Payments network TrueLayer says it has begun offering pay by bank payments in Finland. The payment method will be available through Kustom Checkout, and is powered by Stripe, the company announced in a Wednesday (Jan. 21) news release. “Through this collaboration, thousands of Kustom merchants can now offer the shoppers...
OnePay and Klarna have partnered to enable the users of the OnePay Cash financial services platform to convert recent purchases into fixed-term payment plans. This ability to choose after checkout to pay over time will be available for eligible debit purchases, the companies said in a Tuesday (Jan. 20) press release. Dubbed “Swipe to Finance,” the...
Mastercard has expanded its startup engagement program Start Path to include agentic commerce and services. This new part of the program will focus on agent platforms and agentic enablement, agent-native tools and services, and emerging agentic payment flows. Applications for the next cohort are open now, Mastercard...
Pay.com has expanded the number of options offered by its payment orchestration platform by adding Paysafe as a recommended acquirer for card transactions for online merchants. The platform also integrated Paysafe’s Skrill and Neteller digital wallets and the firm’s PaysafeCard eCash solution, the companies said in a Friday (Jan. 16) press...
Providers of stablecoin-linked payment cards are reportedly driving the demand for Visa’s stablecoin settlement. The company’s stablecoin settlement volumes have risen to an annualized run rate of $4.5 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 14), citing its interview with Visa Head of Crypto Cuy Sheffield. Those stablecoin settlement volumes are...
Pay later is no longer a niche solution for cash-strapped consumers, as high earners increasingly use credit card installment plans to manage spending with precision and control. New PYMNTS Intelligence research shows that affluent consumers are not just participating in the Pay Later ecosystem but...
Mastercard has granted a license to QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, to extend its issuing and acquiring activities in Syria, a move intended to modernize the nation’s digital payments infrastructure. The agreement, posted in a news release on...
Pay by bank is no longer an unfamiliar concept in U.S. payments, but it has yet to earn a permanent place in consumers’ daily spending habits. The payment method, which allows consumers to move money directly from their bank accounts to merchants without using cards,...
Pay Later has stopped being a seasonal convenience and started to look like a standing line item in how many households manage money. That is the broader takeaway from PYMNTS Intelligence’s Pay Later Ecosystem Report, titled “Credit Card Installments Outrun BNPL in Summer Travel Surge.” While the...