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    Visa-Mastercard payouts inch forward

    A court official appointed for the swipe fee settlement is working through about 40,000 merchant claims issues, based on a quarterly update.

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    FedNow advances over hurdles

    The Federal Reserve’s instant payments system is adding banks and accounts, but building more use cases to spur uptake remains a challenge.

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    Why Cash App wants food orders

    Block aims to meld its Square merchants network with Cash App users to push local dining, boosting the app’s stickiness and payments volume.

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    Merchants blast credit union rule

    Retail and restaurant groups say federal credit union regulators imposed an “unlawful” rule preempting an Illinois law that curbs payment card fees.

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    Fraud fight can’t wait on government

    “While we wait for federal roundtable policies to trickle down, merchants are suffering heavily right now,” writes one industry consultant.

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    Cash App triggers $45M settlement

    Block misled consumers about the safety of using the financial app and failed to help users who were fraud victims, 46 states alleged.

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    Debit cards top payments, Fed says

    While the cards still dominate payments, growth in their use for 2024 was the slowest since a triennial Federal Reserve report started in 2001.

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    U.S. Bank pursues payments-first strategy

    With payments as the entry point to banking relationships, the lender cultivates a low-cost funding base, said executive Arijit Roy.

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    Fiserv president exits

    As Dhivya Suryadevara announced her resignation Tuesday, the company elevated two other executives.

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    Fiserv debit network sale skepticism abounds

    The payment processor reportedly has considered selling a debit network to one of several banks, but many analysts doubt it will happen.

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    Klarna seeks to disrupt US market

    The Swedish buy now, pay later player aims to shake up financial services, linking with Southwest Air and seeking a bank license this week.

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    How real-time payments expand

    An early Stripe executive predicts big advances for the growth of consumer-level, real-time payments over the next 18 months.

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    Digital ID and payments turn to your face

    As mobile devices and government regulators embrace facial recognition technology, your face is becoming both wallet and identification.

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    Ex-Bolt executive lands new post

    The checkout company’s former CEO has become president of the Australian merchant services firm Hello Clever.

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    Amex, Apple team on rewards

    American Express card holders can now redeem their rewards at checkout via Apple Pay online, or in the app.

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    Adyen promotes executives

    The Dutch payments processor appointed a chief product officer and an interim chief financial officer on Wednesday as it angles to integrate recent acquisitions.

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    Nuvei names new C-suite executives

    The Canadian company that just bought New York-based Payoneer remade its C-suite, and is doubling down on agentic commerce.

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    Payments events still ahead in 2026

    Stablecoins, fraud prevention and artificial intelligence have been hot topics at this year’s payments industry conferences. There’s more to come.

    Updated July 2, 2026
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    Klarna wins $2B Google antitrust case

    A Swedish court ruled Wednesday that the tech giant had violated antitrust laws in price comparison, harming a Klarna-owned European competitor.

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    Ramp elevates CTO to co-CEO

    “If you know us, this won’t feel like a change,” wrote Eric Glyman of fellow co-founder Karim Atiyeh’s move to the top of the fintech.

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    Card networks, banks, fintechs partner on ‘low-cost’ stablecoin

    Visa, Mastercard, Klarna and MoneyGram were among the companies that lent their backing to a digital asset launched Tuesday by Open Standard.

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    Amazon settles FTC card fraud case

    Regulators allege the digital retail giant created a “Kafkaesque ordeal” for ID theft victims trying to obtain records related to fraudulent transactions.

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    Repay attracts new $1.4B bid

    Forager Capital Management boosted its offer to buy Repay Holdings, which said it plans to review the new bid.

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    Rhode Island enacts self-checkout law

    Legislation signed by Gov. Dan McKee and due to take effect in 2027 comes as other states also consider self-checkout restrictions.

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    SNAP payment errors too high: USDA

    A majority of states made inaccurate payments to beneficiaries in fiscal 2025 and could be required to pay part of the cost of benefits starting in 2027.