Weekender: Google makes payments play

Weekender

Aug. 16, 2025 | A roundup of this week’s most read stories

TRENDLINE

Opportunities in Embedded Payments

Companies seeking to gain a foothold in the payments arena are increasingly offering software services that can be embedded in other workflows and processing tools. Learn more in this Trendline.

Google makes payments play

The search giant has locked arms with Wise, Klarna and others to improve and expand its payments services, including in remittances and e-commerce.

Klarna buffs results ahead of IPO

The BNPL giant says consumer defaults ebbed and active users surged in the second quarter as the company ponders when to go public.

NY sues Early Warning over Zelle fraud

The NY attorney general’s state lawsuit comes five months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a federal action over the same matter.

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ACH modernization: Strategic approaches for 2025

With ACH systems handling $22.1 trillion in Q1 2025 payments, payment leaders are reimagining their infrastructure for the digital economy. Discover a roadmap to ACH modernization in this playbook.

Shopify aims to kill Sezzle lawsuit

The Canadian online commerce company plans to ask a federal judge to dismiss Sezzle’s antitrust complaint over the companies’ competing BNPL offerings.

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