Payments

Roger Hochschild predicts consumers will keep using their Discover cards in the months ahead, particularly when shopping online.

After Visa's deal to acquire Plaid fell through as a result of regulatory pressure, the data aggregator found new fintech partners including Square and Dwolla to support an account-to-account transfer service.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal and Square must provide details on their use of personal payments data to ensure consumers' privacy is protected and that the data isn't shared without consent.

The bank is predicting a $450 billion “value pool” of data from vehicles by the end of the decade, with the information gleaned encompassing everything from driving patterns to coffee purchases.

The social network's test of its Novi wallet drew criticism from Democratic senators who say the company does not have a strong track record of protecting user data.

PayPal Holdings is exploring an acquisition of the social media company Pinterest, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The integration with Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking could position Amex to capture more commercial card spending from the largest global corporations.

The payment company has agreed to buy the India-based reconciliation company in its latest investment in back-office technology for internet businesses.

Fintechs have led the way in installment lending, but banks, credit card issuers and payments companies are responding with products of their own. Here's an overview of what they're rolling out.

Best known as a website management company, GoDaddy began directly offering digital and offline payments after learning that its clients were getting those services from fintechs. The company is also now selling terminals for in-store payments.