Payments

Uplinq, which helps lenders make credit decisions for small business owners using alternative data, already has large global banks among its clientele.

Ireland's central bank holds loan data for too long, Bank of America enables two-way corporate disbursements in Canada, and more.

Maryland is the latest state to decree that employer-sponsored EWA products aren't loans, but the battle over how they will be regulated is just beginning, experts say.

The bank's retail clients can enable iPhones to accept payments without extra hardware, raising the stakes for any company that competes with the bank for merchant clients.

Mastercard and Visa stepped back from their card partnerships with Binance Holdings, distancing themselves from the cryptocurrency platform that's under threat from regulators worldwide.

Half of the transactions on the buy now/pay later lender's new plastic card become interest-bearing loans.

Investment in machine learning is outpacing consumer interest on the ground. Here's what companies like FIS and Marqeta are doing while waiting for demand to catch up.

The payments industry produces billions of cards each year, contributing to the massive amounts of plastic that end up polluting the planet. Key players have stepped up to adopt more environmentally friendly options.

SVB promotes its head of payments infrastructure, Turkey approves Colendi to open a digital bank and more.

Banks like Capital One, U.S. Bank and Santander are updating their floor plans and their menus — often with a discount on food or beverages for cardholders — to reach more millennial and Gen Z consumers.