Payments Dive

Payments Dive news is a trade publication on payment systems and fintech, written for people who run, regulate or sell into the US payments business.

Coverage areas Eight topic pages organise the site: retail payments, banking and financial institutions, restaurant payments, regulation and policy, consumer risk and fraud, payment technology, B2B payments and fraud prevention. A free daily newsletter, a resource library and industry events on real-time payments, new technology and regulation sit around the news feed.

What the front page is tracking Current top stories follow the Visa and Mastercard effort to win approval of their fee settlement, rising credit card debt, regulators examining earned wage access programmes, and consolidation and litigation among payment processors. Recurring themes include agentic commerce and deepfake fraud, stablecoin adoption in cross-border use, fintech access to Federal Reserve payment systems, and processor acquisitions.

Why payments people read it Merchants get plain-language reporting on interchange and surcharging disputes; PSPs and acquirers get M&A and regulatory signals; risk teams get fraud coverage. Articles are in English.