Fintechs push bill for Fed payment rail access

House legislation introduced Tuesday would let financial technology firms access Federal Reserve payments rails.

By Justin Bachman • April 21, 2026

Stablecoins are no longer arriving—they’re here

Stablecoins are here. Learn what new regulations mean and how banks should respond now.

By Sean Ristau • April 20, 2026

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Fraud and AML in banking

The past year has been one of reckoning with regard to fraud — from TD’s $3 billion AML penalty to the continuing punitive phase connected to PPP misdeeds, crypto bankruptcies and pig butchering.

By Banking Dive staff

U.S. Bank eyes Amazon tie-up for small-biz boost

The Minneapolis-based lender plans to pitch its banking services to the 700,000 small-business owners it will gain exposure to through a credit card partnership with Amazon, said CEO Gunjan Kedia.

By Caitlin Mullen • April 16, 2026

Kraken co-CEO confirms IPO filing

Rumors of the filing circulated in November. However, since then, Kraken’s value has fallen 33.5%, to $13.3 billion. Market conditions reportedly led the crypto firm to freeze its IPO last month.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • April 15, 2026

Warren pounds X Money plans

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, demanded information from billionaire Elon Musk about his plans to launch a digital wallet this month.

By Lynne Marek • April 15, 2026

Stablecoins remain little used for payments

Less than 1% of stablecoins are used for payments, and about one-fifth aren’t being used at all, a Kansas City Fed researcher estimated.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • April 15, 2026

Which Discover jobs are disappearing

As Capital One integrates the card business, it’s eliminating more than 100 application engineer jobs.

By Lynne Marek • April 13, 2026

Fed mulls FedNow cross-border use

The Federal Reserve proposed letting participants in the real-time payments system use intermediaries to make cross-border fund transfers.

By Lynne Marek • April 10, 2026

US digital wallet use projected to grow by 2030

U.S. consumers will shift away from credit cards and toward digital wallets in the coming years, Worldpay predicts in a report on consumer payments.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • April 6, 2026

Stablecoins roll on as rules evolve

PayPal, Convera and Nium are among the companies racing to incorporate stablecoins in cross-border plays, even as regulators voice caution.

By Lynne Marek • April 2, 2026

Visa’s stablecoin ally falls for Mastercard

Stablecoin startup BVNK crowed about an investment from the largest U.S. card network last year, but now it’s being acquired by a rival.

By Lynne Marek • March 31, 2026

U.S. Bank, Mastercard tapped for Amazon cards

The retailer has chosen the Minneapolis-based bank for two new credit cards aimed at small-business owners.

By Justin Bachman • March 31, 2026

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe warned of debanking consequences

Any act to “deplatform customers or deny them access” on political or religious grounds “could lead to an ... investigation and potential enforcement action,” the Federal Trade Commission asserted.

By Lynne Marek • March 27, 2026

Citi pursues payments advances

Real-time payments, agentic commerce and stablecoin advances are all topics the bank is discussing with clients, a top executive said.

By Lynne Marek • March 26, 2026

FIS leans into big bank strategy

The bank technology and card processing company has renewed its focus on large bank clients in the battle against rivals like Fiserv.

By Lynne Marek • March 25, 2026

PayPal takes Venmo global

The peer-to-peer payment app will be available to users in 90 countries by integrating with PayPal accounts, the company said Monday.

By Justin Bachman • March 23, 2026

U.S. Bank’s Elavon nabs BofA exec for CEO

The payments processor poached Wally Mlynarski from a bank rival to be its CEO, replacing Jamie Walker.

By Lynne Marek • March 19, 2026

EWS pairs with Citi to offer Paze

The collaboration marks the first time the fintech has worked with a non-owner bank on the digital wallet.

By Patrick Cooley • March 17, 2026

Mastercard to buy BVNK for $1.8B

“Adding on-chain rails to our network will support speed and programmability for virtually every type of transaction,” a Mastercard executive said.

By Lynne Marek • March 17, 2026

Fintechs push 36% state rate caps

While there is a 36% interest rate standard for lending in the U.S., it’s not codified for all consumers. Now, the effort to set one has moved to the states.

By Lynne Marek • March 16, 2026

Payments firms diverge on checks

Payment companies offered different ways to move past paper checks in comments to the Federal Reserve regarding plans to shift to digital alternatives.

By Patrick Cooley • March 16, 2026

Robinhood takes on premium card issuers

The fintech’s new $695 credit card aims to lure young, wealthy people uninterested in hoarding points or using a card for airport lounge access.

By Justin Bachman • March 16, 2026

Capital One cuts more than 1,100 Discover employees

Numbers shared with the state of Illinois indicate 1,075 people will be let go in May, and another 81 on June 1.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 5, 2026

Citi pushes client co-creation in e-commerce

The bank has endeavored to work “hand in glove” with fintechs, rather than build tools thinking it will beat them, an executive said. “We want them to actually use the platform.”

By Caitlin Mullen • March 4, 2026

Would a bank buy PayPal?

Whether major banks, such as JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, might have an interest in owning PayPal could turn on their ability to monetize that two-sided network.

By Lynne Marek • March 3, 2026