Payments

Issuers like Chase and Citi that added installment features to compete with digital lenders will need to think beyond traditional card options.

Apple is far from the first to apply a high-tech spin to the ordinary payment card. Several other companies before it have experimented with technology and materials in the hopes of providing a unique form of payment.

For many entrants in the integrated receivables space, payment data is the foundation for nearly every other business process or decision. Increasingly, banks are latching onto data services and making them available to their small and midsize business clients.

Readers react to states investigating payroll advance companies and the GOP's weak response to cannabis banking, heed a warning that nonbanks are prepared for CECL and more.

Gregor Dobbie is taking on the role of CEO of Vocalink as the company looks to expand its B2B payments business in the U.K.

Square's working to boost its appeal to third-party developers, especially as a growing number of competitors and broader economic challenges loom on the horizon.

Tipping the valet can be tough without cash in hand. It’s only one of many cash-payment scenarios that don't translate well into digital payments, where P2P apps typically emphasize social connections over anonymity.

Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.

Offering 3% on purchases through its App Store, Apple hopes to make its competitors' phones a less-appealing option; a call for speeding up FedNow.

Checkout-free technology is very limited in availability and very much a work in progress, but developers and investors are relying on its promise to accelerate payments' broader evolution from streamlining execution to determining intent.

Keeping up with changing technology can be difficult but institutions are making investments in ITMs, new lending platforms and more.

Borrower debt continues to rise, late payments are up and interest rates are at their highest levels since at least 1994. A new report raises questions about the sustainability of the card industry's boom.

Expense management provider Bento for Business has launched its Bento Pay B2B payment app with partner Dwolla, which has specialized in B2B payments the past few years after initially operating mobile wallet and financial institution faster payment services.

VCs have been devoting more attention — and funding — to U.K.-based digital remittance providers such as TransferWise, Revolut, WorldRemit and their smaller rival Paysend.

The San Francisco-based fintech is using JPMorgan Chase’s real-time payments service to power the new overdraft prevention tool.

E-commerce's dramatic expansion gives any merchant the opportunity to sell in any market. That leaves payment providers scrambling for an angle in a crowded market.

As the competition mounts to increase adoption rates for person-to-person payment apps, PayPal's Venmo is adding a way for users to quickly move money from the app to their bank account.

Mexico is considering a ban on the use of cash for purchasing gasoline and to pay for tolls as a way to fight tax evasion and money laundering, according to people with direct knowledge of the discussions.

India has taken a hard line on cryptocurrency, but other blockchain payments innovation is thriving.