The payments fintech is hoping its listing on the Nasdaq will bring it greater visibility in the U.S. market, a region that the company says represents the largest growth potential.

If a card is immediately not easy and safe to use in an external app, consumers will quickly turn to another card, executives from Regions Bank, Pinnacle Financial Partners and Barclays warned American Banker's Payments Forum.

Ather Williams III, Wells Fargo's head of global payments and liquidity and wholesale digital, discussed the changing payments landscape and how banks can stay ahead during the keynote address at American Banker's Payments Forum 2026.

President and CEO Enrique Lores, who took the payment company's top job in March, is looking to turn the company around with fresh talent and a renewed focus on what he says are the company's fundamentals.

Expenses and foreign exchange pressured Western Union; while Visa added more blockchains to its stablecoin settlement pilot. That and more in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.

The payments giant is counting on the FIFA World Cup this summer for windfalls in its consumer and commercial businesses. Long-term, agentic commerce is creating a whole new ecosystem to which Visa can attach itself, Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said on a call with analysts.

The all-cash, 750 million euro deal to buy Talon.One marks a notable shift from the fintech's M&A strategy that has historically favored build versus buy.

Key Virtual Card builds on the bank's relationship with payments and card issuing infrastructure fintech Qolo and looks to compete with rivals such as Ramp, Airwallex and Brex that have been aggressively going after banks' corporate clients.

The Federal Reserve's initial step toward doing away with paper checks is welcome, but any economy-wide transition must consider the needs of a variety of stakeholders, including many consumers who still rely on them.

The fintech rolled out Intelligent Money Movement, a treasury service that combines payments, liquidity management and disbursements as it looks to capitalize on its multiple banking licenses.

Tech overhauls aren't easy, financial tech experts say it's necessary to compete effectively with digital-focused firms.

The Cincinnati bank's Newline business is now its fastest growing commercial payments segment.

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.