Visa may buy paytech Pismo, and Fiserv is exploring acquisitions. Other incumbents can take advantage of the weak funding climate.

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

Mobile P2P payments are reaching market maturity in the US as spending soars, but security challenges threaten to reverse gains. Providers are working to assuage consumer fears while adding a robust array of features to tighten user relationships.

The crypto winter has brought assets crashing down to earth and dampened payments growth. But key crypto payment use cases remain intact, drawing continued investment from major payment providers. This helps set a path for US crypto payment adoption to grow by a 21.3% average annual rate from 2022 to 2025 and worldwide volume to grow by 12.6%.

Cryptocurrency volatility has tempered expectations for crypto payments. But it hasn’t erased them: Retail, remittance, and cross-border B2B payments remain in growth mode.

The partnership is part of the BNPL provider’s operational overhaul and pivot to a fully white-label strategy

New travel features will help Amazon better compete in the co-brand space and rack up volume.

Resilient consumer spending was a bright spot for Mastercard, but higher costs squeezed profits in Q1.

Cross-border and B2B payments pushed up the network’s payments volume during fiscal Q2.

EPI wil pilot a digital wallet and instant payments system after axing its plans for a pan-European payments network

Visa+ will connect Venmo and PayPal before expanding to other wallets. Here's what it means for P2P apps.

Visa and Mastercard are among the firms vying for cloud-based payments and banking platform Pismo, and Ingenico bought softPOS startup Phos. 

The Wall Street lender’s pilot shows the space is maturing and could prompt other banks to launch their own biometric products.

Visa, Mastercard, and several paytechs said their businesses were mostly uninterrupted despite ties with the now-collapsed bank.

Canada is behind other Western economies in digital payments adoption, but new technologies are finding footing against cards. Diving into usage among different demographic groups foretells how adoption will progress.

Consumer device and behavior trends are affecting payment providers’ strategies across retail, P2P, B2B, disbursement, and cross-border channels. Here’s what that means for the payments ecosystem.

Economic uncertainty and rapid technological innovation are shifting industry dynamics for players across the payments ecosystem, including acquirers and processors, networks, and issuers.

Despite delays, Apple can benefit from its extensive user base and merchant acceptance to build BNPL success.

Sightline Payments will work with Visa to power its Play+ cards, which can help digitize the cash-heavy casino and gaming sector.

The card network’s volume grew 7% YoY in its fiscal Q1. Falling fintech valuations might help fuel long-term growth for Visa.