John Adams

Businesses requiring customers to show proof of vaccination could streamline verification by incorporating inoculation records into wallet apps that patrons already have on their phones.

The bank is taking a majority stake in a VW unit that enables drivers to use their dashboards to pay for such services as gas or parking. It's a recognition of the innovation taking place in the automotive sector.

The fintech's partnership with the world's largest card network allows it to expand in a market where red tape has stymied many U.S. payment companies.

Individual stock trading may seem far removed from these companies' core payments business, but the service could fatten account balances and increase customer engagement.

Both tech companies require developers to use the app stores' built-in payment systems and pay as much as 30% of each consumer transaction. South Korea just passed a bill that ends this practice, and U.S. lawmakers have proposed similar legislation.

The partnership pits the buy now/pay later company against the e-commerce company's issuer partners, JPMorgan Chase and Synchrony Financial, and adds to the fintech's allure as an alternative to payment cards.

As more banks and fintechs offer installment loans at the point of sale, CO-OP Financial Services and PSCU are designing products to allow credit unions to compete in this market as well.

The e-commerce giant will partner with Affirm to offer installment payments as point-of-sale credit becomes increasingly popular as a finance option.

David Marcus, Facebook's financial services chief, discusses how its Novi digital wallet and the Diem stablecoin project it's involved in can be the backbone of a platform that offers real-time digital transactions, acts as a merchant acquirer and helps commercial banks handle central bank digital currencies.

The payments firm Boku is uniting hundreds of fragmented mobile apps to compete with Visa and Mastercard for unbanked consumers in different regions of the world.