Trusting AI with Your Wallet
by Patti Murphy on May 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Welcome to Today in Payments, I’m your host, Patti Murphy, here with your weekly dose of payments notes.
Pay, Delay, Disrupt.
by Patti Murphy on May 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week on Today in Payments, ChatGPT takes a big step into e-commerce with new tools for product discovery and comparison, while LendingTree reveals a sharp rise in consumers using Buy Now, Pay Later for groceries and dining. Mastercard unveils its stablecoin payments infrastructur …
Capital One Acquires Discover: Game-Changer for Payment Network
by Patti Murphy on April 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This week, we cover Capital One's acquisition of Discover, Visa’s upcoming AI-driven product announcements, ACH’s record-breaking growth, and new Worldpay data showing how digital payments are fueling global economic expansion.
Global Payments Acquires WorldPay & Debit Interchange Cap Debates
by Patti Murphy on April 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Welcome to Today in Payments, I’m your host, Patti Murphy, here with your weekly dose of payments notes.
Big Tech Dodges CFPB Supervision—for Now
by Patti Murphy on April 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congress kills a CFPB rule aimed at supervising Big Tech payment apps, leaving consumer oversight in limbo.
Swipe Fee Showdown
by Patti Murphy on April 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lawmakers in over a dozen states are targeting interchange fees on sales tax and tips, while digital payments gain more ground against checks. Plus, a look at how mobile wallets and payment apps are being used in everyday life. Welcome to Today in Payments. I’m your host, Patti Murphy …
UPS Tackles Hidden Tariffs
by Patti Murphy on March 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Merchants are increasingly embracing cryptocurrency payments, with luxury brands leading the charge, while PayPal's small business lending surpasses $30 billion and Splitit enhances Shopify with seamless installment options.
Paper Checks Are Dead – Feds Make It Official
by Patti Murphy on March 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The federal government is officially saying goodbye to paper checks, shifting all disbursements to electronic payments to enhance efficiency, reduce fraud, and cut costs, while Affirm secures a major BNPL deal with Chase.
Money Moves in Payments
by Patti Murphy on March 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Retailers and financial institutions are investing billions to modernize payments, digital disbursements are replacing checks, prepaid cards are booming, and mobile payments continue to rise—except among small merchants Welcome to Today in Payments, I’m your host, Patti Murphy, here w …
SMBs Will Switch Banks for Real-Time Payments
by Patti Murphy on March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From SMBs demanding real-time payments to Klarna’s latest BNPL expansion and the skyrocketing growth of payment gateways, the payments industry is evolving fast, creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses and consumers alike.