Payments

Intuit and Ramp, two firms that work with fintechs that compete with banks, are using agentic artificial intelligence to automate mundane tasks.

Noelle Acheson asks whether stablecoins can be considered "money" according to traditional definitions. And if not, what does that mean for payments?

The U.K. fintech has launched a series of products that expand on its core payments business and compete with banks and other payment technology firms.

Regulators from California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York and Texas levied the fine for anti-money-laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations, which comes as Wise seeks a banking license in the U.S.

U.K. regulators said Monzo didn't properly vet new customers, while Vocalink was dinged for risk management lapses. Also, Paxos launched a dollar-backed coin in the European Union; and more news in the weekly global payments and fintech roundup.

Stablecoins are already disrupting traditional finance and have the potential to eat away at banks' deposit base. Banks should be looking for ways to turn this emerging threat into an opportunity.

Joe Heck, Zip Co.'s U.S. CEO, spoke with American Banker about recent criticisms of the BNPL industry as more consumers turn to it for purchases both big and small.

Comerica and U.S. Bank are applying new tools that attempt to take the worry out of real-time transactions made on behalf of third parties. Comerica payments exec Allysun Fleming spoke about the bank's plans.

The volunteer firefighting crew in Kerr County was the target of impersonation scams on the digital payments platform for donations to relief efforts.

Sal Karakaplan, Chief Strategy Officer, The Clearing House, speaks with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, about what's next in the world of payments.