The payments industry bridges many markets — including technology and finance — that haven't always demonstrated diversity at their highest ranks. Things are changing, and this year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees demonstrate the importance of women to all aspects of the payments industry and all corners of the globe.

Some key catalysts for the next evolution of financial services are already obvious to the industry. But there are exogenous forces, both demographic and economic, that could pose existential threats to aspects of the business as conducted today. Inside, an examination of those potential sources of upheaval and ideas on how the industry might adapt.

Tariffs and other macro factors have introduced new uncertainty into international trade.

Recent years have seen a transformation in credit-card customer acquisition. This report explores how consumers are interacting with the new expanse of marketing and acquisition channels and examines where opportunities and threats to issuers may lie.

Michael Moeser, Senior Analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Jess Turner, EVP of consumer and small business solutions at Mastercard, about how consumers are making payments when they're no longer on lockdown but not quite back to the way things used to be.

PaymentsSource Senior Analyst Michael Moeser talks to Tyler Beuerlein, chief revenue officer of Hypur, about the challenges of handling payments in the legalized cannabis industry.

PaymentsSource Senior Analyst Michael Moeser interviews Visa's global head of contactless payments, Dan Sanford, about the factors causing a sharp rise in the use of contactless cards and mobile wallets across the globe.