A mobile wallet can hold several ways to pay. For most users, it holds just one. That leaves card issuers competing for a place in the wallet before the customer ever reaches a store’s payment terminal. The October 2026 PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Apple Pay @12:...
Shopify has embedded agentic payment technology developed by Visa, Mastercard and American Express into its checkout feature, Shop Pay. “I’m excited to share that we’re working with Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover to enable buyers to securely use Shop Pay at any merchant, whether...
Generation X is giving payments providers a clear signal to make payments more flexible, but keep them familiar. This cohort is not particularly interested in the rapid adoption of new methods, but instead largely desires to keep using the same payment tools even as their...
Commerce firms can often see a payment fail. The opportunity lies in what they can do next. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “How These Industries Are Turning Payments Failures Into Recovers,” the October edition of The Orchestration Advantage Series done in collaboration with Spreedly, found that commerce...
A merchant can negotiate a better payment processing rate and still face an expensive move if its saved customer credentials are tied to its existing provider. That tension sits at the center of payment orchestration’s promise. The technology connects businesses to multiple payment providers and...
Same Day ACH saw year-over-year increases of about 37% in volume and 32% in value in the third quarter as it met user demand for faster payments, Nacha said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release emailed to PYMNTS. With those increases, the total number...
U.S. Bank says it is giving customers a quicker way to shift recurring payments to a debit or credit card. Payment Switch, announced Monday (Oct. 19), lets consumers transfer payments for things like utility bills or streaming services to a U.S. bank debit or credit...
Stripe is teaming with Plasma to introduce multi-currency stablecoin cards. The new cards, announced Thursday (Oct. 15), are designed to give people and businesses an easier time spending across currencies and markets. “We’re building Plasma for people whose lives and finances span countries,” Paul Faecks,...
Digital bank customers are more willing than the broader banking population to move transactions to Pay by Bank when the payment method comes with discounts and buyer protection, according to PYMNTS Intelligence research. The findings come from “Pay by Bank Deep Dive: Digital Bank Users...