Payments

Cross-border person-to-person payments are vital to the survival of millions of vulnerable people. Right now, fees eat away at their money, and slow processing times create unnecessary stress. The financial services industry and partners in government can fix this problem.

Myriad payment innovations are cutting into old-school cash payments, changing how funds are accessed, spent and received for purposes ranging from in-store payments to accessing disaster recovery funds. Will these changes bring new communities into banking, or will it leave them behind?

Ripple, MoneyGram and FV Bank all bolstered their ability to distribute digital assets, with cross-border transactions emerging as a primary use case.

Affirm partners with Sixth Street to sell its buy now/pay later loans to the investment firm; Associated Banc-Corp promotes Steven Zandpour to deputy head of consumer and business banking; Visa Direct speeds up its money transfers; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The post-pandemic increase in consumers falling behind on their credit card bills seems to be tapering off. "For 2025, we're seeing a lot of stability in delinquencies," an industry researcher said.

Execs from U.S. Bancorp and Keybank discuss how emerging technology makes it easier to replicate the near invisible checkout that car-sharing riders enjoy.

Banks that don't focus on credit cards for this market may find larger banks and fintechs are eating their lunch.

The Department of Justice is trying to fix a system that isn't broken. The better move would be to allow the ruthlessly competitive payments marketplace to generate new and better products.

About $2 billion changes hands daily for the sale of new motor vehicles in the U.S., making auto dealers a prime use case for faster payments. So why aren't more using it?

Norwegian fintech Vipps' consumers can use iPhones to make digital payments following Apple's settlement with regulators. Klarna gets hit with a money-laundering fine and more in our weekly global payments roundup.

The company said the P2P payment service the bureau seeks to supervise presents no risk to consumers because it is no longer offered in the U.S.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that, although the Google Pay app has been discontinued, the bureau can make the determination based on past behavior, and that the tech giant could decide to reenter the person-to-person payment space.

The long-time bank and financial services technology executive has a record for cutting costs and supporting rapid automation, skills that could be put to work at the 90-year-old agency.

A collaboration with Booking.com is designed to encourage consumers to use the bank to manage airline tickets and hotels, a lucrative market that's drawing attention across the financial services industry.

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Frank Bisignano, the chief executive officer of fintech and payments company Fiserv Inc., to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

The Clearing House increased its transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million; Mastercard settled a card fee lawsuit; and other news from the world of payments.

Shares of PSQ Holdings nearly quadrupled as Wall Street reacted to the fledgling payment company's appointment.

As 2024 comes to a close, trends such as open banking, fights over credit card fees and the future of faster payments are still in flux.

Buy now/pay later firms launched new products and announced new operational strategies this week as they prepare for an expected increase in demand this holiday shopping season, while Revolut's CEO laid out plans for 2025.

Micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses have traditionally been a tough nut to crack when it comes to serving up actionable insights. Payment data is helping to change that.