Will Artingstall, global head of banking as a service within Citi's Services business, sat down with American Banker to discuss the firm's BaaS business and how it fits into its larger corporate payments strategy.

Can banks win at agentic commerce? What's next for real-time payments? And where are mobile wallets headed? The industry's top experts will dive into these issues at American Banker's Payments Forum from May 4-6 in San Francisco.

The bank-led companion to the Zelle P2P app faces a market where tech giants such as Apple have huge market share and a headstart of more than a decade. Paze exec Eric Hoffman told American Banker there is still a large addressable market for digital wallet users.

At a Transact event on career management for women in payments, leaders from Visa, NMI and elsewhere discussed embracing new and unknown ideas as a way to stay vital.

U.S. Bank's merchant acquiring group this week named Wally Mlynarski — formerly of Bank of America and a former executive at Evalon — to the top job as AI sweeps over the industry and with fintechs and traditional rivals ready to pounce.

The bank-owned instant payment network has added a new use for its seldom-mentioned disbursement business.

The bank is partnering with a French software company to upgrade its usage of the emerging forms of artificial intelligence. Plus, Ripple plans to buy a local payment company to secure a license in Australia, and more in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.

The London-based neobank plans to invest $500 million in the U.S. over the next few years amid stiff competition from fintechs, other neobanks and legacy banks.

Fifty years of sanctions has forced the Middle Eastern country to develop its own isolated financial system. But money has still found a way to move in and out of the country.

Adyen is powering payments on Uber's new ride-hailing kiosk at La Guardia airport in New York. For the fintech, it's an opportunity to advance payment personalization.

PayPay is the latest international fintech to signal entry into the U.S. fintech investor market with an IPO that has been planned by SoftBank for years.

When even a savvy expert in payments systems can't efficiently manage the transfer of funds to relatives in a crisis zone, it demonstrates that the system is failing us. We can and must do better.

The iOS technology enables payments without requiring merchants to add extra hardware. The card network is embedding the option into a broader suite of merchant technology to bolster its services strategy amid competition from Mastercard and fintechs like Block and Stripe.

The buy now, pay later lender is carving out a lane for itself with exclusive deals with Intuit's Quickbooks Payments and Expedia's websites. It also will be the default BNPL provider for Bolt's one-click checkout.

The year was marked with six state regulations, new entrants, product and market expansion from existing EWA providers and buy-in from investors.

Consumer appetite for mobile wallets is growing, challenging banks to innovate to stay ahead.

Articles about stablecoins, scams, fintechs, premium credit cards and open banking were just some of the topics that struck a chord with American Banker subscribers in 2025.

The bank is betting on demand from resource-challenged companies.

The card networks have entered a series of partnerships in Europe and Asia amid signs of growing demand and Apple's waning control over the underlying technology.