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    Square stirs restaurant battle

    The digital payments provider has cooked up a new set of tools for restaurant clients as the contest to attract customers heats up.

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    Investors vie to lead Fiserv stock lawsuit

    A federal court will assess the plaintiffs’ claims and select one to shepherd a lawsuit on behalf of other investors suing Fiserv over its stock price decline.

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    Volvo to test embedded car payments

    A North Carolina Turnpike Authority "pay-by-car" pilot will cover tolls and may one day ease transactions at gas stations and drive-thru venues.

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    Visa board adds Pinterest CEO

    The credit card network giant added the social media company’s chief executive, Bill Ready, as it expanded its board to 12 members.

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    Fiserv, PayPal ex-CEOs grab new roles

    The former chief executive of the payments processor behemoth will now lead the Internal Revenue Service as well as the Social Security Administration.

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    PayPal ties BNPL to cash back

    The digital payments company is offering 5% cash rebates with buy now, pay later purchases to lure holiday shoppers to audition its loans.

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    Synchrony buys software firm

    The card issuer said acquiring Versatile Credit’s consumer financing platform will drive more merchant sales and consumer credit access.

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    Checkout.com seeks Georgia banking charter

    If Checkout.com succeeds in its bid to be a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank, it would become the third company – after Fiserv and Stripe – to do so.

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    Opinion

    BNPL lenders should report customers’ data

    Keeping BNPL data from consumers’ credit reports is preventing millions of people from building credit, the CEO of a fintech trade association says.

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    Payments conferences to keep on your radar for 2026

    The U.S. open banking rule and artificial intelligence are expected to be hot topics at next year’s payments industry events.

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    DOJ granted brief stay in Visa debit case

    The U.S. government’s closure this week prompted the Justice Department to request a “temporary” pause in its antitrust lawsuit against Visa.

    Updated Oct. 3, 2025
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    DailyPay replaces CEO

    Nelson Chai, the earned wage access provider’s executive chairman since January, becomes the fintech's fourth CEO in five years.

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    SumUp battles for small merchants

    The point-of-sale firm is investing in the U.S. to seize a larger share among small retailers as bigger payments players move upmarket.

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    FedNow debuts disaster aid payments

    An executive of the Fed’s real-time payment network says speedy relief payments will be “a game-changer” for people and businesses in need.

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    Brex to accept stablecoins as payment

    The card issuer sees stablecoin payments as a key product differentiator, with more companies adopting cryptocurrency for finance functions.

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    Stripe pushes agentic AI sales via chat

    The payments firm is teaming with OpenAI for a new agentic commerce protocol to help merchants sell their wares via AI chat sessions.

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    Technology could make payments cheaper: Waller

    Fed Gov. Christopher Waller touted the benefits of stablecoins and distributed ledgers, saying that new technology should not be feared.

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    Executive Shuffle: Extend, Marqeta and Mastercard

    Fintech firms are snapping up C-suite executives to drive revenue growth through strategic partnerships.

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    NYDFS’ Adrienne Harris to step down

    Kaitlin Asrow, who leads the regulator’s research and innovation division and previously was a senior fintech policy adviser at the San Francisco Fed, will serve as the state agency’s acting superintendent starting Oct. 18.

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    US payments growth may have peaked

    Payments revenue growth is projected to slow over the next four years, with cash-to-card migration largely in the rearview, said the author of a BCG report.

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    Fiserv buys cash manager to boost stablecoin

    The deal for StoneCastle expands Fiserv as a liquidity source for financial institutions, and will help the processor fund cash for its FIUSD stablecoin.

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    Fiserv acquires tech consulting firm

    The deal for Smith Consulting Group is designed to give Fiserv’s bank and credit union customers deeper technical expertise.

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    Opinion

    The trouble with ending US checks

    The government must modernize payments, but officials retiring paper checks should be thoughtful and inclusive, the CEO of a consumer group writes.

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    Tipalti secures $200M in financing

    The capital will be used for further AI investment as the finance automation fintech incorporates agentic artificial intelligence capabilities.

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    DailyPay case belongs in state court, judge rules

    A federal judge agreed with the New York attorney general that state court is the proper jurisdiction for a lawsuit against the earned wage access lender.