Block has drawn 1 million consumers to its Cash App debit card, coupled with Afterpay BNPL, creating a “next-gen” credit card clientele, the company’s CFO said.

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17.09.2025

Plaid to pay for JPMorgan data | Payments Dive

Under the agreement between the two companies, the bank will be paid for sharing consumer data with Plaid. Fintech groups excoriated JPMorgan for the new access fees.

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16.09.2025

PayPal introduces payment links | Payments Dive

The peer-to-peer payment provider is enabling consumers in the U.S. to receive payments via custom links.

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16.09.2025

Fiserv detects profit as gov’t ditches checks | Payments Dive

The payments giant is among numerous companies stalking new business as the U.S. government transitions to electronic transactions.

Payments Dive

13.09.2025

PayPal CEO rejects stablecoin threat | Payments Dive

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

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13.09.2025

APR caps would shrink access to credit | Payments Dive

“Well-meaning legislation shouldn’t leave behind the very people it intends to help,” writes one bank CEO.

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12.09.2025

Bill CEO defends performance | Payments Dive

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

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12.09.2025

Maverik expands cardless payment options | Payments Dive

The retailer’s partnership with Piston lets professional drivers initiate a fuel payment via QR or authorization codes.

Payments Dive

11.09.2025

Stablecoin advances crypto adoption | Payments Dive

Once large banks and big payments companies “start leaning in, then obviously that gets the flywheel going,” says Taxbit CEO Lindsey Argalas.

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11.09.2025

Visa, Mastercard push more tokenization | Payments Dive

The card network giants want more merchants and consumers using cards with security tokens to increase transaction volume and to reduce fraud.

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11.09.2025

Klarna counts on retailers for growth | Payments Dive

As Klarna becomes publicly traded, the BNPL giant says the availability of its services at retailers such as Walmart and Macy’s correlates strongly to future growth.

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11.09.2025

Fed lifts FedNow limit to $10M | Payments Dive

As financial firms flock to instant payments, the Federal Reserve has pitched FedNow as a way to ease internal transfers, corporate payroll and big transactions.

Payments Dive

10.09.2025

Corpay mulls asset sales | Payments Dive

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.

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10.09.2025

Circle K grows fleet payment options | Payments Dive

Alimentation Couche-Tard is partnering with Relay to add more than 500 truck-accessible locations to the fintech company’s network.

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10.09.2025

Activist investor targets Bill | Payments Dive

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.

Payments Dive

09.09.2025

Open banking looks better with crypto | Payments Dive

After fintechs and crypto bros showed how banks might fetter digital assets, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revamped its views of open banking.

Payments Dive

09.09.2025

Great Hill raises $7B fund | Payments Dive

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

Payments Dive

06.09.2025

Earned wage access should be free | Payments Dive

“This industry simply cannot continue to charge employees to access their pay,” writes a fintech founder. “We cannot expect employers to deduct these fees from paychecks through payroll.”

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06.09.2025

Fiserv buys CardFree for hospitality expansion | Payments Dive

The company said it acquired the California startup that focuses on restaurant and hotel payment systems to expand its Clover point-of-sale business.

Payments Dive

05.09.2025

Chase flags end of gov’t checks | Payments Dive

The JPMorgan bank says it’s striving to make branch customers aware of the federal government’s plan to stop sending paper checks next month. Some consumer advocates are still worried.

Payments Dive

05.09.2025

Q2 credit card charge-offs fell | Payments Dive

Increased consumer incomes led to a drop in net charge-offs and delinquency rates for U.S. bank credit cards in the second quarter, a new report says.

Payments Dive

04.09.2025

Local governments press online payments | Payments Dive

To avoid paper checks, cities and counties are pushing residents to use online card and ACH payments, according to industry executives.

Payments Dive

03.09.2025

Square unveils new product roadmap | Payments Dive

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.

Payments Dive

03.09.2025

Klarna to raise as much as $1.27B | Payments Dive

The buy now, pay later behemoth is ready to proceed with its public stock offering after it first filed for an initial public offering in March.

Payments Dive

03.09.2025

Visa ramps new fraud prevention program | Payments Dive

The card giant has merged its fraud prevention and dispute management programs, forcing merchants and their bank card processors to take more responsibility for thwarting misconduct.

Payments Dive

03.09.2025

How Nokia, AT&T fight mobile fraud | Payments Dive

Telecom companies are stepping up their efforts to help financial institutions and payments players reduce phone-related fraud.

