2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (319+ words) Cash App is piloting a new experience that helps eligible sole proprietors accept peer-to-peer payments and manage their earnings in their personal Cash App account, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. This experience does not require a…...

3+ day, 57+ min ago   (517+ words) Stablecoins are becoming financial infrastructure, not just payment rails. The competitive moat is shifting toward the layers around the token: custody, credit, liquidity, settlement, FX, compliance and developer distribution. Payments data is starting to become a financing input. Visa’s settlement…...

3+ day, 46+ min ago   (484+ words) Nu, which has built its digital bank in Latin America over the past 13 years, entered the United States with a full suite of products, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. Nu launched in the U.S. through a partner…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (387+ words) The partnership, announced Thursday (Sept. 10), aims to add acceptance, settlement and real-time funding, built directly into the systems the banks already use. “Community banks and credit unions have witnessed their customers use digital assets for years,” Ryan VanGrack, vice chair…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (268+ words) ACH network operator Nacha and its Payments Innovation Alliance launched a new digital assets-focused initiative, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. The Next-Gen Currency Project Team will be led by Nacha and the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, the release said....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (248+ words) Bank-linked installment payments company Splitit launched integrations with two Jack Henry platforms, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. The platforms include Jack Henry’s SilverLake core banking platform and Banno Digital Platform through the Jack Henry Fintech Integration Network (FIN),…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (392+ words) Huntington Bank has named a new president as part of its CEO succession plan. Brant Standridge, who has served as president of consumer and business banking since joining Huntington four years ago, will now oversee all of the lender’s revenue…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (406+ words) Banks have spent the past several years asking whether artificial intelligence can make better decisions. The more important question is becoming whether their infrastructure can execute those decisions. While 52% of banks have piloted agentic AI, just 16% have fully deployed production…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) Chime plans to acquire its bank partner, Oklahoma-headquartered Stride Bank, to further Chime’s efforts to provide “mainstream America” with better banking, the company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Chime signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stride for $590 million…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (337+ words) Block aims to establish a national trust bank that would provide custody and related fiduciary services, including those for bitcoin and stablecoins, the company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Block said in the release that it submitted an…...