Payment Methods

What is a payment method? Well there are many, debit, credit, ACH, blockchain, and cross border. There are also many other way to transact through the wires. Credit card, debit card, cheque, money transfers, and recurring cash or ACH (Automated Clearing House) disbursements are all electronic payments methods.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Oregon Tests Whether No-Interest BNPL Is a Loan

Oregon Tests Whether No-Interest BNPL Is a Loan
Oregon Tests Whether No-Interest BNPL Is a Loan
August 07, 2026  |  BNPL

Merchants may treat buy now, pay later (BNPL) as a standard checkout option, but state licensing rules could determine where particular installment plans can actually...

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llinois Requires Retailers to Accept Cash by 2028
llinois Requires Retailers to Accept Cash by 2028
August 04, 2026  |  Cash

Illinois will require retailers to accept certain cash payments, beginning Jan. 1, 2028. This state law results from the Friday (July 31) signing of the...

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Stripe Helps Data Firm Dune Accept Stablecoin Payments
Stripe Helps Data Firm Dune Accept Stablecoin Payments
July 30, 2026  |  Blockchain

Dune says it is one of Europe’s first companies to receive stablecoin payments through Stripe. The new integration means Dune’s enterprise customers can now pay...

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Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
July 28, 2026  |  Banking

Wire payments are starting to look less like back-office plumbing and more like a competitive tool for banks. That shift anchors “Rewiring Wires: Modernizing CHIPS...

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AML Debate Shifts From Transactions to Hidden Networks
AML Debate Shifts From Transactions to Hidden Networks
June 09, 2026  |  AML

The title of Tuesday’s House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing pointed toward Chinese money laundering networks and cartel financing. But witness testimony and...

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Visa Says Payouts Should Move at the Speed of Need
Visa Says Payouts Should Move at the Speed of Need
April 27, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Watch more: Visa Direct With Visa’s Jim Filice Last month, Jim Filice wound up in the same place millions of consumers do when money disappears...

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Fed Rewrites Rules to Bring Cross-Border Payments to FedNow
Fed Rewrites Rules to Bring Cross-Border Payments to FedNow
April 08, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

The Federal Reserve Board proposed Wednesday (April 8) that U.S. banks and credit unions be allowed to use intermediaries to transfer funds through the FedNow® Service. This would...

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Trustly Marks Pay by Bank Milestone With 120-Plus Million Users
Trustly Marks Pay by Bank Milestone With 120-Plus Million Users
April 07, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Pay by Bank provider Trustly says it now has more than 120 million users worldwide.  “Trustly’s rapidly growing user base reflects the increasing adoption of...

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