Payment Methods

What is a payment method? Well there are many, debit, credit, ACH, blockchain, and cross border. There are also many other way to transact through the wires. Credit card, debit card, cheque, money transfers, and recurring cash or ACH (Automated Clearing House) disbursements are all electronic payments methods.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Consumers Use Credit to Plug Widening Gap Between Income and Spending
Consumers Use Credit to Plug Widening Gap Between Income and Spending
January 31, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Only a few weeks into the current earnings season, and top-line momentum and commentary from firms, including banks and the payment networks, have all pointed...

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Worldpay’s Link2Gov Enables Digital Tax Payments for IRS
Worldpay’s Link2Gov Enables Digital Tax Payments for IRS
January 30, 2025  |  Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has selected Link2Gov, a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldpay, as an authorized digital payments provider. Individuals and businesses can now...

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Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
Visa Tops 4.7 Billion Credentials, Logs 44% Growth in Tokens YOY
January 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results noted significant growth in payments done digitally, and in tokens and credentials issued by the payments network. Payments volume grew by...

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Will Visa Deal Give X Money Momentum vs Neobanks?
Will Visa Deal Give X Money Momentum vs Neobanks?
January 28, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Elon Musk’s bid to make X into the “everything app” may have gotten a bit of a boost — where the newly-announced pact with Visa...

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Bybit Launches Bybit Pay in Brazil to Enable Crypto and Fiat Payments
Bybit Launches Bybit Pay in Brazil to Enable Crypto and Fiat Payments
January 27, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Bybit is making inroads into taking crypto payments mainstream in Brazil with its new payment solution. According to a Monday (Jan. 27) press release, the...

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Nearly 60% of Americans Shun Automatic Bill Payments, Study Reveals
Nearly 60% of Americans Shun Automatic Bill Payments, Study Reveals
January 24, 2025  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to payments, the “set it and forget it” option certainly has its allure. Providing card or account details to a provider ensures...

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Affirm: New Capital Partnership Will Boost Access to Flexible Payment Options
Affirm: New Capital Partnership Will Boost Access to Flexible Payment Options
January 24, 2025  |  Partnerships

Payment network Affirm Holdings said in a Friday (Jan. 24) press release that its newly expanded capital partnership with Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) will increase consumers’ access...

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Making Sense of Trump’s CBDC Ban and Crypto Stockpile Order
Making Sense of Trump’s CBDC Ban and Crypto Stockpile Order
January 24, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Nearly a week into his presidency, and Donald Trump has yet to mention bitcoin. But despite the absence by name of any one particular digital...

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Open Banking Ltd. to Support UK’s Launch of Variable Recurring Payments
Open Banking Ltd. to Support UK’s Launch of Variable Recurring Payments
January 23, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Two U.K. regulators said Thursday (Jan. 23) that an independent company, Open Banking Limited, will play a key role in advancing the effort to launch...

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