October 28, 2022
The Most Complex Crypto Payment? A Political Donation
It’s hard to think of any type of payment more fraught with legal restrictions and privacy issues than political donations. And that’s doubly true when those donations are in bitcoin...
October 28, 2022
Mastercard: Instant Push to Debit Near-Universal Payouts Choice for Gig...
Whether it’s instant payments or real-time payments, either way it’s where disbursements seem to be headed, between the demand generated by gig workers and the needs of small businesses that...
October 27, 2022
Mastercard’s Digital-First Initiatives Increase Card Spend by 10%
“The headline,” Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said, “is that consumer spending is resilient and cross-border travel continues to recover.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
October 26, 2022
Zero Hash Helps Nium Meet Demand for Crypto Payments
Global money platform Nium has teamed with B2B2C crypto infrastructure platform Zero Hash in a partnership that lets Nium’s U.S. customers leverage crypto to fiat payment solutions. Get the Full Story...
October 26, 2022
Worldline Acquires SoftPos to Tap Into Contactless Payment Demand
French payments services firm Worldline has purchased a 55% stake in SoftPos, a Polish FinTech, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
October 25, 2022
Veem Rolls Out Real-Time Payment Tool for SMBs
Veem has launched a real-time payment tool for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in more than 100 countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
October 25, 2022
Cellulant and Mastercard Team to Provide Virtual Cards for African...
Cellulant, a pan-African payment company, announced that it will deploy Mastercard’s virtual card technology to enable payments for Cellulant customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
October 25, 2022
Real Estate Startup Bilt Sees Valuation Quadruple to $1.5B
The chief executive of real estate startup Bilt Rewards says his company has seen its valuation grow fourfold to $1.5 billion following a $150 million equity funding round. Get the...
October 25, 2022
Legacy Players and Digital Disruptors Will Join Forces to Reshape...
To a large extent the future of payments will be built on foundations laid in the past, but greatly enhanced by digital innovations that are creating entirely new use cases...
Embedded finance can help nonfinancial brands reach their full potential by allowing customers to transact seamlessly wherever they are, reducing the risk of cart abandonment online, says Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond. Read more in the “Embedded Finance Tracker®,” a collaboration with Galileo,
SMBs are signaling that they’re ready to modernize how they pay suppliers, but they need payment tools that fit real workflows. “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash and Checks,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Mastercard collaboration, shows where momentum is building for business credit cards and what could unlock faster adoption.