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    Payment outages cost $44B in lost sales annually

    Payment issues can cause companies to take heavy losses as impatient customers abandon their online and in-store purchases, a new report estimates.

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    Brex CFO Erica Dorfman’s take on the Capital One deal

    In a rare look inside a major fintech transaction, Dorfman describes the speed, scale and boardroom logic that led Brex to Capital One.

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    How payment personalization could change the way we pay

    The emerging trend will require payment companies to jockey for position in payment suggestions offered by agentic shopping tools.

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    Microsoft backs court injunction against Google

    By contrast, Epic Games and Google are seeking changes to the court order so they can move forward with a settlement to end five years of Android app litigation.

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    Capital One nabs Brex for $5.15B

    The deal, expected to close in mid-2026, lets the bank absorb a fintech player that specializes in corporate cards, payments and expense-management tools.

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    Affirm seeks Nevada bank charter

    The company said Friday that it submitted applications to state and federal regulators to start Affirm Bank.

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    Verifone tackles identity challenge

    The company seeks to bring the benefits of digital shopping, particularly in consumer identification, to the in-person retail world.

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    JPMorgan CEO mocks card rate cap idea

    The government should impose a 10% credit card interest rate freeze in Massachusetts and Vermont as an experiment, CEO Jamie Dimon said.

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    PayPal buys Israeli AI firm

    The digital payments pioneer said it purchased Cymbio, a company that has been a partner in providing multi-channel orchestration services.

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    Why Shift4 targets big merchants

    The processor’s CEO explained why the payment processor looks for merchant customers with multiple locations or vendors with complex software needs.

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    Deep Dive

    Payments fraud risks burgeon with AI

    The artificial intelligence threats are mounting, but so are the defenses, as new industry trends take hold, from agentic commerce to passkey adoption.

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    Wyoming has big plans for stablecoin

    The first state-issued stable token is being deployed to reduce card interchange costs and simplify payments to vendors.

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    Klarna to offer after-purchase BNPL

    Shoppers will be able to convert purchases into installment loans after the transaction, the company said Tuesday.

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    Merchant lawyers laud surcharge option

    Lawyers for merchants suing Visa and Mastercard over fees reiterated support for a settlement that may saddle consumers with added cost.

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    Consumers push back on swipe fees: survey

    A third of merchants reported customers cancelling purchases when a credit card surcharge is included in their bill, analytics firm J.D. Power found.

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    Afterpay tallies BNPL repayments

    Most Afterpay customers have repaid their Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases, the company said, pushing back on consumer “debt spiral” concerns.

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    FTC blasts payments processor Cliq

    The Federal Trade Commission lashed out at the firm formerly known as CardFlex, saying this week it should pay $52.9 million to consumers.

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    Visa, Mastercard rebuff merchant gripes

    The card networks rejected retailers’ objections to a proposed court settlement and suggested plaintiffs are too optimistic about winning at trial.

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    Bill CFO reflects on PayPal tenure

    Jain shares her career path, which spans roles at some of the world’s largest organizations, including PayPal and GE.

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    House Democrat joins EWA effort

    Earned wage access providers support a forthcoming bipartisan House bill that would provide federal regulation, overriding state laws.

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    Affirm to offer BNPL for rent

    The buy now, pay later player is one of the first to offer pay later installment financing for tenants paying their monthly rent.

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    Merchants take on banks with Trump’s help

    Just two weeks in, 2026 is shaping up to be the biggest year in the battle over credit card reform in years.

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    Credit Card Competition bill wins Trump support

    Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall reintroduced their proposal calling for more competition in the card network industry after the president endorsed it.

    Updated Jan. 13, 2026
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    Klarna launches P2P payments

    The service, which is available in Europe, marks another encroachment by Klarna into the territory of the banking industry.

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    Trump interest cap might spur lawsuit

    The CFO of the largest U.S. lender, JPMorgan, doesn’t rule out potential litigation by the banking industry to block any credit card interest rate cap.