What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 08, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
Corporate Card Startup Ramp Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation
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Digital Transactions
Colorado Advances a Measure to Eliminate Interchange Fees on Sales Tax
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Fortune
The ‘PayPal Mafia’ built a $1.5 billion fintech pioneer. The company they left behind is struggling
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Pymnts
BILL Plans 30% Workforce Cut as AI Becomes Top Priority
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Banking Dive
Banks, crypto firms battle over stablecoin yield
May 07, 2026
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American Banker
Why US Bank built its own BNPL program
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Fortune
Elizabeth Warren seeks information on Meta’s latest stablecoin plans in letter to Mark Zuckerberg
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Reuters
Payments firm Adyen defies spending slowdown as revenue holds up
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Bloomberg
Credit Karma Opens Site for Americans With No Credit History
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Detroit Free Press
Facebook parent faces scrutiny over big consumer losses to fake ads
May 06, 2026
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Reuters
UK probes Mastercard, Visa, PayPal over suspected anti-competitive conduct
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Bloomberg
Apple Plans to Let Users Build Their Own Passes in Wallet App
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TechCrunch
PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again’ — that means AI
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Financial Times
Francisco Partners in talks to buy payments company Moneris
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The Paypers
FIS Project Keystone: banks’ digital money network
May 05, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
PayPal to Cut 20% of Staff Amid Turnaround Push
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American Banker
Western Union launches its own stablecoin
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Bloomberg
Bank Groups Say Senate Stablecoin Rewards Proposal ‘Falls Short’
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Pymnts.com
Bullish Acquires Equiniti in $4 Billion Tokenization Bet
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Reuters
Santander to invest $67 mln in Ebury via Centerbridge-led funding rounds
May 04, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
The Fees That Fund Your Rewards Credit Card Are Facing a State Battle
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Reuters
Payment networks spotlight spending resilience with upbeat quarter
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Digital Transactions
Shift4 Lines up Wrigley Field
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Pymnts.com
Lawmakers Recast Stablecoins in CLARITY Act Compromise
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Financial Times
How Revolut became a verb -- if not yet a lender
May 01, 2026
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American Banker
PayPal’s new CEO shakes up the company amid an earnings slump
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Financial Times
The stablecoin stumbling block
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TechCrunch
Stripe updates Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too
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MarketWatch
Scammers are targeting student-loan borrowers trying to make payments. Do this to protect yourself.
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Pymnts
Mastercard and Stripe Help Wizard Personalize Agentic Shopping
Apr 30, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
PayPal to Reorganize Into Three Business Units in Streamlining Effort
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Bloomberg
Amex Gold Credit Card Gets More Travel Rewards at the Same $325 Annual Fee
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American Banker
How a payments fintech uses AI to battle tariff refund chaos
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Fortune
Meta quietly rolls out stablecoin payments in Colombia and Philippines
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TechCrunch
Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court
