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Stripe’s OpenRouter Deal Expands Its AI Payments Ambitions

Artificial intelligence has become an new layer of the internet, but the proliferation of AI models has also created a...

How Innovation Is Transforming Payment Fraud Prevention

The biggest challenge in modern payments isn’t moving money instantly—it’s making sure it reaches the right person. As payment technologies...

How the Evolving Role of the CFO Is Changing Payments Strategy

It’s a truism in business that the CFO’s mandate only moves in one direction: It expands over time. A CFO’s...

Chime Considers Adding Stablecoin Support to Its Consumer App

Like many fintechs, Chime‘s business model is built around bringing conventional banking services into the digital realm. However, the company...

American Express Expands Virtual Cards for Commercial Payments

Digital platforms have improved consumer payments in nearly every way, but the experience has yet to fully extend into commercial...

Square Expands Small Business Suite in Embedded Finance Push

Small businesses don’t have the luxury of treating payments, credit, and cash flow as separate problems. A supplier invoice can...

How AI Makes Collections More Human—and More Effective

When someone receives a bill reminder, emotion often plays as much of a role as logic. Stress, avoidance, uncertainty, or...

Google Play Adds Venmo for App and Subscription Payments

Venmo started as a way to split a dinner bill. Now, the platform is moving further into everyday digital spending,...

Culture Clash: How Banks Are Adapting to Embedded AI Experts

Banks have spent years managing technology implementations through procurement processes, vendor reviews, and controlled rollouts. The rise of forward deployed...

Google Wallet Targets the Next Generation of Banking Customers

Financial literacy is becoming a key feature in the competition for the next generation of banking customers. Google’s latest Wallet...

KuCoin Brings Stablecoin Prepaid Cards to Businesses  

KuCoin is bringing stablecoin payments into a more familiar business tool: the prepaid card. The crypto exchange’s payments arm has...

Visa Acquires BioCatch as AI Reshapes Payment Fraud

Visa’s $2.4 billion acquisition of fintech BioCatch signals a major shift in the fight against payment fraud. As AI makes...