Payments Methods news and trends

How SoCalGas Eliminates 50,000 Checks With Digital Payouts

August 24, 2026
Stripe Offers Adaptive Pricing to APAC/LatAm Merchants
Payments Innovation // August 07, 2024

Stripe says it wants to help merchants show their buyers prices in local currencies. 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

The Great Connected Consumer Paradox
Connected Economy // October 03, 2023

It has been reported that by 2010, cable television in the U.S. had sort of hit its stride. Analysts report that 90% of homes with a television had a monthly cable subscription that year, reaching some 105 million homes — most of the population. Hundreds...

Report: African Startup Union54 Plans September Launch of Super App
Mobile Payments // June 30, 2023

African startup Union54 is reportedly developing a super app that may launch in September. 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Billions of People and Trillions of Transactions Define the PayFac Opportunity in Emerging Markets
Payment Methods // March 29, 2023

Forging a 21st century commerce ecosystem on a global scale means changing consumer behavior, and merchant mindsets, particularly in markets where digital remains a small fraction of how consumers and merchants shop and pay.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Interviews & Exclusives
How SoCalGas Eliminates 50,000 Checks With Digital Payouts

August 24, 2026
Finance teams generally know what paper checks cost. They can calculate printing and postage expenses. They can also estimate reconciliation costs and fraud losses. But according to Theresa McEndree, chief growth officer at Choice Digital, one of the highest costs of legacy disbursement programs rarely appears in those calculations at all: the recipient experience. Get […]

PSPs Must Act Like FinTechs to Keep Merchants on Board in 2022

February 07, 2022
In 2022, customers don’t think in terms of siloed channels. They think in terms of shopping — and they want to move fluidly between the digital and physical realms. Get...

As Crypto Grows, BitPay COO Sees a Moment When FIs Must Lead or Fall Behind

January 17, 2022
After a couple of years in which corporate crypto strategies were driven more by hype and fear of missing out than focused strategies designed to take advantage of the opportunities...

Push Payments’ Path To Digital Innovation In The Developing World

June 05, 2019
Push payments have been a topic of conversation in the developed world for the last several years, across verticals and use cases. Riding the card rails in reverse has unlocked...

Quick Reads
Stripe Offers Adaptive Pricing to APAC/LatAm Merchants

August 07, 2024
Stripe says it wants to help merchants show their buyers prices in local currencies. 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing […]

Report: African Startup Union54 Plans September Launch of Super App

June 30, 2023
African startup Union54 is reportedly developing a super app that may launch in September. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

OpenSea Teams with MoonPay for NFT Credit Card Payments

April 01, 2022
NFT marketplace OpenSea is teaming up with MoonPay to enable direct credit card payments for the purchase of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), opening the doors to investors that don’t own cryptocurrency,...

Denmark’s Nets Merging With Italy’s Payments Giant Nexi

November 02, 2020
European payments rivals Nets of Denmark and Nexi of Italy have negotiated an “all-share” merger deal that would establish a large payments platform for the pan-European market, the companies said...