Payments

New regulations involving cryptocurrency and the results of key elections will impact the industry's success this year.

Shared services organizations PSCU and Co-op Solutions are offering post-purchase buy now/pay later loans, with the goal of reaching consumers who are concerned about managing their credit.

Mastercard, Visa and American Express are reportedly preparing to add merchant codes to identify firearm purchases, forcing the networks to straddle a hot-button issue in an election year.

With countless fintechs nipping at its heels, the bank is working harder to be a one-stop shop for e-commerce, retail store management, payments and authentication.

French payments company Worldline may cut 8% of its workforce, Moneygram advances its digital strategy by hiring four new leaders, Fed issues enforcement action against Peoples-Marion Bancorp and more in our weekly banking news roundup.

The city's pilot program enables asylum seekers to pay for food and baby products — reducing government overhead while introducing newcomers to the local economy.

Through a partnership with technology firm ServiceNow, the card network is offering ways to reduce banks' cost and complexity of resolving disputed transactions.

Plaid named Cloudflare's Jen Taylor as its first president as the financial-technology company continues to diversify its products and readies itself for a public listing.

CEO Alex Chriss told analysts the company's AI-heavy product rollouts won't improve financial results in the near-term.

Virgin Money has cut about 150 jobs and 39 branches thus far in 2024, the Central Bank of Nepal has hired ACI Worldwide to build a payment switch to enable interoperable card payments for merchants, and more.

Ant, the company that operates Alipay, saw its quarterly profit fell 92% as the fintech pioneer founded by Jack Ma struggles to revive a business wracked by an economic downturn and more than a year of regulatory scrutiny.

Delinquencies and charge-offs are set to climb over the next several months, as lenders tighten underwriting policies and credit lines while facing downward pressure on late-payment fees.

Taking aim at a market dominated by decades-old private-network fuel card players, the San Francisco-based firm AtoB is teaming with Mastercard to launch an open-loop payments platform for trucking firms and fleet operators.

Dogwood State Bank and Community First Bancorp plan an all-stock deal to create a $2.2 billion bank, technology firm Fiserv announces a partnership with the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, former Texas secretary of state will join Cullen/Frost's board and more in our weekly banking news roundup.

PayPal hopes to demonstrate its coin's utility by using it to take a stake in a company called Mesh.

Banks can choose to only receive transactions instantly, and it's the most popular choice. Simply preferring to get paid faster isn't the reason.

In this month's roundup of top banking news: Truist Financial announces plans to shutter 4% of its branch network, Fiserv pursues a special-purpose bank charter, Wells Fargo distributes a $1,000 bonus to lower-paid employees and more.

U.S. consumers remain healthy despite several factors that weigh on their spending, said CEO Michael Miebach.

The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday ordered Paytm Payments Bank, a unit of One 97 Communications, to stop its popular mobile wallet business along with other activities, citing persistent non-compliance and supervisory concerns.

Visa will be the payment partner for the 2026 World Cup and other events, companies in Canada are teaming up to promote open banking for credit unions, and more.