Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test

Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test
Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test
February 18, 2026  |  Digital Payments

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As Tax Refunds Tackle Debt, Installment Payments Become a Budget Tool
As Tax Refunds Tackle Debt, Installment Payments Become a Budget Tool
February 18, 2026  |  Taxes

This time each year, millions of consumers in the United States tell themselves comforting but misleading stories about their tax refunds. Get the Full Story...

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Nearly Half of Digital Bank Customers Prefer Digital Wallets
Nearly Half of Digital Bank Customers Prefer Digital Wallets
February 18, 2026  |  Mobile Wallets

Pay by bank is starting to look less like a niche payment option and more like a switch consumers will make when merchants pair it...

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White House Says CFPB Rules Cost Americans $237 Billion
White House Says CFPB Rules Cost Americans $237 Billion
February 17, 2026  |  CFPB

Republican lawmakers vowed Tuesday (Feb. 17) to reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after a White House report detailed what it said are the...

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Stripe-Owned Bridge Clears OCC Hurdle for Federal Bank Charter
Stripe-Owned Bridge Clears OCC Hurdle for Federal Bank Charter
February 17, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Stripe-owned Bridge announced Tuesday (Feb. 17) that it received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to organize a federally chartered national trust bank. Get the Full...

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Fed Flags Structural Weak Spots in Stablecoins and Digital Money Funds
Fed Flags Structural Weak Spots in Stablecoins and Digital Money Funds
February 17, 2026  |  Economy

Every financial crisis has a villain that nobody saw coming. In 2008, it was mortgage-backed securities. In March 2020, it was prime money market funds,...

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Private Software Firms Beat AI Disruption Fears With Early Earnings
Private Software Firms Beat AI Disruption Fears With Early Earnings
February 17, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Privately held software firms McAfee, Rocket Software, Perforce Software and Cloudera released their earnings to lenders ahead of schedule to reassure those lenders at a...

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Card Issuance Expands as Earnings Season Highlights Platform Economics
Card Issuance Expands as Earnings Season Highlights Platform Economics
February 17, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Earnings season rarely yields a single organizing narrative, yet the most recent cycle has revealed a narrative tied to cards: Issuance is increasingly positioned as...

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Apple Bets on AI Wearables to Lock in iPhone Users
Apple Bets on AI Wearables to Lock in iPhone Users
February 17, 2026  |  Wearables

Apple is accelerating its development of three artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable devices: smart glasses, a pendant and AirPods, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 17), citing unnamed...

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