Embedded finance has matured past its land-grab era. What once began as a race to bolt payments, lending and insurance into digital platforms is now confronting a new reality of being judged not as an innovation experiment, but as operational infrastructure where benchmarks as tangible...
Elon Musk said X Money is set to launch in April. “X Money early public access will launch next month,” Musk said in a Tuesday (March 10) post on X. ? Money early public access will launch next month — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2026...
Watch more: Need to Know With North’s Suril Patel When merchants viewed payments solely through the lens of cost, they typically looked for as little cost as possible. But that one-dimensional calculus is breaking down in the face of today’s multifaceted commerce realities. As transactions...
Consumer credit is entering a new phase—one shaped by rising demand for flexibility, personalization and real-time control. As installment plans and hybrid repayment models become more common, issuers are seeing renewed momentum. However, the ability to capture that growth increasingly depends on whether the underlying...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With The Clearing House’s Sal Karakaplan A single word rarely captures the trajectory of an entire industry. Yet during periods of structural change, language often provides a useful lens through which priorities, anxieties and ambitions can be understood. During...
For more than two decades, financial technology companies have been racing to expand a financing model invented by General Motors over a century ago. The model established in‑house finance arms so that car buyers could get a loan at the dealership instead of trudging to...
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 embedded infrastructure. Across investor materials and management commentary, companies and highlighted spend intensity and workflow integration, as issuance has become...
Cash App introduced a peer-to-peer payment feature designed to simplify money requests. The company’s new payment links service lets customers generate shareable Cash App payment request links that can be sent via text, email, social media and messaging apps, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 11)...
Watch more: Need to Know With Priority’s Brendan Kirsch On a sold-out Friday night, a modern sports venue becomes a small city. Tens of thousands of people arrive within a narrow time window. They buy tickets, merchandise, food, drinks, parking and experiences. Dozens of vendors...