Payments Dive

02.09.2025

Innovative Systems acquired by investment firm | Payments Dive

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

Payments Dive

02.09.2025

AGs attack deepfake porn payments | Payments Dive

Apple, Visa and others must be “more aggressive” in banning payment authorization for nonconsensual deepfake content, state AGs told the companies.

Payments Dive

28.08.2025

EWA players seek federal oversight | Payments Dive

A trade group representing earned wage access providers backs introduction of a bill outlining federal oversight for the emerging industry.

Payments Dive

28.08.2025

CFPB proposes trimming nonbank purview | Payments Dive

A CFPB rule proposed Tuesday would restrict the bureau’s ability to supervise nonbanks. The agency said it aims to adopt a binding, standardized definition of “risks to consumers” that would make enforcement consistent.

Payments Dive

28.08.2025

BNPL firms urge HUD to skip new rules | Payments Dive

Regulators need greater insight into the impacts of buy now, pay later lending, multiple groups said in their comments to U.S. housing officials.

Payments Dive

27.08.2025

Worldpay rewires for bot shoppers | Payments Dive

The processor aims to prepare its merchant clients for the opportunities and risks of AI-driven agentic shopping.

Payments Dive

27.08.2025

Healthcare payments have slowed, CEO says | Payments Dive

Doctors and dentists have been unable to grow their revenue as inflation and interest rates cause patients to reduce their visits, the CEO of Rectangle Health says.

Payments Dive

26.08.2025

Stablecoins set to transform cross-border payments | Payments Dive

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

Payments Dive

26.08.2025

Payments investments, acquisitions slid in H1 | Payments Dive

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

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25.08.2025

Fifth Third buys payments player | Payments Dive

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.

Payments Dive

25.08.2025

NY queries BNPL providers | Payments Dive

New York regulators said Monday that buy now, pay later companies can have extra time to furnish voluntary BNPL data ahead of new state rules.

Payments Dive

25.08.2025

Will payments be ‘quantum safe’ by 2035? | Payments Dive

The federal government and industry organizations warn that fraudsters could use the advanced technology to hack into payments systems.

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PayPal taps data for ad revenue | Payments Dive

Google preps for bot payments | Payments Dive

Cash App lures BNPL card users | Payments Dive

Plaid to pay for JPMorgan data | Payments Dive

PayPal introduces payment links | Payments Dive

Fiserv detects profit as gov’t ditches checks | Payments Dive

PayPal CEO rejects stablecoin threat | Payments Dive

APR caps would shrink access to credit | Payments Dive

Bill CEO defends performance | Payments Dive

Maverik expands cardless payment options | Payments Dive

Stablecoin advances crypto adoption | Payments Dive

Visa, Mastercard push more tokenization | Payments Dive

Klarna counts on retailers for growth | Payments Dive

Fed lifts FedNow limit to $10M | Payments Dive

Corpay mulls asset sales | Payments Dive

Circle K grows fleet payment options | Payments Dive

Activist investor targets Bill | Payments Dive

Open banking looks better with crypto | Payments Dive

Great Hill raises $7B fund | Payments Dive

Earned wage access should be free | Payments Dive

Fiserv buys CardFree for hospitality expansion | Payments Dive

Chase flags end of gov’t checks | Payments Dive

Q2 credit card charge-offs fell | Payments Dive

Local governments press online payments | Payments Dive

Square unveils new product roadmap | Payments Dive

Klarna to raise as much as $1.27B | Payments Dive

Visa ramps new fraud prevention program | Payments Dive

How Nokia, AT&T fight mobile fraud | Payments Dive

Innovative Systems acquired by investment firm | Payments Dive

AGs attack deepfake porn payments | Payments Dive

EWA players seek federal oversight | Payments Dive

CFPB proposes trimming nonbank purview | Payments Dive

BNPL firms urge HUD to skip new rules | Payments Dive

Worldpay rewires for bot shoppers | Payments Dive

Healthcare payments have slowed, CEO says | Payments Dive

Stablecoins set to transform cross-border payments | Payments Dive

Payments investments, acquisitions slid in H1 | Payments Dive

Fifth Third buys payments player | Payments Dive

NY queries BNPL providers | Payments Dive

Will payments be ‘quantum safe’ by 2035? | Payments Dive

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