Payment

The 60 million workers who form the human infrastructure powering the U.S. economy are increasingly scraping just to get by. Yet this cohort, which PYMNTS Intelligence defines as earning under $25 an ...

Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metronome, a usage-based billing platform for software companies. Stripe CEO Patrick Collison announced the agreement in a Tuesday (Dec. 2) post ...

Uruguay-based FinTech Prometeo on Thursday (Dec. 4) introduced Name Match, a new ownership-evaluation feature within its Bank Account Verification API designed to improve payment accuracy and reduce fraud for businesses ...

The price of Bitcoin rose above $90,000 for the first time in about a week, recovering after a month-long selloff, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. 26). Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also saw ...

Professionals in payments, FinTech and the digital economy already face crowded calendars and a nonstop flow of industry information. Conferences often promise insight but often deliver conversations heavy on sales and ...

Crypto platform Kraken has begun rolling out the Krak Card, a debit card that enables instant spending using multiple balances and earns 1% cash back rewards on all purchases. The company ...

Global payments processor Thredd has signed an agreement in which it will connect across three global Visa Cloud Connect endpoints. By connecting to Visa Cloud Connect, which allows organizations to access ...

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments: Mastercard’s Mike Kresse The role of the CFO is shifting under macroeconomic volatility, tightening controls and fast-moving technology that touches every operational corner of the ...

Watch more: Need to Know: Discover Network’s Dave Dew The history of payments can be separated into two eras: before the payment facilitator and after the payment facilitator. Known in the industry ...

Payments platform Paysafe has launched a partnership with business technology firm Endava. The collaboration is designed “to bring smarter payments and next-generation community engagement to market faster,” the companies said in ...

Watch more: What’s Next In Payments: Trulioo’s Vicky Bindra The connected economy is redrawing the map of how CEOs think about their companies’ long-term futures. It’s magnifying their near-term obligations to ...

Amazon is reportedly offering customers of Brazil’s Nubank several special payment options. Company officials told Bloomberg News in a report published Wednesday (Nov. 5) that this includes more credit to shop ...

Finance platform BILL has launched a suite of AI agents for small businesses. The new offering, announced Tuesday (Oct. 28) includes features that autonomously collect and validate W-9s, reconcile receipts, accelerate ...

Diversified technology investment company Snowball & Co. has acquired FinTech startup Adro and will combine it with the investment company’s FinTech subsidiary, Finfare Money. Adro provides banking access and credit solutions ...

Visa has launched a partnership with compliance and fraud prevention platform Proof. The collaboration is designed to provide verified identities to secure transactions across “high value or high-risk payments,” as well as digital ...

Loyalty technology provider Gennius XYZ selected payments processor Thredd as its global issuer-processor partner. This partnership will facilitate Gennius XYZ’s expansion into new markets and will power instant issuance, virtual cards ...

One Inc, a digital payments network for the insurance industry, is now enabling faster lienholder payments for total loss vehicle claims on Copart’s Title Express and Loan Payoff system. Copart, an ...

For collections teams, chasing overdue invoices is often defined by friction. It’s a constant back-and-forth of phone calls, emails and research before outreach. That manual grind not only drains productivity but ...

Nacha is making some changes to improve the efficiency and ease of use of International ACH Transactions (IATs). These changes were enabled by five rules changes approved by Nacha voting members, ...

The way money moves is changing faster than ever, and so are the conversations shaping it. To give audiences a more dynamic way to engage with the ideas and leaders defining ...

Watch more: Need to Know: Fifth Third Bank, Robert Norman Cash still matters in a digital economy. Much of the world has gone digital, yet for millions of consumers, cash remains ...

Watch more: Need to Know Insurance is often defined by its pain points: accidents, losses, disruptions and the frustration that comes with filing and settling claims. For policyholders, friction begins with ...

DailyPay has appointed its executive chairman, Nelson Chai, as its new CEO. Chai succeeds Stacy Greiner, who will continue to serve as an advisor, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. ...

Stripe has launched new tools that enable businesses to issue their own stablecoins, prepare for agentic commerce and better monetize their artificial intelligence products. These were among more than 40 product ...

One Inc’s PremiumPay platform has been integrated into Equisoft’s life insurance policy administration solutions. For the more than 300 financial institutions globally that use Equisoft’s solutions, PremiumPay will reduce manual processing, ...

Brex plans to add stablecoin payments to its global corporate card, enabling cardholders to send and receive these payments. This feature will allow cardholders with a Brex business account to accept ...

Citi plans to integrate its blockchain-based token services platform with its clearing solution. The integration will create a 24/7, multibank cross-border instant payments capability for Citi’s institutional customers in the U.K. ...

Trade association UK Finance and several financial institutions have launched a pilot project that they said will include the first U.K. live transactions of tokenized sterling deposits (GBTD). The pilot will cover three ...

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments Payments are often invisible. At least until they fail — then, all of a sudden, they become incredibly visible. But keeping payments invisible is no small ...

Instant payments are set to disrupt B2B transactions as businesses adapt around their speed, WEX President of Corporate Payments Eric Frankovic writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting ...

Growth in U.S. pay-by-bank volumes will be driven by both technological innovation and economic necessity, Trustly founder and CEO Alexandre Gonthier writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting ...

Changing consumer expectations, technology and competitive pressures are impacting the payments industry, Mark Smith, Head of Payments for Financial Services at AWS, writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: ...

Done right, embedded finance shifts from a buzzword to a reliable infrastructure, Ingo Payments Chief Product Officer Lisa McFarland writes in the latest PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future ...

Credit unions must adopt a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to fraud prevention, Velera Chief Operations Officer Dean Michaels writes in the latest PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”   ​​In ...

Companies are using AI to streamline identity and business verification and fight fraud, Trulioo Chief Technology Officer Hal Lonas writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future ...

Industry mergers, technology and economic challenges are driving change in the payments space, EVP Group President, FIS Automated Finance Seamus Smith writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting ...

Payments executives are looking to AI for spend management and fraud detection, Coupa GM and SVP of Payments, Treasury and Supplier Services Bill Wardwell writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: ...

Technology is swiftly transforming the payments industry, but true disruption is a long game, i2c founder and CEO Amir Wain writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future ...

A move toward stakeholder cost sharing marks a shift in enterprise-level B2B payments, Boost Payment Solutions founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting ...

Co-branded debit rewards are helping companies boost loyalty and customer engagement, Galileo Financial Technologies CEO Derek White writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”   As ...

Consumers and businesses expect payments to be fast, seamless and secure, Visa Commercial Solutions SVP, Global Head of Commercial Product Gloria Colgan writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: ...

BNPL partnerships help banks and merchants meet the needs of consumers and navigate regulations, Splitit CEO Nandan Sheth writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”   The first ...

B2B companies want a simple, secure, consumer-like digital payments experience, Greg Castro, president of PayTrace by North, writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”   PayTrace ...

Australian payments company Monoov has teamed with payroll firms Payroo and SuperAPI. The partnership, announced Monday (July 7), is centered around a one-click payroll and superannuation solution, designed to update “antiquated ...

As firms consolidate and specialize, they need innovative payment solutions, Maverick Payments VP of Product Justin Downey writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”   The ...