Branch integrates with Stripe for digital wallet payouts

The EWA provider is using Stripe’s infrastructure to offer another tool that enables companies and contractors to pay their workforces.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 26, 2026

Amex floats first new business card in 7 years

The bank is betting that a card without preset spending caps, plus 2% cash back, will win over businesses.

By Justin Bachman • March 25, 2026

Mastercard bets on AI virtual CFOs

The company’s new “virtual CFO” tool is tailored for lean teams and designed to augment — not replace — human leadership, Mastercard’s Mark Barnett said.

By Alexei Alexis • March 24, 2026

Amex soups up cards for Concur

The card company and the expense management firm have locked arms to add virtual card features for business clients.

By Lynne Marek • March 19, 2026

Mastercard to buy BVNK for $1.8B

“Adding on-chain rails to our network will support speed and programmability for virtually every type of transaction,” a Mastercard executive said.

By Lynne Marek • March 17, 2026

Engine aims to fix SMB cards

Engine, a business-travel startup, says its smaller-business customers aren’t served by current travel and entertainment card players in the market.

By Justin Bachman • March 11, 2026

Meta revamps ad payment policy

The social media company is mandating that some of its advertisers make their monthly payments via invoice or debit starting next month.

By Justin Bachman • March 10, 2026

AWS leaps into agentic payments

Amazon Web Services, the tech giant’s cloud computing network, is gearing up for armies of AI-powered agents and transactions.

By Justin Bachman • March 9, 2026

SoFi’s stablecoin joins Mastercard’s network

The card company is fulfilling its ambitions to bring more stablecoins into its payment network.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 5, 2026

Bill open to M&A deals, CEO says

Consolidation in business payments and finance automation affirms a growing interest in the space, the software firm’s founder said.

By Justin Bachman • March 4, 2026

Shift4 taps xAI for customer service

The payment processor announced it would partner with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company for a range of uses.

By Patrick Cooley • March 3, 2026

Inside Toast’s 2025 hiring binge

The point-of-sale provider added 800 employees in 2025 as others were making steep cuts.

By Patrick Cooley • March 2, 2026

Getting paid faster in construction

A Tennessee software startup is trying to automate accounts receivable for large contractors, some of whom still deal with paper-based payments.

By Justin Bachman • March 2, 2026

PayPal, Rainforest join forces

The digital payments pioneer and software services firm are locking arms to simplify embedded payments for merchants.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 27, 2026

Marqeta flags Cash App hit

Marqeta’s largest customer is realizing some better pricing from contract changes related to Cash App’s debit cards.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 27, 2026

Stripe valued at $159B in tender offer

The payment processor’s tender offer Tuesday to buy shares relieves pressure on the company to go public, analysts said.

By Patrick Cooley , Justin Bachman • Feb. 24, 2026

Toast courts fast-food restaurants

The company is entering the drive-thru business in a bid to attract more of the quick-service sector to its customer rolls.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 19, 2026

How stablecoins are finding a foothold

The digital currency’s earliest use cases are focused mostly on cross-border payments and peer-to-peer remittances.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 17, 2026

Bill weighs the best path to profits

Business payments company Bill Holdings is mulling a sale, according to a media report, as recent B2B fintech deals show ample buyer interest.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 12, 2026

Fiserv struggles with financial business

Revenue in the company’s financial services and banking sectors fell year-over-year, which executives attributed to market share loss among credit unions.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 10, 2026

Payoneer CFO eyes stablecoin, AI innovation

Bea Ordonez said the payments company is focused on expanding its core ecosystem, strengthening partnerships, and building out strategies for stablecoin and AI.

By Grace Noto • Feb. 9, 2026

How to fix subscription pay friction

What can a subscription-based company do when a customer hasn’t canceled but their payment fails? Butter has an algorithmic fix.

By Justin Bachman • Feb. 6, 2026

Visa, Amex vie for small businesses

The card networks are each pitching new services to mom-and-pop stores, including financing options as well as tools for expense management and fraud mitigation.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 5, 2026

Charting 2026 payments trends

Here are 4 stories that round up our deep dive outlook for this year, including coverage of agentic payments, fraud and personalization.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 30, 2026

Payment outages cost $44B in lost sales annually

Payment issues can cause companies to take heavy losses as impatient customers abandon their online and in-store purchases, a new report estimates.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 26, 2026