The deal received conditional regulatory approval, shaking up the card space and larger financial service industry

The campaign’s associated sweepstakes encourages users to pay more frequently with PayPal

The large card program is in flux, with both its issuer and network partnerships up for grabs

As the deal gets close to being finalized, banks and payment players need to prepare for a new competitive landscape

They may not break the deal, but it highlights the uncertainty left before the two cross the finish line

The increased security for merchants and customers can make Skipify a more attractive payments partner

The tie-up also makes Marqeta a more attractive card partner for fintechs

Consumers are slowly making changes to how they pay at checkout. We look at the top seven payment methods and delve into what’s pushing forward and detracting from their growth.

The tie-up comes two years after Visa, Mastercard, and Discover began working with the firm

The solution will let the network capitalize on the quickly expanding creator economy

Partnering with a major BNPL player like Klarna could help Mastercard catch up to Visa’s head start

About one-third of US small businesses charge customers to accept card payments. Bigger retailers doing the same could hurt issuers

Payment provider innovation and regulatory changes are setting a long-term growth runway for cryptocurrency payments. But providers will still need to overcome low merchant acceptance and a sense of mistrust before crypto can go mainstream.

The wallet has pushed to capture more payment volume from inbound travelers to China and Chinese travelers abroad

Partnerships, non-card payments, and value-added services will help offset potential losses from the Capital One-Discover merger

Delinquencies slightly improved for both issuers, but Discover’s card volume fell behind

A rewards integration coming later this year could make Synchrony a more attractive co-brand partner

Discover’s more limited global acceptance could frustrate customers, but Capital One would have the time and resources to grow acceptance

We may have been a little too early with some of our predictions—rollouts for Paze and FedNow took longer than we expected

Digital wallets are solving this with passwordless checkout, which will likely become the industry norm