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American Banker’s 2026 Predictions Report Those at the helm of midsize and regional banks are forecasting that mobile platforms and agentic artificial intelligence will be major…

Key insights: Block is planning another round of layoffs that are expected to come in tandem with annual performance reviews. What’s at stake: Jack Dorsey’s payments company…

Key insights: Visa and UnionPay will connect Visa Direct and UnionPay’s MoneyExpress platform. What’s at stake: Visa, Mastercard and other companies are trying to tap China’s huge…

Key Insight: Feedback from representatives of the fintech and crypto industries warn that access restrictions and balance caps could curb the innovation and independence the account…

Key insights: Amazon has cut its palm payment technology amid larger cutbacks. What’s at stake: The technology is designed to streamline checkout by easing authentication, a key…

Key insights: Affirm is testing a new AI tool, called BoostAI, that allows merchants to perform advanced split testing of promotional financing offers, referred to in…

Growing demand for dollar-denominated stablecoins is going to give the Treasury Department increasing influence over the direction of the U.S. economy, perhaps at the cost of…

The “exorbitant privilege” the U.S. has long enjoyed because of the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency would be supercharged if global adoption of stablecoins…

Key insight: Macroeconomic conditions impacted the first two fintech IPOs of the year, BitGo and PicPay.Expert quote: “The partial government shutdown has increased near-term uncertainty and…

Key insights: BVNK and Polygon Labs are building scale for stablecoin payments. What’s at stake: Stablecoins are not widely used for consumer payments at merchants, but the…