Square Inc. has agreed to buy a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming music service led by rapper Jay-Z, as part of an effort to expand the company’s suite of financial tools to musicians and emerging artists.

Linking a variety of services to a payment account opens a new more flexible world of financial services, says Tribe Payments' Alex Ressish.

COVID-19 has pushed an increasingly popular, non-traditional POS lending product into the mainstream.

Some bank regulators are allowing companies that offer digital currencies to apply for a charter, potentially giving them a path to the Federal Reserve system without proper oversight.

The post-pandemic world requires serving multitasking consumers. Checkout.com exec and "Card Forum: Contactless" presenter Bradley Riss discusses how that works in a preview of our virtual conference.

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

Building the processing tech was the easy part. Finding the right mix of users and transactions posed many challenges.

The overwhelming success of Square’s bitcoin trading service creates new opportunities for its bank to work with underserved markets.

The overwhelming success of Square’s bitcoin trading service creates new opportunities for its bank to work with underserved markets.

Toronto-based Ethoca is seeing rising demand from banks and merchants for granular details about purchases, so it’s renamed and tweaked its service delivering digital details.

The insurance industry has shied away from crypto, but as the market gets larger opportunity will arise for insurers, says InsuranceQuotes.com's Brian O'Connell.

Klarna Bank said it raised $1 billion at a valuation of $31 billion, triple the price investors gave the Swedish payments firm during its last funding round, following rapid growth in its U.S. business.

The council plays a critical role ensuring technology meets robust security needs as fraud risks rise, says MYPINPAD's Justin Pike.

Supermarkets and restaurants were already starting to go digital when the pandemic pushed hard on the gas. Expect more mobile and virtual experiences —and much less space for sit-down dining.

When managed effectively, certification bodies can coordinate industry-wide solutions to otherwise significant challenges, easing pain points and ultimately driving innovation, says Fime's Reza Rahmani Fard.

The fresh funding would recrown the Swedish company as Europe’s most valuable startup after the payments business Checkout.com was valued at $15 billion.

APIs and the cloud can help financial institutions reach consumers who have become accustomed to digital, says Episode Six's John Mitchell.

The U.K. got an earlier start on open banking implementations, prompting European merchants and fintechs to turn to payments-as-a-service providers for rapid deployment.

Making gig workers’ pay automatically available at no cost each day or after each completed shift would benefit everyone, while providing a win-win scenario for the worker and platform alike, says Payfare's Marco Margiotta.

Transit and parking draw new users to mobile wallets, and Google is expanding both features to add use cases for its payment app.