David Heun

The year 2019 kicked off with a series of mutli-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions designed to shake up the dynamics of the payments industry. While this was taking place, Elavon had its own plan for extending its influence through M&A.

Asia's lone payments association has agreed to work with financial innovators to promote the benefits of an API platform that would serve the continent's payments community.

Asia's lone payments association has agreed to work with financial innovators to promote the benefits of an API platform that would serve the continent's payments community.

In a move to aid faster expansion and provide more security and regulatory compliance tools, Sweden's Klarna Bank is strengthening its longtime relationship with Amazon Web Services by making it the preferred cloud provider.

In a move to aid faster expansion and provide more security and regulatory compliance tools, Klarna Bank in Sweden is strengthening its longtime relationship with Amazon Web Services by making it the bank's preferred cloud provider.

American Express is launching a credit card that provides consumers in the U.K. cash back for reaching physical activity goals.

Interoperability has become a top priority in the minds of those advancing faster payments.

If the deployment of faster payments came with a guarantee to boost a financial institution's bottom line, more banks and businesses would likely invest in bringing their legacy systems into a new age.

In a move that accelerates Western Union's plan for its money transfers to be part of advancing digital technology, the cross-border payment provider has entered an agreement with Amazon Web Services for long-term cloud services.

PayPal Ventures is part of an investment group that has raised $4.2 million for cryptocurrency risk management platform TRM Labs.