Payments

EMV and contactless payment technologies evolved at different paces around the world. Brian Byrne of the standards body EMVCo explains how the organization plans to cut through the clutter with its latest release.

The payment company has created a data pipeline to upgrade connections to storage clouds. It's a bid to make Stripe more appealing as competition from other fintechs heats up.

PayPal Holdings began laying off staffers who worked in risk management and operations this week as the firm seeks to shore up profits after growth in spending on its platform stagnated in recent quarters.

American Express is the first issuer to use the search giant's virtual card technology, which uses tokenized credentials to replace other authentication methods.

The payments startup Bolt Financial is cutting staff, its CEO said in a message to employees on Wednesday. 

In global news this week, U.K. regulators safeguard cash, Mastercard's CEO weighs in on SWIFT, Deutsche Bank debuts real-time B2B payments, and more.

The payments company Stripe plans to give customers access to bitcoin four years after suspending support for the cryptocurrency.

The invasion drew unprecedented sanctions and withdrawals from dozens of powerful payment firms. The conflict demonstrates how a financial response can be as devastating as a military one — on both sides.

Here's what industry executives have stopped talking about — and what they're focused on today.

After lying low for a couple of years, wealthy consumers are poised to unleash nearly a quarter-trillion dollars in a card-spending binge that only a COVID-19 resurgence could derail, according to Visa's chief economist, Wayne Best.