What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Feb 12, 2026
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Bloomberg
Cruz, Britt Seek to Raise Debit Card Fee Cap for Smaller Banks
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CNBC
New York Fed: Credit card debt tops $1.28 trillion
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Fortune
Levl raises $7 million to provide stablecoin infrastructure for fintechs
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Digital Transactions
A Banner 2025 for Zelle With 20% Year-over-year Growth
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Reuters
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial to launch forex remittance platform
Feb 11, 2026
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Bloomberg
PayPal at Crossroads as Yet Another New CEO Hired for Turnaround
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Wall Street Journal
The Credit-Card Rate Cap Has Stalled, and Issuers Are Doing Just Fine
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FinTech Magazine
Klarna’s Stablecoin Bet: Why the Card Networks Should Worry
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American Banker
Visa expands access to Apple’s Tap to Pay technology
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Fortune
Bretton AI raises $75 million to use AI to combat financial crime
Feb 10, 2026
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Bloomberg
Stripe Valuation Set to Hit $140 Billion in New Tender Offer
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Financial Times
European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chief
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American Banker
Fed’s Waller: ‘Everyone is yelling at me’ on skinny accounts
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Banking Dive
Dive Deposits: CFPB tamps down on complaint portal
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Pymnts
3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in Past Year
Feb 09, 2026
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European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chief
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Bloomberg
H&F Said In Talks for Buyout of Payments Firm Bill Holdings
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Pymnts
BNPL Moves to Groceries, Utilities and Travel as Millennials Lead
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Bloomberg Law
CFPB Makes Industry-Friendly Changes to Complaint Database
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Digital Transactions
Lightspeed Looks to New Products As Its Loss Widens
Feb 06, 2026
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American Banker
Affirm details new AI tool for merchants
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Reuters
Bitcoin slump shakes companies that jumped on crypto-hoarding bandwagon
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CNN Business
Bitcoin price under $70,000: Seriously, what’s going on?
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Bloomberg
Crypto Floats New Compromises in Bid to Save Contentious Bill
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PYMNTS
Paysafe CEO: Pandemic Accelerated Payments Shift by 5 Years
Feb 05, 2026
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TechCrunch
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs
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AP News
Fees for ‘rent now, pay later’ services raise concerns
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American Banker
Google’s AI protocol grows; Payoneer gets a bigger footprint
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Bloomberg
Crypto Rout Led by Bitcoin (BTC) Erases Almost Half a Trillion Dollars in a Week
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Reuters
India monitoring evolving crypto trading to ensure tax compliance, top tax official says
Feb 04, 2026
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The Information
Stripe’s Stablecoin Startup Tangles With Sanctions and Scammers
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American Banker
Affirm signs exclusive deals with Intuit, Expedia
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Bloomberg
Michael Burry Warns of Cascading Effects From Bitcoin Plunge
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CNBC
Bitcoin briefly breaks below $73,000 to lowest since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes
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Pymnts
Visa Acceptance Platform Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone Capability
