How Stablecoins Emerged as a Key Element of Cross-Border Payments
Since their advent in the early 2000s, cryptocurrency supporters have sought viable real-world use cases. While the volatility of digital...
SoFi Continues to Meld Crypto with Traditional Banking
SoFi is positioning itself as a bridge between traditional banking and cryptocurrency with the launch of a business banking platform...
How the U.S. Built Its Faster Payments Ecosystem
Ten years ago, the Federal Reserve sketched out a future for U.S. payments—one where money could move in real time,...
Cash App Users Can Now Pay Over Time on P2P Transfers
Are people ready to borrow from their friends—and pay them back in installments? Cash App is betting they are. The...
The EU Seeks to Break Its Dependence on Visa, Mastercard Rails
The European Central Bank (ECB) has reaffirmed its ambition to reduce reliance on non-European payment systems—most notably the networks operated...
How Changing APRs Affect Credit Card Users
Credit card holders may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than commonly assumed. Data reveals that, on average,...
BetMGM Is the Latest Gambling Platform to Move Away from Credit Cards
As sports betting operators move away from credit cards, BetMGM is eliminating them entirely following a fraud-related settlement with Pennsylvania....
Pumping the Brakes on Anthropic’s Leaked Cybersecurity AI
News of a leaked Anthropic AI model rattled the cybersecurity industry, sending the stocks of major firms sharply lower. What...
Turning a Prepaid Card into a Long-Term Relationship
Consumers aren’t just receiving prepaid cards anymore—they’re reloading them. What was once a one-time gift is increasingly being used like...
New Zealand’s Credit Card Surcharge Ban May Not Happen After All
A proposed ban on credit card surcharges in New Zealand, set to take effect in May, appears to be on...
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