What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 21, 2026
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TechCrunch
Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay
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Yahoo Finance
How Mastercard CEO is preparing for a world where AI agents do the shopping
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CoinDesk
Elon Musk’s X is exploring stablecoins to pay influencers and content providers
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American Banker
Check-fraud case highlights insider risk for banks
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CNBC
Kraken fintech affiliate launches debit card in bid for wallet share
Aug 20, 2026
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Bloomberg
TikTok Explores Peer-to-Peer Payments Feature for Direct Messages in US App
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Wall Street Journal
Why a Payments Giant Is Paying $7 Billion for the ‘Stripe of AI’
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Milwaukee Business Journal
MoneyPass Group spins out from Fiserv as independent ATM operator
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CNBC
Apple overhauls EU app store fees to resolve payments clash
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BBC
UPI: India built a digital payments miracle. Now comes the bill.
Aug 19, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
Gen Z Has Just Discovered the Premium Rewards Credit Card
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The Washington Post
Universities will let students pay tuition through PayPal and Venmo
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American Banker
Amid deregulation, US BNPL firms look to Europe for guidance
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CoinDesk
Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercard
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Pymnts
Visa and Mastercard Join Rain’s Agentic Commerce Coalition
Aug 18, 2026
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The New York Times
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Lenders Pitch Loans for Needs Like Electricity and Rent
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CNBC
Synchrony, card issuer to Amazon, partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT shopping
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Pymnts
X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door
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TechCrunch
Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store
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Bloomberg
Ex-Signature Bank Chair Starts Instant Overseas Payments Service
Aug 17, 2026
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Bloomberg
Stripe Finalizes Deal to Acquire AI Startup OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion
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Reuters
Jana Partners cuts stake in Fiserv, filing shows
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Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | PayPal in Talks to Sell Itself to Stripe, Private-Equity Firm Advent
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Retail Dive
Consumers warm up to agentic AI purchases
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CBC News
A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk?
Aug 14, 2026
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Bloomberg
Adyen Soars Most in Year After Acquisitions Boost Sales Outlook
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Reuters
Ackman unveils six new investments including Netflix, Visa, Mastercard in portfolio overhaul
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Digital Transactions
A Year In, Zelle tag Enrollment Surpasses 1 Million Small Businesses
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CoinDesk
Opinion: America doesn’t need a second-class payments system
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Euronews
Financial sovereignty, digital euro and payment roaming: EU seeks alternatives to US cards
Aug 13, 2026
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CPI
PayPal Defeats Antitrust Challenge to Merchant Payment Rules
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Bloomberg
Klarna Looks to Take On Amex With Rewards for Europe Customers
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CoinDesk
MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service
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FinTech Futures
Rain snaps up closed-loop wallet platform Ansa
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The Guardian
Pay with a glance at a screen as biometric technology company begins push into Australian retail
