Tom Nawrocki

Interchange fees transfer billions of dollars every year from debit card users to credit card users, in the form of rewards.

Illinois has delayed its ban on charging swipe fees for taxes and tips yet again, giving the major players more time to accommodate the rules.

For the second time in the past decade, the venerable Canadian multinational coffee chain Tim Hortons is getting out of

Coinbase and the home lender Better are rolling out crypto-based mortgages—and have already completed the first one. According to Yahoo

Cash App is launching a “magic wand” for payments, inspired by a social media trend in which people posted videos of themselves paying for items with homemade wands embedded with tap-to-pay cards. But the company’s strategy appears to extend beyond a viral gimmick.

An AI agent has completed what ING describes as Europe’s first end-to-end agentic payment transaction, making a milestone for the

Gift card fraud has claimed another victim. Valve is pulling physical gift cards for its popular Steam gaming platform, saying

Peer-to-peer payment service Zelle is reportedly preparing to make its first move beyond the United States, with plans to launch

China is accelerating its push to build an alternative infrastructure for international payments. Its latest move is the commercialization of

When the economy tightens, commercial payments don’t stand still—they adapt. And when conditions normalize, they adapt again. For providers operating in this uncertainty, the real question is how to position for both realities at once.