The tech giant is enabling users to pay by holding smartphones together, potentially cutting into the market for Zelle, PayPal and Venmo.

The government-backed instant processing network has been live only since the summer of 2023, but it's already indirectly boosting usage at an unrelated bank-led rail from The Clearing House.

Fizz offers a card that enables undergrads to slowly build a debt record based on healthy spending habits, providing an alternative as regulators pressure how financial services are marketed to that demographic.

The American tech giant's agreement to open up to other firms may give other tech firms the chance they need to offer an updated mobile wallet.

The card networks extended an agreement to keep interchange the same for cards issued outside of the European Union; meanwhile Ant Group's Alipay adds a number of AI-powered assistants.

Washington policymakers are not adopting policies necessary to keep the U.S. on the cutting edge in payments. Fortunately, the dual banking system offers an alternative path forward.

Circle, Stripe and Coindesk all make moves to add scale for digital asset transactions.

Digital assets have never caught on for mainstream payments, but the card network isn't giving up hope. Its latest effort aims to reduce complexity by learning from the successes of digital wallets.

In the U.S., the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors caused a sharp reduction in cash use. But with paper bills still accounting for nearly a fifth of all payments, the option is still far too entrenched to risk extinction.

By making it easier to enroll and access financial services such as buy now/pay later lending, the search giant hopes to enhance connections with users.

Mastercard launches palm checkout in Uruguay, the U.K. commits to a gradual rollout of King Charles banknotes starting this week, and more.

Retailers like Walmart, Target and Dollar General are changing the ways they collect payments in person. This, in turn, could influence payment habits, but it is unlikely to slow the overall momentum of digital transactions.

Executives from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are expected to get grilled in Congress this summer over victims of Zelle scams who don't get reimbursed. A Senate panel has spent much of the last year examining fraud on the bank-owned payments network.

Joining forces with mobile and faster payments, generative AI is coming on board to help deliver better customer experiences and combat fraud

Sophia Goldberg, CEO of the startup Ansa, is a self-described payments nerd. She studied this industry for years — and literally wrote the book on payments — before starting her own company to develop digital wallets. In this live session, Goldberg, one of American Banker's Innovators of the Year for 2024, will share lessons on consumer and merchant behavior, and the changes she expects to see.

FedNow emerges as a key component of our industry's digital transformation, filling the void in our payment infrastructure and paving the way for a new era of banking.

Weekend direct deposit would benefit workers, consumers and businesses. The Federal Reserve itself said it was in favor of such an expansion nearly a decade ago. There is no better time than now.

Samsung and Curve are setting the groundwork for a return of smart rings and other devices that can turn top-of-wallet cards into a fashion accessory.

2023 saw a recovery in ridership and signs of progress for contactless boarding. But there's still lots of work to do.