NCR Voyix shifts chairman to CEO post

The C-suite change this week follows the Atlanta-based digital commerce software company’s decision to sell off parts of its business.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 6, 2025

Cash App, Venmo app downloads decline

Consumer downloads of apps like Cash App and Venmo dropped in the fourth quarter compared to the year-ago period, data from Wolfe Research shows.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 5, 2025

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E-commerce drives digital payment advances

As e-commerce activity continues to climb, providers of digital payment tools are likely to keep evolving their online offerings.

By Payments Dive staff

Gamers support CFPB video game payments rule

Video game players and their parents submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saying they overspent, or lost their accounts to hackers.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 4, 2025

Visa leans into A2A payments

The network titan is pursuing account-to-account payment services as a way to expand beyond its card-based dominance in the market.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 3, 2025

Third of U.S. small businesses add credit card surcharges

The findings of a J.D. Power survey indicate that merchants are passing the cost of swipe fees onto customers, even though they’re lowering consumer satisfaction with the transaction.

By Patrick Cooley • Feb. 3, 2025

PayPal, Amex and Wells Fargo shake up leadership

PayPal and American Express both said executives are leaving the company and Wells Fargo said a long-time payments executive is being replaced.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 31, 2025

Worldpay tackles fraud-fighting in new ways

The payments processor is aligning with merchants, card issuers and networks to share transaction data and use AI to fight fraud.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 30, 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

Apple, Google coalition seeks to skirt payments rule

Tech advocacy groups argue the tech giants should not be subject to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule because they aren’t payment companies, according to a lawsuit filed this month.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 29, 2025

Gen Z still prefers in-person shopping

The generation prioritizes buying beauty and luxury goods in person, placing a premium on the physical shopping experience, research from Adyen shows.

By Xanayra Marin-Lopez • Jan. 29, 2025

Fintechs may gain at banks’ expense in Trump era

The Trump administration may usher in policies that buttress the aspirations of new entrant payments players and increase competition for banks.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 28, 2025

X teams with Visa on new digital payments tool

Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media site has forged an alliance with the card network giant to launch a new digital payments tool later this year.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 28, 2025

Trade group leader discusses BNPL security and appeal

American Fintech Council CEO Phil Goldfeder discussed the reasons consumers have started using buy now, pay later services in greater numbers, and why they return to the emerging payment method.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 27, 2025

Amex posts 2024 records for payments volume, fees

The credit card company’s revenue and net income surged last year as spending by cardholders and card customer additions reached new highs.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 24, 2025

Discover Q4 payments volume drops

The card company still reported a rise in revenue and a surge in net income, driven partially by an increase in interchange and other fees paid by merchants.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 24, 2025

Visa supersizes Pismo expansion

The Brazilian core services provider acquired last year is rounding up new clients in Europe and elsewhere as it benefits from the card network's bigger marketing and sales team.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 23, 2025

Fiserv names Bisignano’s successor

The payments processor tapped Michael P. Lyons, currently president of PNC Financial Services Group, to succeed CEO Frank Bisignano.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 23, 2025

Ally to sell credit card business to CardWorks

The bank’s CEO said last month that the payments business wasn’t within Ally’s core focus, and pointed to a search for “strategic alternatives” earlier this month.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Jan. 22, 2025

AI promises 2025 advances for payments industry

The emerging technology will help merchants process payments faster and provide customers with more ways to pay, those who follow the payments industry say. It will also increasingly offer a defense against rising fraud.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 21, 2025

Block agrees to pay $255M to regulators for Cash App deficiencies

The digital payments provider agreed to pay penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a group of states under settlements that alleged the company violated banking laws.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 16, 2025

Card fraud losses will increase over next decade

Fraud losses in card payments will continue to rise worldwide, the research firm Nilson Report said this month, predicting $404 billion in global losses over the next ten years.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 15, 2025

How AI makes payments faster, cheaper

Artificial intelligence can simplify payment transactions for merchants, Davi Strazza, president of North America for Adyen, said in an interview.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 15, 2025

Payments plays gather momentum in 2025: 6 industry trends to watch

Deregulation, artificial intelligence and stablecoin use are among the industry forces that will drive more digital payments use and innovation this year.

By Lynne Marek and Patrick Cooley • Jan. 9, 2025

Sezzle challenges critical research from short-seller firm

The buy now, pay later firm argues that a recent Hindenburg Research report highlighting a decline in users and merchant partners overlooks important context and details.

By Patrick Cooley • Jan. 8, 2025

Will Trump and Sanders lock arms to cap credit card interest rates?

The senator and incoming president partnering on a cap proposal may not be as far-fetched as the payments and banking industries would hope.

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 7, 2025