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.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 1, 2025

Executive Shuffle: Extend, Marqeta and Mastercard

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

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 30, 2025

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Cross-border payments targeted for upgrades

When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.

By Payments Dive staff

Tipalti secures $200M in financing

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

By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 25, 2025

PayNearMe raises $50M

Having previously expanded payment services with retail partners, the company now plans to use the capital infusion to enter new markets.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 19, 2025

PayPal CEO rejects stablecoin threat

Alex Chriss doesn’t view the ascendent cryptocurrency as a threat, but rather an advantage.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 12, 2025

Bill CEO defends performance

The payments fintech has “massive” growth potential, says its founder. Two activist investors are likely to demand pursuing that aggressively.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 11, 2025

Activist investor targets Bill

Bill Holdings’ weak revenue growth and sagging stock attracted a prominent hedge fund to buy a large stake in the payments and accounting software firm.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 9, 2025

Corpay mulls asset sales

The fleet payments company may sell its third-largest payments segment, and it’s already put two non-core vehicle businesses on the sales block.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 9, 2025

Great Hill raises $7B fund

The venture capital firm, which has a niche for investing in payments businesses, plans to keep injecting capital into the financial services sector.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 8, 2025

Square unveils new product roadmap

Block’s point-of-sale unit offered a public glimpse of new features from its product schedule last week, with a request for customer feedback.

By Justin Bachman • Sept. 2, 2025

Innovative Systems acquired by investment firm

The South Dakota billing and payments software company was purchased by the Chicago private equity firm GTCR.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 28, 2025

Payments investments, acquisitions slid in H1

Investments in the payments sphere plummeted for the first half of the year, as did acquisitions in the area, according to a KPMG report.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 25, 2025

Stablecoins set to transform cross-border payments

The search for faster and cheaper global payments is leading many companies to consider the use of stablecoins for remittances.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 25, 2025

Fifth Third buys payments player

The acquisition of cash management software firm DTS Connex bolsters the bank’s commercial payments business, which already processes significant sums, specifically $17 trillion last year.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 21, 2025

Payments players spar for sports contracts

The goal: elevate brand image and bring real-time data to stadium merchants, offering sports fans an integrated experience.

By Shefali Kapadia • Aug. 18, 2025

Remitly seeks SMB supplement

The cross-border payments upstart is wooing more small and mid-sized business customers as stablecoins stoke competition.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 11, 2025

Global Payments mulls more divestitures

The mega processor may sell assets after the Worldpay purchase revised its outlook. The company also expects Trump tax benefits.

By Lynne Marek • Aug. 7, 2025

Finzly CFO seeks ‘connectivity’

As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

By Grace Noto • Aug. 5, 2025

Ramp raises $500M to rush AI

The fintech has amassed $700 million in funding over two months as it tries to capitalize on corporate finance’s adoption of artificial intelligence.

By Justin Bachman • July 30, 2025

Visa tailors stablecoin strategy

CEO Ryan McInerney expects the digital assets to be beneficial in emerging markets where the network’s digitization efforts have faced difficulties.

By Lynne Marek • July 30, 2025

Coinstar to offer Mastercard card

The company behind the green coin machines at grocery stores will soon let consumers turn their pocket change into a prepaid debit card.

By Lynne Marek • July 28, 2025

How to build a B2B payments behemoth

No single company dominates U.S. commercial payments, as with card networks or merchant acquirers. Bottomline CEO Craig Saks says that will change.

By Justin Bachman • July 25, 2025

Fiserv’s Clover delves into healthcare

The payment processor is partnering with a healthcare software company to provide a service fitted for healthcare providers.

By Patrick Cooley • July 22, 2025

Deluxe pivots to digital and data

The company known for paper checks aims to jump-start sagging revenue with electronic enterprises, including a fast-growing marketing data arm. 

By Lynne Marek • July 18, 2025

Small business isn’t quitting checks

The paper check will persist for decades for small companies, despite the growth of digital payments, BillGO’s CEO predicts.

By Justin Bachman • July 1, 2025