Payments

The mass shift to remote work has blurred lines between consumer and business pay, creating a greater push for digitization, says Billtrust's Justin Main.

Toronto-based Ethoca is seeing rising demand from banks and merchants for granular details about purchases, so it’s renamed and tweaked its service delivering digital details.

The insurance industry has shied away from crypto, but as the market gets larger opportunity will arise for insurers, says InsuranceQuotes.com's Brian O'Connell.

CardX, which enables merchants to add a fee for accepting credit cards, won by showing how its product provides transparency to consumers.

In adding Goldman Sachs veterans Omer Ismail and David Stark, the retail giant can enhance products such as Walmart Pay, Walmart+ and its fintech pact with Ribbit Capital.

In adding Goldman Sachs veterans Omer Ismail and David Stark, the retail giant can enhance products such as Walmart Pay, Walmart+ and its fintech pact with Ribbit Capital.

Stori raised new funding to expand access to credit cards via an in-app application, setting its sights on becoming the Ant Group of Mexico.

Klarna Bank said it raised $1 billion at a valuation of $31 billion, triple the price investors gave the Swedish payments firm during its last funding round, following rapid growth in its U.S. business.

As wireless handset costs rise, American Express is throwing in insurance coverage for phone repair or replacement on top-tier rewards cards as another way to get upscale travel-and-entertainment customers to stick around as the pandemic drags on.

The council plays a critical role ensuring technology meets robust security needs as fraud risks rise, says MYPINPAD's Justin Pike.