Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
The Linux Foundation has launched the x402 Foundation, backing a new open protocol designed to embed native payment capabilities directly into the web's infrastructure.…
Visa sees stablecoins as the financial rails for a new era of ultra-small payments executed by autonomous AI agents acting independently on behalf of users.…
J.P. Morgan Payments processed over 130 million checks in 2025, exposing a stubborn paper bottleneck that AI and robotics are now being mobilized to solve.…
The digital euro debate has fixated on wallets and sovereignty, but the underlying infrastructure will ultimately determine whether Europe's CBDC succeeds or fails.…
With buy now pay later now mainstream, Klarna is applying for a U.S. bank charter and expanding into mobility payments as it hunts for deeper revenue from its existing base.…
Sagehaven Bancorp, led by a former BNY executive, aims to serve Pittsburgh's small businesses and affluent individuals with a projected April 2027 launch.…
Binance has recovered $1 billion in user funds linked to illicit activity, marking a significant milestone in the exchange's ongoing compliance transformation.…
The Justice Department's Criminal Division warns that exemptions in the CLARITY Act could undermine money laundering prosecutions and weaken DeFi oversight.…
Stripe and Advent International are pursuing an acquisition of PayPal, sending PYPL shares up over 25% and raising profound implications for crypto adoption worldwide.…
President Trump met with senators to break the CLARITY Act deadlock before Congress recesses in August, a deal that could reshape crypto regulation.…
Polygon's CEO has announced layoffs as the blockchain firm restructures around a $250M acquisition of Coinme and Sequence, signaling a decisive shift toward payments.…
The CFTC is investigating whether Trump's teleprompter operator exploited advance knowledge of presidential speech content to profit over $100,000 on Kalshi prediction markets.…