A flurry of product and services launches will help Visa stay competitive and diversify away from swipe fee revenues

In the fourth of five reports in our “Payments Ecosystem” collection, we look at what’s influencing growth across P2P, remittance, bill pay, payroll, and B2B transactions—and what it means for payment providers.

Small and medium-sized businesses will account for almost half of the $35 trillion B2B payments market this year. They have been slow to digitize, handing B2B payment providers a unique set of needs to address.

The debit card gave Affirm a boost in active users and strong numbers, but to continue this pace of growth, Affirm may need to get creative

Its growth and cost-cutting measures brought the BNPL fintech its second straight profitable quarter. And it’s projecting full-year profitability for FY 2024

The move can bring in more volume on PayPal’s cards and enhance consumer loyalty

A tie-in with PayEm will help businesses more easily manage their spending, which should appeal to firms trying to cut costs.

It partnered with Spotify Premium and can use other tie-ins and products to sustain rapid growth.

The card network is hoping rewards will be enough to finally make inroads in the debit card industry

The digital wallet is already the top P2P service among teens. Its youth-facing products could help monetize the app

Powered by cloud-based APIs, modern card issuing leapfrogs traditional issuer processing to help non-financial services companies launch and customize card programs. Here’s where their offerings will be most disruptive.

Digitization has reduced consumers’ remittances costs worldwide, reshaping the competitive battlefield. Money transfer operators must follow new playbooks to monetize this $800 billion market.