John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The payment company's listing comes amid market and political volatility, but the Swedish firm has its strong recent financial performance and distribution deals with JPMorgan Chase and Walmart on its side.
March 19 -
As FedWire becomes the latest ISO 20022 migration to get pushed back, Vantage Bank and Wings Credit Union discuss the difficult upgrade.
March 17 -
The Swedish institution is best known in the U.S. for its buy/now pay later lending. Its New York listing will be a bellwether for the payments technology industry, which is recovering from a post-pandemic slump
March 14 -
While often used to describe a digital asset that hedges against cryptocurrency's volatility, the reality of stablecoins is much more complex.
March 13 -
The country's central bank cited geopolitical uncertainty and the increased reliance on digital payments as a reason to focus on offline payments as a backup. Also, a look at U.K. bank outages and other news in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.
March 12 -
The Financial Conduct Authority is summoning industry professionals to weigh in on potential regulatory updates to make British institutions more competitive with the U.S.
March 12 -
Firms such as Circle, Binance and Coinbase say new bipartisan legislation will attract banks to the market, providing a boost for mainstream payments.
March 11 -
Experts at American Banker's Payments Forum said health care, fintech and even gaming are emerging as popular uses for checkout and other financial services that integrate directly into digital commerce platforms.
March 5 -
Visa and Mastercard have long been in legal battles over payment fees, with out-of-court agreements proving elusive.
February 28 -
The card-issuing company has appointed CFO Mike Milotich as interim CEO as Simon Khalaf steps down. The firm also agreed to buy European payment provider TransactPay.
February 28
