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This bodes well for fintechs trying to build out their financial services offerings.

These can fuel more frequent debit card usage, helping these cards better compete against credit card programs

Unlike in the US, where retailers and FIs typically operate independently, many Latin American retailers act as financial services providers—offering credit lines, digital wallets, and other banking products to unbanked and underbanked consumers.

In the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump has reshaped business strategy across retail, tech, healthcare, and media. Here’s how tariffs, regulation, and market volatility are forcing brands to rethink spend, growth, and planning.

Feature innovation transforming digital wallets into everyday commerce enablers. Paze putting open-loop digital wallet leaders on notice. FedNow taking a bite out of bill pay. Physical consumer credit cards starting to disappear. Credit cards responding to the BNPL subscription rewards threat. Here’s how we did:.

The partnership will give the BNPL provider a boost and help it better compete against rival Affirm

The global payments industry will be a $2.3 trillion revenue opportunity in 2028. But shifting business models, new technologies, and alternative payment methods are changing how key card players compete for a share of this revenue.

Italy’s digital landscape is evolving fast, driven by shifting consumer and media habits and increasing ecommerce adoption. Recent data reveals the trends shaping digital spending, retail sales, and more.

Australia’s digital landscape is evolving fast, driven by shifting consumer behaviors, increasing ecommerce adoption, and changing media habits. Recent data reveals trends shaping digital spending, retail sales, and more.

India’s commerce landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, fueled by booming ecommerce, rising mobile shopping, and the growing influence of social media.

Issuers and POS providers need to offer fast, secure checkout experiences.

Gen Z is feeling squeezed: High living costs are driving Gen Zers to spend nearly twice as much as they save, which is leading them to prioritize essentials.

PayPal Ads offers unique ad targeting via transaction data: Access to PayPal’s 400 million users aims to transform digital advertising for small and medium-sized businesses.

Despite an industrywide push to grow via nonmerchant partnerships, BNPL players still rely on individual deals to reach large merchants

Advertisers’ push for a unified strategy across retail media, loyalty programs, and merchandising is raising the bar on data and transparency. Paul Lentz, executive director and head of strategic development at CVS Media Exchange, shares how new collaborations—from The Trade Desk to social platforms—can help brands see every ad dollar’s impact.

This varies across types of financial products, with more consumers seeing content on credit cards and digital wallets than any other product. Still, the wide overall reach shows that social media reviews and recommendations from creators are now commonplace and effectively bring awareness to financial products.

US financial media network ad spend will soar to $1.22 billion in 2026, nearly doubling from $640 million in 2025—a 66.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), per our May 2025 forecast.

The explosion of softPOS is reshaping the POS landscape and forcing hardware and software providers to pivot

The news: Shopify partnered with Coinbase and Stripe so customers can pay with the USDC stablecoin at checkout. Our take: Coinbase is the biggest winner in this partnership. Cryptocurrency needs to gain traction with a wide merchant network to accelerate its use, and Shopify represents a huge score for Base.

The partnership highlights the importance of individual merchant deals and larger platform tie-ups