John Adams

The two BNPL giants' pay-over-time loans will now be available for in-store purchases on Apple Pay in a move to capture more sales at brick and mortar stores.

The Bank of England may cap ownership, drawing ire from crypto groups that claim that will hinder innovation.

Visa is introducing a premium service to the Middle East, and Lloyds Banking says its cash protection product is showing results. Plus, Brex teams up with Doordash and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

The payment company has made a series of moves to bolster its stablecoin and other coins to build a market for digital assets. Its Links feature adds to the strategy.

The card brand has added several tools that expand "agentic commerce," which adds artificial intelligence-based automation to shopping, service and checkout, innovation that's becoming popular with payment companies.

The government-powered network is allowing larger payments to settle instantly, a move The Clearing House has also made for its RTP network. Payment experts say more than higher limits are needed to make speedy processing ubiquitous.

The bank is selling a bundle of products that enable businesses to store global currencies inside the U.S. in FDIC-insured accounts, lowering foreign exchange risk and reliance on third parties.

The U.K.-based super app expanded its partnership with Google Cloud as it looks to advance account-to-account payments; Global Payments launches Genius platform in the U.K.; and more in this week's global payments roundup.

Naroditsky is leading initiatives that combine how faster payment processing improves the bank's delivery of products through partners.

The Canadian institution plans a U.S. tokenized deposit, contending that it can help banks keep and grow deposits amid threats from fintech-issued cryptocurrency. Founder and President David Taylor is encouraging others to do the same.