Payments As A Service news and trends

Visa and Mastercard Put Tokens in Charge of AI Commerce

June 17, 2026
agentic commerce, tokenization
What 110 Companies Reveal About the Future of Payments Orchestration
Payments Innovation // June 02, 2026

Payment problems don’t stay hidden inside the back office. When a customer reaches checkout, and a payment fails, stalls or gets declined for the wrong reason, the business may lose the sale and the customer’s trust. That’s why more companies are investing in payment orchestration,...

Legacy Payments Tech Gets an AI Era Rebrand
Payments Innovation // May 26, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Justin Benson In payments, complexity is often the product itself. The systems moving money across banks, networks, processors and merchants were built over decades, and while newer entrants frequently portray legacy infrastructure as outdated baggage, Spreedly CEO...

Silverflow Nets $40 Million to Simplify Global Payment Processing
Investments // March 05, 2026

Silverflow, a Dutch payment processing firm, announced on Thursday (March 5) that it had secured $40 million in Series B funding in an investment round led by Picus Capital. Several other firms, including Rabo Investments and Coatue, also participated. Over the last two and half...

Analysts Say PayPal Stock Slump Makes It Takeover Target
Consumer Payments // February 23, 2026

PayPal Holdings has met with banks at a time when it is seeing unsolicited interest from would-be buyers, Bloomberg reported Monday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. The company is drawing takeover interest after its shares slid about 46% over the past year, according to the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Legacy Payments Tech Gets an AI Era Rebrand

May 26, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Justin Benson In payments, complexity is often the product itself. The systems moving money across banks, networks, processors and merchants were built over decades, and while newer entrants frequently portray legacy infrastructure as outdated baggage, Spreedly CEO Justin Benson argues the reality is far more nuanced. Speaking […]

Discover Network Has 3 Rules for Scaling Network Growth

January 28, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know: Discover Network’s Deepak Sevak Modern commerce runs on invisible infrastructure that powers payments. Every tap-to-pay token, in-app checkout and cross-border eCommerce transaction depends on a...

Inside U.S. Bank’s Push to Simplify Global Payments in an Era of ‘Co-opetition’

May 02, 2025
In the digital age, it’s easier than ever to start a business, to build a commerce platform. But getting operations up and running is one thing; thriving is quite another....

Back Office Takes Front Row as Firms Automate B2B Payments

November 21, 2024
Unlike consumer payments, where streamlined experiences reign supreme, business-to-business (B2B) transactions are fragmented and slow-moving. But companies like Finexio are stepping up to transform this complexity with integrated, artificial intelligence...

Quick Reads
Silverflow Nets $40 Million to Simplify Global Payment Processing

March 05, 2026
Silverflow, a Dutch payment processing firm, announced on Thursday (March 5) that it had secured $40 million in Series B funding in an investment round led by Picus Capital. Several other firms, including Rabo Investments and Coatue, also participated. Over the last two and half years, the firm has seen rapid growth, moving from processing […]

Analysts Say PayPal Stock Slump Makes It Takeover Target

February 23, 2026
PayPal Holdings has met with banks at a time when it is seeing unsolicited interest from would-be buyers, Bloomberg reported Monday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. The company is drawing...

Jack Henry Acquires Victor Technologies to Expand PaaS Footprint

October 01, 2025
Jack Henry says it has acquired embedded payments solutions company Victor Technologies. By purchasing Victor from MVB Financial, Jack Henry expands its capabilities in the fast-growing Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) market, in...

Judge Rejects Visa’s Bid to Dismiss Debit Card Antitrust Lawsuit

June 24, 2025
A federal judge has rejected Visa’s bid to dismiss a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of stifling competition in the debit card market. The judge ruled Tuesday (June 24)...