Payments

The bank aims to use new tech to make account-to-account transfers for merchants an easier option than credit cards.

The buy now/pay later lender expects those increased expenses — brought on by rising interest rates — to eat into one of its key metrics: revenue less transaction costs.

Amex is planning to debut a new luxury lounge at Newark Liberty International Airport, part of the credit-card giant's continued push into travel and entertainment services.

Blackhawk Network now offers Visa gift cards made of paper, while Venmo and Hallmark are putting QR codes in standard greeting cards. Both initiatives address the environmental harms of first-use plastic.

Low-code programming, which uses easy-to-understand visual elements to guide upgrades, is catching on with fintechs that want to avoid large projects.

A point of sale glitch puts smaller sellers in a bind: They can refuse sales, fall back to cash and checks or take a leap of faith and absorb any transactions that fail after their systems come back online.

Texas bitcoin miners, embroiled in a controversy over their energy-intensive operations, are shutting down most of their machines while the state grapples with its power crisis.

Capital One Financial opened its newest airport lounge to the public at the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area's Dulles International Airport.

Financial institutions struggle to connect emotionally with consumers, according to research from American Banker's publisher. Barclays and Bank of America say digital delivery and targeted incentives have found success.

Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wants to ensure that Big Tech firms are not unfairly excluding smaller fintechs from innovating on their platforms.