Stripe plans to strengthen its support for platforms by acquiring Parafin, an embedded financial products platform, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release. Parafin provides platforms with credit offerings for their small business customers. The company has helped more than 60,000 businesses...
Middle market companies are the most active embedded finance upgraders, but they also report the greatest difficulty connecting those investments to business strategy. Among firms with $250 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, 45% cite strategic alignment, decision making and return on investment as...
Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI is expanding its NMI Business Capital service to help more merchants access financing, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 23) press release. “The expansion reflects NMI’s focus on helping small businesses get the funding they need to be successful,” the release...
Accounts payable technology is being judged on how well it connects to the systems businesses already use, giving developers, IT teams and implementation specialists a larger role in payment-platform decisions. The PYMNTS Intelligence Tracker “Who Decides Now: How Developers and Tech Teams Are Reshaping the...
October 07, 2026
Embedded finance is delivering measurable benefits for retailers, but the way they judge whether it works reaches beyond the revenue line. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization” found in November 2025 that just 11% of retailers gauged embedded finance success in terms of return on investment, even as […]
September 28, 2026
Middle market companies are the most active embedded finance upgraders, but they also report the greatest difficulty connecting those investments to business strategy. Among firms with $250 million to $1...
September 23, 2026
Accounts payable technology is being judged on how well it connects to the systems businesses already use, giving developers, IT teams and implementation specialists a larger role in payment-platform decisions....
September 07, 2026
Embedded finance appears to have crossed a revealing threshold: Companies are treating its growing pains as reasons to improve the technology rather than abandon it. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Embedded...
September 30, 2026
Stripe plans to strengthen its support for platforms by acquiring Parafin, an embedded financial products platform, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release. Parafin provides platforms with credit offerings for their small business customers. The company has helped more than 60,000 businesses gain access to capital and complementary credit products since 2020, […]
September 23, 2026
Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI is expanding its NMI Business Capital service to help more merchants access financing, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 23) press release. “The expansion reflects NMI’s...
September 07, 2026
Mastercard launched a partnership with Kenya-based social commerce company Flowcart, according to a Monday (Sept. 7) news release. The collaboration centers on embedding “secure, seamless card payments directly within social...
September 03, 2026
Financial services technology company FIS has launched its embedded banking platform. The platform is the company’s first embedded finance offering created especially for banks, letting lenders offer banking services directly within the business...
