What We're Reading: Page 4
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 14, 2026
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The New York Times
Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses
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Reuters
US senators introduce long-awaited bill to define crypto market rules
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Pymnts
Affirm Adds Account Balances and Cash Flow to Underwriting
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The Washington Post
Opinion | Trump capping credit card interest rates would mean economic disaster
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Digital Transactions
Surcharges Come With Acute Abandonment Risk, J.D. Power Research Finds
Jan 13, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
Behind the Unraveling of Apple’s Credit-Card Partnership With Goldman Sachs
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Fortune
Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe
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American Banker
How Trump’s 10% credit cap would hit the payments industry
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Take on Payments blog
Why Do Businesses Still Use Paper Checks?
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Bloomberg
JPMorgan Warns Trump’s 10% Credit Card Cap Threatens Business, Consumers
Jan 12, 2026
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Bloomberg
Walmart-Backed ‘Super App’ OnePay Hits $4 Billion Valuation
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MarketWatch
Americans just spent a record $20 billion with buy-now-pay-later. Here’s what to do if you overdid it.
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Reuters
Stablecoin firm Rain valued at $1.95 billion in latest fundraise
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Digital Transactions
Lightspeed Is the Latest Processor to Adopt AI as the Trend Accelerates
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The Paypers
Papaya Global reportedly in talks for sale
Jan 09, 2026
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Axios
Penny shortage prompts Fed to resume limited coin deposits
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American Banker
Visa, Mastercard rely on nonpayment services to counter fee threats
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The Information
OpenAI’s Shopping Ambitions Hit Messy Data Reality
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PaymentsJournal
CFPB: U.S. Credit Cards are Prosperous and Strong
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The Conversation
Buy-now-pay-later rules in the UK will change in 2026, but will they offer protection or exclusion?
Jan 08, 2026
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The Guardian
Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet
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Bloomberg
Saks Customers Rush to Spend $50 AmEx Perk, Gift Cards Amid Potential Bankruptcy
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American Banker
Visa, Mastercard rely on non-payment services to counter fee threats
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Reuters
Tencent-backed fintech Airwallex to invest in the Netherlands
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U.S. News
Survey: Gen Z, Millennials Are Ditching the Credit Card for Other Payment Methods
Jan 07, 2026
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American Banker
Experts say the CFPB’s EWA opinion doesn’t change the status quo
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The Information
Ant Builds a Mobile Payment Network as an Alternative to Visa, Mastercard
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Bloomberg
Fintech Payhawk Seeks $2 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
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PYMNTS
Pay by Bank Gains Take but Card Rewards Keep Loyalty
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Reuters
Brazilian fintech PicPay discloses revenue jump in US IPO paperwork
Jan 06, 2026
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Reuters
Morgan Stanley files for bitcoin, solana ETFs in digital assets push
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American Banker
JPMorganChase expands blockchain payments strategy
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PYMNTS
Mastercard and QNB Group to Expand Digital Payments in Syria
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CNBC
Interest in credit cards is expected to heat up in 2026
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TechCrunch
Flutterwave buys Nigeria’s Mono in rare African fintech exit