How Payment Gateways for Businesses Can Help You Offer Your Customers More Options
Running a business shouldn’t mean navigating a maze of payment options. But the sheer variety of ways there are to pay today puts pressure on businesses to accommodate every option—or risk losing a sale. To meet this challenge, many businesses with simple payment needs are turning to payment gateways for businesses, which help them seamlessly […]
Germany Plans to Eliminate Checks Entirely by 2027
Germany is bidding farewell to the paper check. Once a staple of everyday payments, checks are now all but obsolete, and the government plans to eliminate them completely by the end of 2027—a glimpse of a check-free world that’s unfolding in the U.S. A report from the Library of Congress underscores just how far Germany […]
Visa & Main Brings Holistic Tools and Financing to Small Businesses
Small businesses power the U.S. economy, but for many, the access to reliable financing remains a persistent challenge. To help close that gap, Visa has launched Visa & Main, a platform designed to centralize working capital and provide critical tools for smaller enterprises. “Offering working capital and client acquisition tools are not new in the merchant […]
Late Payments? Governments Are Taking Action
Over the past two decades, payment systems in most developed markets have moved from slow, multi-day processes—like checks—to near-instant transfers between counterparties. Yet, while buyers can now move funds in real time, many still delay payments, often to maintain cash reserves within their supply chains. As Hugh Thomas, Lead Analyst, Commercial & Enterprise at Javelin […]
Staying on Guard Against the Growing Use of Deepfakes
AI-generated deepfakes continue to pose a growing global threat, with investment opportunity scams emerging as the fastest-growing use case. Between November 2025 and January 2026, the AI Incident Database documented more than a hundred separate deepfake incidents, many aimed at defrauding victims. Impersonation-for-profit is the “largest, most repetitive thread” in the latest reports. Researchers warn […]
EU Leaders Consider Comprehensive Payments Plan for the Euro
The euro is the world’s second-largest reserve currency, though it still lags far behind the U.S. dollar. Many European Union leaders believe that a stronger global role for the euro would enhance regional stability and create more opportunities for member states. In upcoming talks, EU leaders have laid out an ambitious agenda to elevate the […]
The Fraud Epidemic Is Testing the Limits of Cybersecurity
Many of the fraud threats facing organizations today are not new. However, the convergence of these threats—combined with ever-evolving technologies—has created a formidable challenge for cybersecurity teams. This environment is calling some of the most fundamental security tools into question and threatens to permanently reshape the cybersecurity paradigm. As Tracy Goldberg, Director of Cybersecurity at […]
Bank of America Overhauls Credit Card Program to Boost Customer Base
Despite recent contention over interest rates and transaction fees, credit cards remain firmly entrenched in the U.S. payments landscape. To capitalize on this ubiquity, Bank of America is undertaking a credit card revamp aimed at driving profits to new heights. A central force behind this overhaul is artificial intelligence. The bank plans to leverage AI […]
Rand vs. Dollar: South Africa’s Bet on a New Stablecoin
South Africa has entered the digital currency arena with the launch of a new stablecoin, ZAR Universal (ZARU), pegged to the rand rather than the U.S. dollar, which dominates the global stablecoin market. The initiative aims to make the rand “internet-native,” but history suggests its appeal beyond South Africa may be limited. ZARU is a […]
Stablecoins and the Future of B2B Payments: Faster, Cheaper, Better
Paying a supplier is a fundamental function for businesses, yet it’s often encumbered by a complex billing cycle. When the supplier is in a different jurisdiction, this complexity skyrockets, forcing organizations to navigate foreign exchange rates, bank intermediaries, local regulations, and opaque fees—all with limited visibility into where a payment is and when it will […]