's The Steakhouse, Mastro's, and The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. 

By Alicia Kelso • April 29, 2021

Shopify revenue rises with increased online sales, e-commerce boom

The e-commerce giant expects online sales to subside as the economy opens up, but anticipates business will continue growing this year. 

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 29, 2021

Visa taps cryptocurrency to ratchet up revenue

Visa executives this week detailed a litany of ways they're looking for cryptocurrencies to build the card network company's business, a striking shift from a year ago.

By Lynne Marek • April 29, 2021

Fiserv benefits from SMB-business demand, pens PayPal pact

The payments processor has stoked small and mid-sized customer commerce with acquisitions over the past few years, including several in recent months, and will do the same with the new PayPal tie.

By Lynne Marek • April 28, 2021

Crypto firm Ripple Labs remains squarely in regulator's sights

The Securities and Exchange Commission pressed on with a new court filing against the blockchain payments company, despite a leadership change.

By Dan Ennis • April 27, 2021

DoorDash changes pricing, keeps some payments processing fees

The delivery company rolled out a new approach to commissions after restaurants complained about high third-party fees during the pandemic, and as some municipalities consider making temporary delivery caps permanent.

By Emma Liem Beckett • April 27, 2021

Gemini partners with Mastercard to launch crypto rewards card

The crypto card slated to launch this summer is gaining traction among users and has amassed 140,000-person waitlist.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 27, 2021