Browsing: PaymentsSource

Key insight: Mastercard’s acquisition of BVNK was a hedge against irrelevance. It suggests that the companies that defined the last era of finance are now preparing…

Key insights: HSBC is expanding its tokenized deposit service to the U.S., which was already available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg and the UK. What’s at…

Key insight: Banks are adopting tokenized deposits at a greater rate than stablecoins, according to American Banker’s analysis. What’s at stake: Both stablecoins and tokenized deposits…

Key insights: Adyen is rolling out Intelligent Money Movement, a treasury product that combines payments, liquidity management and payouts. What’s at stake: Adyen is hoping to capitalize…

Key insights: Visa’s Intelligent Commerce is an attempt to make it easier for businesses to connect to agentic commerce. What’s at stake: Businesses in most industries are…

Key insights: Capital One has closed its $5 billion deal to buy business banking fintech Brex.What’s at stake: Brex has about 35,000 clients, providing a boost…

Key insights: With AI tech developing quickly, about two-thirds of banks are relying on informal staff training to help employees use new models. What’s at stake: AI,…

Key insights: Newline, Fifth Third’s embedded payments platform, generated year-over-year fee revenue growth north of 50% last year, making it the fastest growing segment of the…

Key insights: Visa and Mastercard Visa have debuted new products that use agentic artificial intelligence. What’s at stake: The card networks’ moves will make agentic AI more…

Key Takeaways: Processing ContentThe success of the TradFi-DeFi convergence depends on the interoperability of the payment infrastructure to prevent market fragmentation.The “on-chain” economy still needs the stability…