International health care is a fast-growing multibillion-dollar industry combining two of the most complex transactions to process: travel and medicine. The card network says its technology builds a foundation to tackle the problem.

Visa, which leans on sports festivals to showcase emerging shopping and checkout features, says contactless transactions from travelers have jumped during the games.

The Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements have built a gauge to measure stablecoin reserves, and U.K. challenger bank Monzo is offering a bonus interest rate.

Monday's market decline has sparked concerns of an economic downturn, calling attention to installment lenders that market to distressed consumers.

The payment option has grown beyond underbanked consumers. For issuers, a $1 trillion market is at stake.

Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar will lead a centralized sales structure, part of a larger organizational change as the firm battles firms like PayPal and Stripe to reach merchants.

The London challenger bank has added deposits in an effort to keep customers from using banks and other fintechs; the Australian bank Westpac is offering cards to kids as young as 8; and more in our global payments and fintech roundup.

CEO Alex Chriss contends the payments company can get a boost from greater access to mobile payment technology while competing against the technology giant on other fronts.

New funding would increase valuations for both firms, reversing a slump that has impacted the entire industry for the past two years.

The big box retailer's move comes amid a broader decline for the traditional payment option.

Nine international fintech companies are participating in the credit card network's accelerator program.

The bank plans to turn away transactions for apps like Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna and others. Its move comes as these third parties face increasing scrutiny from regulators and industrywide concerns over risk.

CTrust is providing scores specific to the legal weed business, an industry that poses a lot of challenges and opportunities for banks and other lenders.

The Chinese technology giant is partnering with BNP Paribas to reach more merchants; Sequoia makes an investment offer that could boost confidence in Stripe; and more.

Early Warning Services CEO Cameron Fowler will join bank executives at an upcoming hearing in the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to discuss fraud on the Zelle payments network.

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.