John Adams

Morgan Stanley and ABN Amro tapped fintechs to improve cross-border transactions. That and a U.K. card fee cap highlight this week's roundup of payments news.

Myriad payment innovations are cutting into old-school cash payments, changing how funds are accessed, spent and received for purposes ranging from in-store payments to accessing disaster recovery funds. Will these changes bring new communities into banking, or will it leave them behind?

Ripple, MoneyGram and FV Bank all bolstered their ability to distribute digital assets, with cross-border transactions emerging as a primary use case.

Execs from U.S. Bancorp and Keybank discuss how emerging technology makes it easier to replicate the near invisible checkout that car-sharing riders enjoy.

Norwegian fintech Vipps' consumers can use iPhones to make digital payments following Apple's settlement with regulators. Klarna gets hit with a money-laundering fine and more in our weekly global payments roundup.

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.

Donald Trump's ascension to the presidency creates regulatory uncertainty, but Block's CEO says the company hopes for more clarity for bitcoin and is developing technology to be flexible.

The U.K. international money transfer firm posted strong earnings and said its regional diversification can offset the rise of isolationism in specific markets. Ingenico adds technology to enable cryptocurrency payments, and more. Here's what's happening in the world of payments.

The payment company is connecting installment lenders with borrowers who may be looking for a product instead of a specific company.

The processor's sale of medical software firm AdvancedMD comes as it prioritizes small-business payments, according to Cameron Bready.

The global transfer companies made big moves this week, with Western Union buying Dash from Singtel Singapore, while former Walmart executive Anthony Soohoo will be the new boss at MoneyGram.