Bailey Reutzel

The P-to-P industry in Britain has remained focused on individual investors, even as American firms have been courting institutional money. But the two markets may finally be starting to converge.

London is turning into a major payments and financial services technology innovation hub, luring venture capital and talent from the U.S. and other parts of Europe.

Pinterest is the latest social media platform to announce plans to monetize the products pictured on its browsing app through a buy button powered by Stripe.

U.S. acquirers are looking to expand their business in emerging markets, where small merchants are starting to enter the commercial framework.

Startup CP Security Inc. is taking on tech giant Apple in the digital and mobile payments ring, building what CP Security calls network fabric that will bolster payments security and reduce expense.

Silicon Valley Bank, which has found a niche working with payments and fintech startups on its home turf in California, is paying more attention to the innovation taking place outside the U.S.

Banks are starting to warm to the idea of automating supply chain finance to speed up payments that have traditionally been paper-based.