"Fighting fraud is a compelling reason for network tokenization. But the business case now goes well beyond security. Tokenization can also boost authorization rates and drive sales, ultimately improving merchants' bottom lines - if card issuers can overcome the...
It’s a ‘Fintech Plus’: How J.P. Morgan Payments Became the Bank’s $4.7B Growth Engine
"J.P. Morgan Chase's payments arm is emerging as the bank's next growth engine, processing nearly $10 trillion daily while contributing $4.7 billion to revenue. JPM Payments is advancing through strategic tech upgrades, AI integration, and innovative embedded banking...
Financial Institutions Support Administration’s Effort to Maintain U.S. Leadership in Digital Assets
"Leading financial services trade associations voiced strong support for the goals of the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets. The Associations propose recommendations to bolster U.S. leadership in digital assets by removing obstacles to bank engagement...
Eurosystem Expands Initiative to Settle DLT-Based Transactions in Central Bank Money
"The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger technology (DLT) in central bank money. The initiative will follow a two-track approach."
Verifone and PopID Partner to Drive Adoption of Biometric Payments and Loyalty
"Verifone and PopID announced a global partnership to launch biometric solutions that enable payments and loyalty transactions to be completed in a fast and secure manner, simply with a smile or a palm wave. They partnered to create biometric modules to enable...
Mastercard Business Builder Program Fuels Creator Growth
"Mastercard unveiled its Business Builder debit and credit card products, designed to meet the needs of Creators. The Business Builder cards are designed to offer a suite of powerful benefits that help entrepreneurs launch and scale their ventures, with intentional...
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Results from 2025 Faster Payments Barometer
"The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), in collaboration with Volante Technologies, released the 2025 Faster Payments Barometer, a study in analyzing the adoption, trends, and perceptions surrounding faster payments in the United States. Among financial institutions...
Interlinking Fast Payment Systems to Enhance Cross-Border Payments
"Emerging markets and developing economies have made considerable progress in fast payment adoption, laying the foundation for interlinking at the regional and international levels – thus enhancing cross-border payments."
IDEX Biometrics Receives IDEX Pay Order for Visa Biometric Cards in MEA
"A leading smart card technology, security and ID company based in MEA (Middle-East & Africa) has placed a production order of 10,000 units with IDEX Biometrics. The order supports Visa biometric bank card programs in one of the fastest growing payment markets in...
Google Pay to Impose Convenience Fee on Bill Payments via Credit/Debit Cards
"Digital payment platform Google Pay has started imposing a convenience fee on bill payments made with credit and debit cards."