John Adams

The long-time bank and financial services technology executive has a record for cutting costs and supporting rapid automation, skills that could be put to work at the 90-year-old agency.

A collaboration with Booking.com is designed to encourage consumers to use the bank to manage airline tickets and hotels, a lucrative market that's drawing attention across the financial services industry.

The Clearing House increased its transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million; Mastercard settled a card fee lawsuit; and other news from the world of payments.

The bank and payment company are using the technology that underpins digital assets to improve interoperability for international transactions, a major point of friction in trade finance.

The payment company is using its Xoom transfer app to bring PYUSD to a broader market; while Barclays is reportedly in talks with Brookfield Asset Management to sell a portion of its payments business. That and more in our global payments news roundup.

By adding Affirm, major now/pay later partner, to its Flexible Credential, the payment network is deepening its embrace of a popular product that's not going away.

The Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions honorees discuss their response to inflation and the challenges facing underserved communities.

The card brand uses a new form of generative AI that improves data sourcing, making human involvement less necessary.

The Financial Conduct Authority plans to regulate specific technology products that banks use to process payments and require testing. That and more in our global payments roundup.

A digital dollar is likely on the way out in favor of non-government crypto, but those betting for fewer restrictions on fees and less antitrust litigation will likely be disappointed.