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Payment Methods
Why Autopay’s No Automatic Choice for Financially Challenged Consumers 

When it comes to payments, the “set it and forget it”...

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Acquisitions
Cars Commerce Acquires DealerClub to Expand Into Automotive Wholesale Market

Cars.com parent company Cars Commerce has acquired DealerClub, a digital wholesale auction platform...

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Partnerships
Affirm: New Capital Partnership Will Boost Access to Flexible Payment...

Payment network Affirm Holdings said in a Friday (Jan. 24) press release...

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Cryptocurrency
Making Sense of Trump’s CBDC Ban and Crypto Stockpile Order

Nearly a week into his presidency, and Donald Trump has yet...

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Healthcare
Unlocking the Future of Digital Health at the World Economic...

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland,...

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Acquisitions
Priority Adds Payroll and Benefit Solutions With Acquisition of Rollfi

Priority Technology Holdings has added new payroll and benefit solutions to...

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artificial intelligence
This Week in AI: Trump Repeals Biden AI Rules but...

As expected, President Donal Trump this week signed an executive order...

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CFPB
Debate Over Future of CFPB Slows Nomination of New Chair

The President Donald Trump administration is reportedly struggling to select nominees...

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Earnings
Amex: Card Spending by Millennials and Gen Z Up 16%

Young consumers are keeping credit card spending buoyant, especially for American...

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Partnerships
AWS and Booz Allen to Develop Digital Solutions for Federal...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Booz Allen Hamilton said in a...

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Personnel
TD Bank Appoints Jacqueline Sanjuas, Stephen Joyce to Financial Crime...

TD Bank Group announced two appointments to financial crime risk management...

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Artificial Intelligence
Memo to GenAI Companies: The Future of Payments Needs Your...

The payments industry is increasingly defined by speed, security and precision,...

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Checkout Conversion
UAE eCommerce Merchants Expect Processors to Deliver One-Click Checkout Experiences

The user experience is everything when it comes to any online...

12 hours ago
Opinion
Why Listening Is Innovation’s Best Technology

Listening is crucial to innovation, Boost Payment Solutions founder and CEO...

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Retail
What Happens When 51% of Retailers Say They Aren’t ‘Data...

Forget the days of gut instincts and guesswork. In today’s data-driven...

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Travel Payments
74% of Travelers Rely on Digital Wallets for Trips

For years, the travel and hospitality sectors have stuck to traditional...

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Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Gains 1.3% as Katapult and SoFi Lead...

The FinTech IPO Index’s momentum through the past week was carried...

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Consumer Insights
Struggling Consumers Go to Short-Term Strategies to Manage Higher Expenses

Economic pressures are reshaping household financial behavior. This widespread phenomenon strains...

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artificial intelligence
Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday (Jan. 23) that accelerated advances...

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Cryptocurrency
Presidential Working Group to Consider Digital Asset Regulations and Stockpile

A newly established Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets will...

21 hours ago
Social Commerce
EU Watchdog Scrutinizes Meta’s Revised Ad-Free Service

It may be back to the drawing board yet again for...

21 hours ago
Digital Payments
Open Banking Ltd. to Support UK’s Launch of Variable Recurring...

Two U.K. regulators said Thursday (Jan. 23) that an independent company,...

21 hours ago
Social Commerce
TikTok Eyes Partial Sale and Doubling Down on AI

The high-stakes drama involving TikTok’s future in the United States and...

22 hours ago
Mobile Applications
Epic to Add Third-Party Games to Marketplace App

Epic Games will reportedly add third-party games to its marketplace app...

22 hours ago
Acquisitions
Divvy Homes Sale to Brookfield Is a Cautionary Tale for...

The platformization of various industries promises that the digitization of processes...

23 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Perplexity Adds AI Assistant That Calls Other Apps and Performs...

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity AI has launched an assistant within...

23 hours ago
B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: AI Integrations, FinTech Innovations, Back-End Modernizations

To borrow from the adage — if you keep carrying old...

23 hours ago
Retail
Amazon and Walmart Support LA Wildfire Relief Efforts

While Amazon and Walmart may be fierce competitors in the retail world,...

24 hours ago
Streaming
CNN Cuts 200 Jobs, Invests $70 Million in Newsroom Overhaul

To survive competition in the era of streaming, Warner Bros. Discovery...

24 hours ago
CFPB
CFPB: Vehicle Repossessions Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels

Americans are struggling to keep the cars they’re driving, the Consumer...

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Politics
Trump Says Banks Shouldn’t Refuse to Do Business With Conservatives

President Donald Trump said Thursday (Jan. 23) that he has heard...

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Investments
Spotify Founder's HealthTech Startup Neko Scores $260 Million

Daniel Ek, the founder of the music streaming platform Spotify, has...

1 day ago
Investments
Method Raises $41.5 Million to Build Consumer-Permissioned Financial Connectivity

Method Financial has raised $41.5 million in a Series B funding...

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Earnings
Discover’s Card Charge-Offs Improve and Delinquencies Show Stability

Discover Financial Services posted earnings results on Thursday morning (Jan. 23)...

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Loyalty & Rewards
Frequent Fliers vs Frequent Spenders: The Shift in Airline Loyalty...

Frequent fliers or frequent spenders? Is there a difference as they...

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B2B Payments
NMI Embeds Payment Functionality Into Popular Accounting Software

Embedded payments infrastructure provider NMI has launched a new extension for...

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Cross-border Payments
Reports: HSBC Shuttering Cross-Border Payments App Zing

Just one year after its launch, HSBC’s cross-border payments mobile app...

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SMBs
Visa Invests in Moniepoint to Unlock Africa’s Small Business Potential

Visa is betting that Nigerian FinTech Moniepoint will accelerate growth for...

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