Upwork has been rolling out new tools as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes work and the ways clients and talent use the company’s work marketplace, President and CEO Hayden Brown said Monday (Nov. 2) during the company’s third quarter earnings call. The work marketplace’s gross service volume (GSV)...
Lost in the recent earnings announcement from Mastercard was a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI that Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said includes the use of his company’s Agent Pay and “goes well beyond.” “Our agreement establishes collaboration across payments, joint services growth and AI transformation,” Miebach said...
The latest Google Wallet update includes a new Tap to pay option in the verification settings that may control how often the app asks users to verify their identity before making contactless payments, Android Authority reported Sunday (Nov. 1). The report is based on work-in-progress...
OKX’s Mastercard-powered virtual card that unlocks stablecoin spending, OKX Card, is now available to eligible customers in most U.S. states and select territories, the company said in a Monday (Nov. 2) press release. The OKX Card lets customers make purchases backed by USDC, USDT and...
October 07, 2026
The next sanctions shock for a multinational may not arrive as the name of a supplier appearing on a government blacklist. It could arrive as a payment that suddenly stops working. In a Monday (Oct. 5) alert, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) warned foreign financial institutions that those continuing to transact […]
October 23, 2025
Small business owners are the backbone of local economies, sustaining communities one transaction at a time. They are often small teams, sometimes just a few people wearing many hats, balancing...
August 25, 2025
Open banking in the United States is in flux, characterized by fragmented private efforts and escalating bank-FinTech tension, while Europe evolves under regulation-driven market frameworks. It may be the case...
February 09, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new boss has put a hold on consumer protections. Workers at the financial regulator will work from home this week while their headquarters are...
November 03, 2026
Klarna‘s enhanced dispute management and Consumer FX capabilities will be available to merchants across Europe that work with Mollie, the companies said in a Tuesday (Nov. 3) press release emailed to PYMNTS. This offering is part of an expanded agreement between Klarna, which is an everyday finance network, and Mollie, which is one of Europe’s […]
November 02, 2026
Upwork has been rolling out new tools as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes work and the ways clients and talent use the company’s work marketplace, President and CEO Hayden Brown said Monday...
November 02, 2026
Lost in the recent earnings announcement from Mastercard was a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI that Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said includes the use of his company’s Agent Pay and “goes well...
November 02, 2026
The latest Google Wallet update includes a new Tap to pay option in the verification settings that may control how often the app asks users to verify their identity before...
