Payments players landed less capital in 2024: S&P report

Venture capitalists invested 47% fewer dollars, compared to 2023, despite most of the startups posting increased revenue last year.

By Justin Bachman • March 20, 2025

Fiserv, PayPal and FIS change up board members

Payments companies are adding board members, and bidding farewell to others, as the industry sees increased merger and acquisition activity.

By Lynne Marek • March 19, 2025

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Payments players eye digital B2B opportunity

Companies offering digital payments services envision billions of dollars in U.S. business payments flow ripe for transitioning to the electronic realm.

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Gen Zers expect more of B2B payments

“For Gen Z, payments go beyond speed — they reflect values, transparency, and purpose,” writes one accounts receivable software CEO.

By Sunil Rajasekar • March 14, 2025

Payments firm ‘for sale’ signs pop up as buying interest swells

Payments players, including Green Dot and Flywire, have potentially put their businesses up for sale and larger companies have shown their appetite for acquisitions as an uncertain economy increases financial pressures.

By Lynne Marek • March 13, 2025

How PayPal is bolstering its branded business

The payments pioneer is counting on merchant tech upgrades, its buy now, pay later offering and Venmo to re-energize its flagship business, a top executive said this week.

By Lynne Marek • March 12, 2025

Fiserv CEO transition took only 10 days, CFO says

CEO Frank Bisignano quickly deemed his successor, Mike Lyons, ready to lead the payment processor, but don’t expect any strategy shifts, Fiserv’s CFO said.

By Justin Bachman • March 11, 2025

Amex to buy expense manager Center to bolster offerings

The deal will allow the banking and card network behemoth to expand its expense management and accounting functions for business travel.

By Justin Bachman • March 10, 2025

Papaya Global adds Citi as partner

The payroll and payments services provider that has been working with JPMorgan Chase now calls Citibank a sponsor as well.

By Lynne Marek • March 10, 2025

Dwolla taps Walmart alum for CFO

Daniel Quezada is the payments player’s second chief financial officer in less than two years.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 3, 2025

Flywire cuts 10% of workforce, undertakes strategic review

The payments software company is paring its workforce after a drop in demand in its education vertical. It's also undertaking a comprehensive review of operations.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 28, 2025

Marqeta replaces CEO, makes acquisition

The embedded payments and digital card company agreed to buy European electronic payments provider TransactPay for about $47 million and swapped out its CEO for a Visa alum.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 27, 2025

Stripe employee share sale may mean delayed IPO

An internal sale of stock to workers may mean the company won’t pursue a public offering anytime soon, consultants and analysts said.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 25, 2025

Will Global Payments sell its issuer business?

Some analysts are pressing the processor to consider divesting the segment that caters to financial institutions, even as its merchant segment grapples with competition.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 24, 2025

Klarna, JPMorgan to offer BNPL to business clients

The collaboration will let the bank’s payments division offer the buy now, pay later company’s financing options to business customers.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 11, 2025

Flutterwave CFO keeps eye on ‘sustainable’ profitability

It’s important to prioritize enabling stable revenue and solid profitability given the macroeconomic volatility in the African markets where Flutterwave operates, CFO Mitesh Popat said.

By Grace Noto • Feb. 3, 2025

TransferMate joins Amazon’s payments pack

As part of the e-commerce giant’s ecosystem, the Irish business-to-business payments provider can advance its bid to expand internationally.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 30, 2025

Highnote raises $90M for expansion

The embedded payments company led by former Braintree executives will use the capital to extend its business into providing acquiring services.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 27, 2025

How ACI Worldwide is deploying AI

The payments software company has artificial intelligence delivering efficiencies in several areas of its business, CEO Tom Warsop said recently.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 8, 2025

Payments player Tranch acquired by legal services firm

Both companies provide services to law firms worldwide, and the acquirer, Elite, says the merger will help expand its product offerings.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 7, 2025

Shift4 merges with Eigen

Shift4 quietly updated its website in recent days to say that Eigen Payments is now a part of the payments processing company.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 12, 2024

Struggling businesses pile on credit card debt, survey shows

Nearly two-thirds of financially unhealthy businesses fail to pay their monthly credit card bill in full, the results of a marketing research survey showed.

By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 9, 2024

Remitly, Payoneer cross-border payments climb

Payments volume soared for the money transfer fintechs during the third quarter. Meanwhile, revenue at legacy rival Western Union slipped.

By Lynne Marek • Nov. 8, 2024

Fiserv, Capital One, others invest $150M in Melio

Some of the corporate investors are also partnering with the accounts payable and receivable company they’re backing.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 4, 2024

Paytronix acquired by Access Group

The deal will expand the offerings available through Paytronix’s platform and help accelerate its growth, executives said.

By Jessica Loder • Nov. 4, 2024

5 payments predictions from research firm Forrester

Cash use worldwide will drop significantly next year, despite its U.S. persistence, the research firm Forrester predicts. Meanwhile, business-to-business acquisitions in the payments realm will pick up.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris and Lynne Marek • Nov. 1, 2024