APIs

The company's Drop-In Components allow developers to verify important data without extensive coding.

The company's payment processing platform supports the likes of Uber and Square in their ambitions to create all-in-one offerings that bundle financial and other services.

The card network is connecting its Enhanced Authorization system with products from Accertify, Microsoft and Riskified, providing Amex with more data at the time of the transaction.

EU regulation permits digital connections between banks and fintechs, creating ways for pension providers and brokerages to streamline payment acceptance and cut costs by replacing manual processes with automated ones.

The Australian bank's stakes in technology firms Little Birdie and Amber add price shopping for point of sale credit and bill pay.

U.K. and EU regulations enable cards that provide digital-first features for funds kept in a different bank's account.

Snippets API combines with other APIs to produce marketing and sales programs for merchants.

Legacy vendors are competing more aggressively to modernize payroll, insurance payouts and data sharing.

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

Visa has expanded its push payments platform to enable businesses and their customers to make real-time domestic and cross-border payments.

Challenger banks and fintechs can't be considered rivals, says Episode Six's John Mitchell.

The project is part of the card network's push to showcase its tech expertise while also working to shrink the wealth gap in Black communities.

Cross-border payments technology provider Routefusion plans to expand its embedded software services and global partnerships after a recent funding round.

Traditional methods have been around a long time and don't meet the current needs of a fintech-heavy market, says Akoya's Stuart Rubinstein.

The ATM and payment terminal makers are facing more competition from software providers. Both have taken steps to head off this threat.

Younger consumers have an appetite for fintech services and digital relationships, says Cloudentity CEO Jasen Meece.

Japanese card issuer and acquirer JCB International has worked with real-time payments software provider ACI Worldwide to launch a web API-based payment service.

As the transport ticketing market evolves in the wake of the pandemic, further intensifying the challenges caused by the dominance of proprietary systems, it’s time to see a more open, collaborative public transport ecosystem, says Calypso Networks Association's Philippe Vappereau.

CEO Wendy Cai-Lee says Piermont Bank can do it all for financial technology firms: be their commercial banker, be their banking-as-a-service provider and develop APIs and other cutting-edge products for them.

Payoneer has integrated its payment orchestration platform into its core services, a year after obtaining the cloud-based technology through the acquisition of German payments provider Optile.