19 February 2018

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Banking, Business of Fintech, Payments

Micro case studies: The feud over interest rate caps and the murky future of agentic commerce

  • We dive into two stories. First, how Trump's proposed credit card rate cap benefits fintechs like Affirm and Bilt, who target consumers seeking alternative credit sources.
  • Second, Amazon and Perplexity clash over AI shopping agents, revealing uncertainty about guardrails and customer relationship ownership in agentic commerce.
Rabab Ahsan | January 20, 2026
Banking, Member Exclusive, New banks

Loyalty in banking is now fragmented: How Chime is winning the era of soft switching

  • Customers are redirecting their day-to-day financial transactions elsewhere, while keeping their old accounts on the books.
  • Although some banks pick up early signals yet miss the issue before it fully surfaces, fintechs and neobanks, on the other hand, see this same issue as a compounding opportunity.
Sara Khairi | January 15, 2026
Partner, Podcasts

Why banks need to adopt a product mindset for their digital channels

  • Most banks and credit unions still manage digital banking as IT projects rather than products that need constant refinement based on user behavior.
  • Listen to this podcast to learn how a product-led approach transforms digital banking from a feature factory into a strategic channel that drives adoption, reduces support costs, and improves customer satisfaction.
Zack Miller | January 14, 2026
Payments, The Quarterly Review

The Quarterly Review: Jeff Pomeroy is rewiring PayPal’s global payments stack, and revving up partnerships and VAS

  • In today's story, the spotlight is on a PayPal executive with three decades of payments experience.
  • Paypal’s Pomeroy walks us through his ambitions for platform unification and supercharging the firm’s value added services and partnership impact.
Rabab Ahsan | January 13, 2026
10-Q, Member Exclusive

Deposits vs. Payments – What drives more value for banks today?

  • The crossroads of legacy banking and modern fintech brings a simple yet critical question: what powers lasting value for banks?
  • Investors are moving past the “bank vs. fintech” debate and focusing on how well payments fit into a sustainable funding model.
Sara Khairi | January 12, 2026
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