Kate Fitzgerald

Many BNPL lenders can credit their meteoric rise to the unique circumstances of the pandemic. As their market shifts, these companies are forced to find new avenues of growth under the increased scrutiny of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The hotel franchise can now integrate directly with U.S. employers for invoicing and payment, allowing it to bundle multiple stays and reduce overall costs of managing card acceptance.

More than 30,000 of the bank's customers have already updated their credit cards to show their chosen name instead of their legal name, and the bank expects a similar response from debit card users.

The late-payment rate for the company's buy now/pay later loans rose above 2% for the first time this year in July and August, and CEO Max Levchin says a downturn is "more than likely."

Affirm must demonstrate it can maintain healthy loan growth to regain investor confidence when reporting earnings results Thursday, while Klarna unveils results next week.

GiveCard is working with the digital card-issuance platform Highnote to improve the ways organizations can deliver and track donations to recipients such as homeless teens and women in crisis.

Rising global e-commerce transaction volume is creating an opportunity to expand the options for cross-border payments from businesses to consumers.

Millions of Americans have trouble accessing low-cost loans because they have thin or problematic credit histories. That could change as fintech innovations and new self-reporting tools give lenders troves of new data.

Through this collaboration, Amex will offer loyalty options through new channels to boost payment volume.

Payrailz created its own bill payment technology and a peer-to-peer product for smaller banks wary of Zelle, but Jack Henry can scale it faster by absorbing the Connecticut-based fintech.