Payments

A new service speeds payments by using artificial intelligence to predict which buyers are most likely to pay.

Though the retailer's threat to drop Visa in the U.K. appears to have subsided, companies like Clik2pay, Affirm and Curve have seized on an opportunity to advance account-to-account transactions, buy now/pay later and cryptocurrency.

A long-awaited report from the Federal Reserve is a historic step toward the possible development of a central bank digital currency. But the Fed emphasized it would not create one without a clear directive from Congress and the White House.

The issuer says it can offer installment loans without jeopardizing the kind of growth in credit card volume that it reported for the fourth quarter.

JPMorgan Chase will introduce a credit card with Instacart this year, the first foray into grocery for the country’s largest co-brand credit card issuer.

Google has hired former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg to run its payments division and set a new course for the business after it scrapped a push into banking.

Valuations for payment technology companies skyrocketed over the past year, pushed by a wave of public listings and record venture capital investments. Some potential acquirers are waiting for prices to cool.

A coalition of trade associations representing some of the world's largest retailers called on U.S. antitrust regulators to examine the fees charged by credit card companies after Amazon.com threatened to ban Visa cards in the U.K.

It has also taken a stake in Rêv Worldwide, developer of the bank's cross-border traveler account that supports currencies including the U.S. dollar, the euro and the Mexican peso.

Amazon.com Inc. has made a last-minute reversal to its plan to ban the use of Visa Inc.’s credit cards issued in the U.K.

The automaker plans to overhaul its online car-shopping portal, while also developing an in-car system for purchasing fuel, parking and other goods and services.

Citi will conduct a search for David Chubak's replacement as head of the retail services business, which provides private-label and co-brand credit cards for merchants including Macy’s and Best Buy.

UniCC is the the largest dark web vendor of stolen credit cards, with $358 million in purchases made through the market since 2013 using cryptocurrencies, according to a blockchain forensics firm.

The card brands are pursuing partnerships with banks, government agencies and merchants, with a goal of building networks and services to accommodate the rise of central bank digital currencies.

The startup PointCard's new charge card ignores applicants' credit scores, instead weighing their cryptocurrency holdings and other investments to determine ability to repay.

If the payments company moves ahead with a digital currency rollout, its network of merchants and consumers as well as its retail-payments focus could give it the upper hand over banks, whose products are limited to cryptocurrency exchanges, wholesale payments and other specific uses.

Goldman's second consumer credit card borrows many features of its three-year-old Apple Card, such as instant issuance through a mobile app and an emphasis on virtual account numbers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's investigation calls some installment lenders' collection practices into question, but also highlights the ease of access that has made their loans so popular.

PayPal is exploring the launch of its own stablecoin as part of its cryptocurrency push, according to the company, which confirmed the development after evidence of the move was discovered inside its iPhone app.