April 22, 2025
FundThrough Acquires Ampla to Expand SMB Invoice Factoring Platform
FundThrough, a FinTech that works with small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), acquired FinTech solutions firm Ampla, which serves consumer brands. The deal will strengthen FundThrough’s digital-first ecosystem, creating a platform...
April 22, 2025
Lynq Consortia With U.S. Bank Out to Change Digital Asset...
A host of firms are partnering up to launch a digital real-time settlement network called Lynq. A Tuesday (April 22) press release stated that Lynq is scheduled to go live in...
April 22, 2025
Crypto Firms Chase Bank Charters as Circle Launches Stablecoin Orchestration...
The changing cryptocurrency landscape in the United States could have a downstream impact on how businesses move, hold, store and monetize payments. Paul S. Atkins was sworn into office as...
April 22, 2025
Instant Payment Adoption Surges as Microbusinesses Race to Fill Paycheck...
The payments landscape for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is undergoing a transformation thanks to the growing adoption of instant methods. Such businesses rely on receiving nonrecurring, or ad hoc,...
April 22, 2025
Fast Funds, Steady Cash Flow – April 2025
April 21, 2025
Investors Expect Secondhand Stores to Profit as Tariffs Challenge Retailers
Investors reportedly expect new U.S. tariffs to be good for sellers of secondhand goods. In the time since the White House announced tariffs on April 2, the shares of two...
April 21, 2025
Trump Tariffs Ignite Digital Procurement Revolution Across B2B
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are increasingly serving as a stress test for enterprise agility. The announced U.S. tariffs and ongoing uncertainties surrounding them have reignited cost pressures and supply chain...
April 21, 2025
CompoSecure Launches Wallet Integration With MoneyGram for Cash-to-Crypto Access
As cryptocurrency makes strides toward real-world spending accessibility, payment card and security solutions provider CompoSecure announced the integration of its Arculus Cold Storage Wallet with MoneyGram Access. The move lets...
April 21, 2025
Alternative Data Boosts Credit Access as New Legislation Emerges
Roughly two years ago, PYMNTS Intelligence, working in collaboration with Sezzle, found that 80 million U.S. consumers lacked reliable access to credit, which means that they’d been rejected upon applying...
The pandemic is making cash all but a nonstarter for today’s no touch customers – and restaurants that can’t deliver touchless payments will find themselves in hot water. In the Order To Eat Tracker, Chris Birkinshaw, CEO of poke bowl chain Aloha Poke Co., explains why the rapid shift to cashless transactions has made contactless offerings imperative.