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Supercharging Chase Platinum, Plus an Apple Tie-In
Chase’s latest offer on the flagship Chase Sapphire Reserve card jumped to a whopping 150,000 points for their $795-annual fee...
Mexico Moves Away from Cash and into Digital Payments
At gas stations and convenience stores across Mexico, cash is starting to lose its default status as digital payment infrastructure...
Merchants Voice Concerns Over Potential Change to Debit Fee Rules
The landmark digital assets-governing CLARITY Act is under consideration in the U.S. Senate, but merchants are taking issue with a...
Wise’s Cross-Border Payments Are Its Fastest-Growing Business
As cross-border payments continue to shift away from traditional banking routes, the fintech company Wise used its U.S. public market...
Klarna Brings BNPL Into Google’s AI Shopping Experience
Agentic commerce is continuing to blend more directly into everyday online shopping, with Klarna’s payment options now being integrated into...
Syria Rejoins Visa and Mastercard’s Global Networks After 15 Years
Following years of international sanctions and internal strife, Syria has successfully trialed electronic payments using Mastercard and Visa. Reconnecting to...
Inside the Growth of First-Party Fraud
A consumer buys a dress for a wedding, wears it once, and returns it the next day for a full...
Canary in the Coalmine: Revolving Debt Surges 9.1%
For credit card lenders, there is good news and bad news when revolving debt accelerates. Right now, the news is not...
Amazon Web Services Brings Agentic Payments to Big Tech
AI agents are getting a more capable transaction framework through a collaboration between Amazon Web Services, Coinbase, and Stripe. Amazon...
Morgan Stanley May Have Reset the Crypto Trading Fee Baseline
A new pricing war is emerging in crypto trading as traditional brokerages move to challenge both crypto-native platforms and retail...
Google Cloud and Solana Streamline AI Agent Payments
Artificial intelligence agents are increasingly capable of making decisions and taking action online—but when it comes payments, they still run...
Apple Expands Wallet to Support Tickets, Passes, and Gift Cards
Apple is tightening its grip on the digital wallet with a new feature designed to eliminate one of its last...
