Embedded Payments news and trends

WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
Payments Innovation // August 27, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With WEX’s Ron Griswold The linear model of traditional business payments is breaking apart thanks to embedded payments, instant rails and artificial intelligence (AI). “Payments went from being just a line on a P&L [profit and loss statement] to...

Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion
Investments // August 21, 2026

Payload has secured a strategic investment led by Fifth Third to expand its embedded payments platform, Payload said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Payload was founded in late 2019, processed its first payment in January 2020 and processed nearly $500 million in May alone, according to the release. The...

WEX Says Embedded Payments Are Easier to Launch Than to Scale
B2B Payments // August 19, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With WEX’s Eric Frankovic Embedded payments can look simple at launch. A company identifies a customer pain point, integrates a payment capability and begins moving transactions through an experience it already controls. Then the challenges come when the embedded finance...

Payward Plans Magic Labs Wallet Acquisition to Expand B2B Platform
B2B Payments // July 27, 2026

Payward plans to expand its B2B infrastructure platform, Payward Services, with embedded, non-custodial wallet infrastructure by acquiring the wallet-as-a-service business of Magic Labs. Magic Labs’ noncustodial wallet infrastructure has powered more than 60 million wallets and over $10 billion in stablecoin volume for 200,000 developers,...

Interviews & Exclusives
WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes

August 27, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With WEX’s Ron Griswold The linear model of traditional business payments is breaking apart thanks to embedded payments, instant rails and artificial intelligence (AI). “Payments went from being just a line on a P&L [profit and loss statement] to the thing that can actually drive product roadmaps [and] customer retention,” Ron […]

WEX Says Embedded Payments Are Easier to Launch Than to Scale

August 19, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With WEX’s Eric Frankovic Embedded payments can look simple at launch. A company identifies a customer pain point, integrates a payment capability and begins moving...

NMI CEO Says AI Now Shapes Acquisition Strategy

June 04, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Steve Pinado of NMI  Consumers increasingly choose among cards, account-to-account transfers, digital wallets, real-time payments and installment options based on circumstance rather than habit....

35% of Firms Delay Embedded Finance Over Fraud Fears

May 14, 2026
Embedded finance is giving businesses a faster way to move money, but its next stage of growth may depend on how well companies build security into the transaction before it...

Quick Reads
BMO Becomes First Canadian Issuer to Deploy Mastercard Embedded Commercial Payments

October 01, 2026
BMO and Mastercard have launched a new embedded commercial payments capability that can be integrated into participating enterprise software platforms in Canada and the United States, BMO said in a Thursday (Oct. 1) press release. When this capability is enabled in a platform, BMO’s eligible Corporate Card clients can initiate and manage virtual card payments […]

Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion

August 21, 2026
Payload has secured a strategic investment led by Fifth Third to expand its embedded payments platform, Payload said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Payload was founded in late 2019, processed its first payment in...

Payward Plans Magic Labs Wallet Acquisition to Expand B2B Platform

July 27, 2026
Payward plans to expand its B2B infrastructure platform, Payward Services, with embedded, non-custodial wallet infrastructure by acquiring the wallet-as-a-service business of Magic Labs. Magic Labs’ noncustodial wallet infrastructure has powered...

NMI Acquires Fee Navigator for AI Pricing Intelligence

June 02, 2026
Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI said it has acquired pricing intelligence provider Fee Navigator. The deal is designed to expand on NMI’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by adding specialist pricing...