Daniel Wolfe is content director for payments and credit unions at American Banker. He was previously editor-in-chief of PaymentsSource, a sister publication that combined with American Banker in 2021. Prior to that, Daniel held roles at American Banker including tech and risk management editor; technology, cards and payments editor; and technology reporter. He has a master's degree in print journalism from Boston University's College of Communication and a bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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The payments industry is a hotbed of innovation, and many of its larger players are eager to claim patents on new developments.
January 24 -
The National Retail Federation's annual conference, taking place this week in New York, is home to many innovations that could change the way merchants accept payments.
January 15 -
Visa is ready to go all-in on Secure Remote Commerce, the technology behind the card brands' universal "click to pay" button, by starting to phase out the Visa Checkout brand for U.S. merchants on Jan. 21.
January 14 -
Samsung's upcoming XCover Pro phone, which can accept contactless payments without add-on hardware, is the first of what Visa hopes will be many devices capable of natively handling NFC payments.
January 13 -
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, taking place in Las Vegas, is a showcase of bizarre and revolutionary new technologies — with a few providing glimpses into the future of fintech and payments.
January 8 -
2019 kicked off with a series of large, multibillion-dollar acquisitions that promised to forever change the landscape of the payments industry. And while those big deals were clustered at the start of the year, many other pivotal deals took place over the course of the year.
December 30 -
PayPal extends link to Mastercard; Swatch boots its payments app; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
December 2 -
PayPal extends link to Mastercard; Swatch boots its payments app; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
December 2 -
Marks & Spencer offers install payments; Worldline looks for crypto in Switzerland; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 11 -
Mobile bank Zero expands; Japan's Paidy raises funds; mobile wallet growth in China; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.
November 4
