Fees, Friction, and the Future of Spend
by Patti Murphy on September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This week’s Today in Payments covers merchants ramping up their use of digital wallets, growing backlash over surcharging, new momentum behind the Credit Card Competition Act, and cautious but steady consumer spending trends revealed in Fiserv’s latest Small Business Index.
Debit Rails Go Green
by Patti Murphy on September 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This week’s Today in Payments covers Fiserv opening its debit network to cannabis shops, state AGs pressing payments firms on deepfake porn, slowing credit card growth as debit and BNPL rise, and small businesses embracing embedded payments.