Browsing: PaymentsSource

Key insights: New York State Senator Samra Brouk and Assemblymember Steven Raga introduced the Stop Taking Our Pay Act, or STOP, in Albany, New York on…

Key insights: Mastercard is expanding its Start Path startup outreach to include agentic AI firms. What’s at stake: Visa and fintechs are rivals in the race to…

American Banker’s 2026 State of Open Finance Adoption Report Open finance, the consumer-permissioned sharing of financial data among various institutions, has steadily grown in popularity among…

Key insights: FIS has completed its purchase of Global Payments’ card-issuing tech unit, while selling its merchant tech division to Global Payments. What’s at stake: FIS is…

Key insights: Buy now, pay later lender Affirm submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Nevada Financial Institutions Division to create Affirm Bank. What’s…

Key Insights: PayPal has agreed to acquire AI-technology firm Cymbio. What’s at Stake: Agentic AI is still relatively new, but payment companies and banks are developing strategies…

Key insights: Ingenico is turning on stablecoin payments on its Android payment terminals at the point of sale. What’s at stake: Where stablecoins will widely be adopted…

Key insight: Merchant groups have praised Trump’s support for the Credit Card Competition Act. What’s at stake: Card issuers face pressure to lower rates and fees. Forward look:…

American Banker’s 2026 Predictions Report Bankers have held for years that cybersecurity and fraud are sticking points as bad actors armed with the latest technology deftly…

Key insights: Klarna has added peer-to-peer transfers. What’s at stake: Best known in the U.S. as a buy now/pay later lender, Klarna is diversifying its product mix…