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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...

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...

Google Warns That Quantum Computing Could Soon Crack Crypto Encryption

The approval of bitcoin ETFs sent the price of bitcoin soaring to new heights last year, marking one of many...

Mobile Payments Stall as Switzerland Clings to Cash and Debit

As transformative payment types like digital assets and real-time payments have emerged, many have treated their eventual dominance as a...

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...

Could Mastercard’s Instant Payments Divestiture Signal a Strategy Shift?

Real-time payments have reshaped entire economies in markets like Brazil and India, but they are not just a domestic rail...

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...

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...

Bad Actors Are Already Piloting the Next Evolution of AI

Artificial intelligence has rapidly stretched the limits of the traditional computing model, as it demands substantial infrastructure and resources to...

BMO Brings Tokenized Cash to Google’s Blockchain

Amid a flood of stablecoin launches, many of the world’s leading financial services firms continue to champion tokenization. Robinhood’s CEO...

Microsoft Warns of New IRS-Based Phishing Attacks

Microsoft has detected a surge in sophisticated phishing campaigns timed to exploit heightened anxiety during tax season, as cybercriminals ramp...