Today In Payments

American Express is offering large cash incentives to companies to boost acceptance, and Didi Chuxing is planning to bring a robo-taxi service to Shanghai.

In today’s top payments news, U.S. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K. payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million.

In today's top payments news, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said eCommerce isn't quite where it needs to be revenue-wise, but that it will be one day.

In today's top news, DoorDash keeps growing and Visa and Mastercard face big questions over their debit card programs.

Amazon is losing a major sneaker brand — a sign of more to come? Meanwhile, Apple cozies up to Walmart and Facebook again tries to improve its payments game.

In today's top payments news, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said central banks have no reason to issue digital currency.

In today’s top payments news, a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is making progress.

In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has appointed William M. Daley, a former White House official, to the position of vice chairman of public affairs.

In today’s top payments news, FreshBooks has integrated with JPMorgan Chase’s WePay to provide small businesses with same-day and next-day deposits.

In today’s top payments news, Japan’s SoftBank reported a $6.5 billion loss with its first quarterly drop-off in 14 years, and FIS results beat expectations.