Browsing: PaymentsSource

Key insights: Square is offering an AI assistant to U.K. merchants. What’s at stake: Square is hoping to tap into merchant demand for better technology in an…

Key insights: The D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a May 2025 ruling that dismissed most of D.C. Attorney General’s claims against EarnIn. What’s at stake: The decision…

Key insights: Block is planning another round of layoffs that are expected to come in tandem with annual performance reviews. What’s at stake: Jack Dorsey’s payments company…

Key insights: Visa and UnionPay will connect Visa Direct and UnionPay’s MoneyExpress platform. What’s at stake: Visa, Mastercard and other companies are trying to tap China’s huge…

Key insights: Amazon has cut its palm payment technology amid larger cutbacks. What’s at stake: The technology is designed to streamline checkout by easing authentication, a key…

Key Insight: Feedback from representatives of the fintech and crypto industries warn that access restrictions and balance caps could curb the innovation and independence the account…

Key insights: Affirm is testing a new AI tool, called BoostAI, that allows merchants to perform advanced split testing of promotional financing offers, referred to in…

Growing demand for dollar-denominated stablecoins is going to give the Treasury Department increasing influence over the direction of the U.S. economy, perhaps at the cost of…

Key insight: Macroeconomic conditions impacted the first two fintech IPOs of the year, BitGo and PicPay.Expert quote: “The partial government shutdown has increased near-term uncertainty and…

Key insights: BVNK and Polygon Labs are building scale for stablecoin payments. What’s at stake: Stablecoins are not widely used for consumer payments at merchants, but the…