Analysts Coverage

As mobile wallets have become increasingly mainstream, they have largely been dominated by technology giants like Google and Apple. Mastercard...

Credit card rewards were once a ticket to premium travel, luxury experiences, and aspirational purchases. Increasingly, however, consumers are using...

Stripe and private equity firm Advent have reportedly made a $53 billion bid to acquire PayPal, a deal that would...

Credit cards have long helped consumers pay for purchases. Now Visa wants them to help consumers decide how to spend...

The bulky card reader that has defined retail payments for decades may soon become less necessary. Apple is betting that...

Mastercard acquired a majority stake in the UK’s Vocalink nearly a decade ago to expand beyond its card-centric model. Now,...

Circle is taking a significant step toward becoming a federally regulated institution. The USDC issuer has won approval from the...

Swift has launched a blockchain-based ledger, allowing 17 international partner banks to send cross-border payments using tokenized deposits as the...

Banks in North Carolina now have expanded authority to delay certain customer transactions if they suspect financial exploitation. The new...

Illinois has become the first state to tax digital asset transactions, creating a new cost that could apply every time...