Technology

St. Cloud Financial Credit Union will be issuing its own stablecoin at the end of this year, becoming one of the first U.S. credit unions to do so.

The two BNPL giants' pay-over-time loans will now be available for in-store purchases on Apple Pay in a move to capture more sales at brick and mortar stores.

State regulator says blockchain tools are key to detecting money laundering and sanctions violations.

Visa is introducing a premium service to the Middle East, and Lloyds Banking says its cash protection product is showing results. Plus, Brex teams up with Doordash and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

Nancy Beaton, President of Uphold U.S. and CRO/CMO of Uphold Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko Raghav Chopra, Managing Partner, Tephra Digital Moderator: Holly Sraeel

Google has launched its Agent Payments Protocol, an open protocol that establishes a payment-agnostic framework for users, merchants and payments in agentic AI. Payment companies such as Adyen, American Express, Mastercard and PayPal helped develop the protocol.

The global fintech has said it will invest more than $500 million in the US in the coming years, and it expects to create hundreds of jobs.

SMS-based multifactor authentication is now so badly compromised that it has become a major vector for fraud. But there's a potential solution, and it's in every bank customer's pocket.

Early Warning Service's peer-to-peer payments network saw payment volume growth accelerate in the first six months of 2025, buoyed once again by small-business payments.

The Minneapolis-based bank has rolled out payroll and bill pay features four months after unveiling a service to monitor card spending. An accounts receivable solution is on deck.