Payment Methods news and trends

Fed Signals Shift as Washington Targets Paper Checks
Payment Methods // December 10, 2025

Check usage continues to decline each year as consumers and businesses shift toward digital tools. At the same time, significant numbers of users still depend on checks for convenience, record keeping or lack of better alternatives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Mobile Wallet Use Jumps 31% as Apple Pay Faces Rising Competition
Mobile Wallets // November 26, 2025

Shoppers are using mobile wallets more often, but the new data suggests that this shift is doing less to consolidate Apple Pay’s dominance than to widen the field for its rivals. That is the tension running through “Apple Pay @11: Usage Is Up, but Competitors...

The Creative Destruction and Rebuild of the Payments Business Model
artificial intelligence // November 20, 2025

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Study Finds Trust and Rewards the Missing Links to Pay by Bank Adoption
Consumer Payments // October 17, 2025

“Pay by Bank: Consumer Adoption Hinges on Security Concerns,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Trustly collaboration, explores the forces shaping consumer trust, confidence and conversion in one of the most promising innovations in digital payments. Based on a survey of 2,071 United States consumers conducted from...

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Fed Signals Shift as Washington Targets Paper Checks

December 10, 2025
Check usage continues to decline each year as consumers and businesses shift toward digital tools. At the same time, significant numbers of users still depend on checks for convenience, record keeping or lack of better alternatives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS […]

63% of Americans Now Use Digital Wallets for Cross-Border Payments

October 08, 2025
The digital divide that once separated who paid how across borders is narrowing fast. In the United States, digital wallets have become the great equalizer. They’re used almost as readily...

Small Businesses Feel the Ripple as Government Goes All-Digital

October 06, 2025
Paper checks have long been a fixture in U.S. government disbursements, but their days are numbered. President Trump’s recent executive order mandating the phase-out of paper checks in federal payments...

The Rise of AI Agents and the Fall of Digital Wallets

September 24, 2025
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Quick Reads
Visa and Aldar Launch Voice-Enabled Agentic Payments

December 19, 2025
Customers of Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer, manager and investor Aldar will be able to pay their real estate service charges by talking with an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our […]

Trustly and Episode Six Partner on US Pay-by-Bank Adoption

September 09, 2025
Trustly, a global provider of pay-by-bank solutions, and Episode Six, which offers enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of pay by...

Bank Groups Suggest Public Awareness Campaign to Support US Treasury’s Phaseout of Paper Checks

July 01, 2025
Eliminating paper checks from government disbursements will reduce fraud and speed up the delivery of payments to recipients, three bank groups told the Treasury Department Monday (June 30). Get the Full Story...

Bolt Adds Klarna’s Pay-Later Options to Its Checkout System

June 30, 2025
Pay-later provider/digital bank Klarna has launched a partnership with checkout and identity platform Bolt. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...