With more than 6 in 10 smartphone users adopting mobile peer-to-peer payments in the US across multiple apps, providers are looking to widen their addressable base, mitigate pain points, and drive engagement.

Mastercard signed deals with Sokin, i2C, and One Global to launch cards and mobile wallet solutions as cash use quickly falls across the region.

The program lets customers use facial and fingerprint biometrics to pay for purchases in-store—but they’re not sold on the tech yet.

Payment provider innovation across remittances, B2B payments, and retail card and noncard payments is setting a long-term growth runway. In the short term, providers must navigate a host of obstacles to enable more crypto users to become crypto payers—and so far they’re succeeding.

The card network posted Q1 growth across the board—especially in cross-border volume—despite boycotting Russia.

The launch is well-timed—crypto regulation is gaining momentum, which could alleviate a major adoption concern.

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Fifteen trademark applications filed last week suggest Mastercard is buying the NFT and metaverse hype.

Increasing digitization among the 32 million US small businesses is changing the competitive landscape and forcing banks, acquirers, and fintechs to invest in next-generation features. These features range from payments and value-added services to outreach.

Walgreens and other major brands joined Mastercard Installments, further sharpening Mastercard’s edge in the BNPL space.

Small and medium-sized businesses are looking to close the automation gap when it comes to accounts payable and receivable. To capture the growing market, banks and software providers must tailor solutions to current SMB needs.

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Visa and Mastercard’s fee changes are set to arrive in April and could lead to industry pushback or the embrace of alternatives.

Sberbank and others are looking to China’s state-backed UnionPay to combat Visa and Mastercard’s exit from Russia.

Legacy players in the $774 billion remittance payments market risk being relegated by digital challengers—unless they improve their solutions.

Payments Ecosystem: Acquirers and processors, networks, and issuers each play distinct roles in the payments purchasing chain. But those roles are shifting amid commoditization, new competitive dynamics, and technological innovation.

Payments Ecosystem: This year will reveal how providers must adapt to lasting pandemic-driven digitization across payments channels, ranging from in-store retail to B2B ecommerce.

Payments Ecosystem: Diminishing analog payment use—as well as the battle for share between entrenched electronic payment methods and emerging challengers—will intensify the battle for customer spending this year.

Smaller banks are cool toward BNPL: A survey finds that most have scant to zero interest in entering buy now, pay later (BNPL). Those that expressed interest want to partner instead of going solo.