Payments

As Apple and Android enable smartphones to accept payments with little setup, an exec at the bank's Elavon unit contends countertop devices have a lot of life left.

Alyssa Henry will leave Square on October 2 after nine years at the helm, the Block unit said in a regulatory filing. Square founder Jack Dorsey will once again take the reins as chief executive.

Payments revenue growth is slowing from economic headwinds, lower-cost digital transactions and upstarts cutting into incumbents' profit margins, according to a Boston Consulting Group report. Here's what to expect.

The product will transform customers' deposits into digital tokens that can be sent instantly anywhere in the world, the company says.

PayPal's new stablecoin offering should be setting off alarms at traditional banks, because it could seriously challenge their dominance in the payments space.

Dave Glaser, the company's president, is replacing Brady Harris to move payments fintech's focus to larger clients.

Since the country's instant-settlement network doesn't cover everyone, ANZ is extending its excess capacity to other financial institutions. It's a strategy that's emerging in the U.S. and other markets.

Staring Jan. 1, only amounts spent on fares and Delta credit cards co-branded with American Express will be used to calculate rewards.

Aiming to capture a bigger share of the cross-border payments market, Visa has signed a five-year agreement with the U.K.-based fintech.

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

Republican Josh Hawley, the senior senator from Missouri, says he intends to offer legislation that would cap credit card rates at 18%. For a bill designed to go nowhere, it's a surprisingly good idea.

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.