Payments

Miriam Sheril, who helped build FedNow and is currently at a fintech, dispels misconceptions about what Orthodox Jewish women can do in the workplace.

Block has launched several new products in recent months to boost its profile among merchants, setting the stage for its next steps involving advanced artificial intelligence and open development techniques.

For firms that get it right, there's a chance to capture profits and offset risk from rising interest rates and inflation, according to experts who spoke at our Payments Forum conference.

Like many fintechs, Stripe's valuation fell in recent months, highlighting the need to look beyond transaction processing for revenue.

Discover, Capital One and other issuers began effortlessly reaping strong deposit inflows months before the banking crisis. The trend may not last much longer.

The messaging organization is providing a sandbox for developers to enable cross-border transactions for central bank digital currencies, an elusive goal as most central banks focus on domestic use.

Millennials and Generation Z will soon become the principal financial consumers. Which companies and products are on track to win their business, and which ones are in danger of going extinct?

In an era of unprecedented access to digital payment methods, cash is making a comeback, courtesy of the swelling cost of living.

In April's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: Investigations of PPP fraud ramp up, U.S. Bank responds to concerns regarding capital levels, what happened to the trend of bank purchases and more.

Besides negating the benefits of a central bank digital currency, the Federal Reserve's real-time payments system will bring about numerous positive changes, including helping consumers who live paycheck to paycheck.

The real-time payments system from the Federal Reserve will spur an increase in payments innovations and drive prices lower for existing products.

The credit card firm attracted new business in part from the consumers who were moving their funds over from traditional banks.

Amazon Pay — which provides one-click checkout on thousands of e-commerce sites — has added support for Citi Flex Pay, Citigroup's point-of-sale credit card loans, as competition for buy now/pay later customers expands to digital wallets.

Like Visa CEO Ryan McInerney, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach spent part of his company's earnings call drawing a competitive distinction between the card network and FedNow.

An appeals court ruling said the tech company must provide access to outside parties to process transactions.

Visa halts single-click payments in India, ING uses recycled beach plastic for payment cards and more.

The U.S. and other Western nations have imposed severe financial penalties against Russia. Will this boil over into other countries?

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine thrust the country into chaos, financial services workers are helping to rebuild the country and are expressing hope for the future.

Ryan McInerney said Visa's debit volume has remained steady in the U.K., which has had real-time payments since 2008, and it sees the Fed's instant settlement option as a potential ally,

Visa saw overseas spending on the firm's cards unexpectedly rise in the first three months of the year, as the payments giant benefited from an increase in global travel.