What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 18, 2026
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Forbes
Card Skimming Fraud Costs More Than $1 Billion At The Gas Pump Each Year
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Digital Transactions
How Stablecoins Are Crashing the Agentic Commerce Party
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Money
Venmo App Update Means No More Spying on Friends’ Payments
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Apple Insider
New Apple Card promotion could net applicants free AirPods Pro
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Pymnts
Stripe President: Shoppers Want to Leave Mundane Tasks to AI
May 15, 2026
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American Banker
Klarna gets a jolt from its payment card
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Politico
Trump administration sides with banks in Illinois swipe fee case
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Bloomberg
Revolut Eyes Private Bank Arm for UK, Europe to Push Into Wealth
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Take on Payments
Differences in Payments Activity at Large and Smaller Institutions - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Android Authority
YouTube will now let you to shop from your TV with Google Pay
May 14, 2026
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Bloomberg
DoorDash Expansion Seen as Threat to Toast, Payments Firms, Analyst Says
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Banking Dive
Fintech Parker files for bankruptcy
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American Banker
Affirm wants to embed BNPL in banking apps
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Digital Transactions
RTP Hits Another Banner Real-Time Payment Mark
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USA Today
Santa Clara County sues Meta, alleging it profited from scam ads
May 13, 2026
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Digital Transactions
How Toast And Fiserv Are Widening Their Reach in Restaurants
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The Information
Google Adds Klarna, Affirm as AI Shopping Payment Options
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CNBC
New York Fed: Credit card debt stands at $1.25 trillion
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Pymnts.com
Affirm Targets Card Networks With Broader Payments Push
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PaymentsJournal
Amex Helps Small Businesses Tap ChatGPT with New Credits
May 12, 2026
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TechCrunch
Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time
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Puget Sound Business Journal
Seahawks bcome first NFL team to ink deal with PayPal
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Bloomberg
Jeffrey Epstein Used American Express Black Card to Book Fake Flights for Women
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The Paypers
Plaid launches Cash Advance Index for risk scoring
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CoinDesk
Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami
May 11, 2026
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The New York Times
Consumers Lean on a ‘Hamster Wheel’ of Credit to Manage Rising Costs
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American Banker
Affirm’s Levchin does not plan AI layoffs
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Plaid launches Cash Advance Index for risk scoring
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Pymnts
FDIC and OCC Both Want to Be Stablecoins’ New Boss
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Financial Times
Koreans flock to pay with their faces
May 08, 2026
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Wall Street Journal
Corporate Card Startup Ramp Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation
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Digital Transactions
Colorado Advances a Measure to Eliminate Interchange Fees on Sales Tax
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Fortune
The ‘PayPal Mafia’ built a $1.5 billion fintech pioneer. The company they left behind is struggling
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Pymnts
BILL Plans 30% Workforce Cut as AI Becomes Top Priority
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Banking Dive
Banks, crypto firms battle over stablecoin yield
