The quick adoption of financial technology, coupled with remote work, requires firms to focus on internal innovation as well as customer-facing advancements.

The card brand is expanding identity theft protection and using data analytics to reach beyond its current customer base.

The card brand is expanding identity theft protection and using data analytics to reach beyond its current customer base.

The pandemic has caused dramatic changes in all industries, which adds extra stress on payment companies, says PXP Financial's John Bell.

From Coinbase and Grab to Affirm, technology companies are expanding their payments operations — and picking up billions of dollars in public listings.

Banks face increasing competition from fintechs, third-party lenders and large technology companies as customer demands evolve, says Mastercard's Fabrizio Burlando.

Chargebee, a startup that helps enterprises with subscription billing and revenue management, raised $125 million in funding and boosted its valuation to $1.4 billion, reaching so-called unicorn status for the first time.

By taking its U.S. card issuing technology to more countries, the fintech is becoming a bigger threat to the acquiring banks that focus on B2B payments.

By taking its U.S. card issuing technology to more countries, the fintech is becoming a bigger threat to the acquiring banks that focus on B2B payments.

Private businesses are beginning to embrace the Reserve Bank of India's plan to create competition in the country's retail digital payment space, seeking new licenses to develop alternatives to the state-owned National Payments Corp. of India system.