The Digital Payments War Heats Up: 1 Small-Cap Stock Worth a Look Right Now

Digital payments giants PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Block (NYSE: SQ), as well as their European peer Adyen (OTC: ADYE.Y) all captured headlines this summer. As the economy slows this year, competition among a crowded field of digital payments companies -- which has been leading to slimmer profit margins as they duke it out for customers -- has been the story. Stock prices for all three got punished by jittery investors, even as the S 500 index has been rallying.