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Finance

Sixth Street Gives Affirm a Big Boost

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Private credit and buy-now-pay-later firms are teaming up to cut banks out of the consumer finance supply chain.

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Regulation

Regulation is Here at Last for Buy Now, Pay Later

But the new don’t require platforms to report how they interact with credit bureaus, keeping many transactions in a black box.

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Banking

Visa, Mastercard Agree to Massive Settlement That Limits Swipe Fees

The agreement with US-based merchants is expected to reduce the credit card titans’ take by a combined $30 billion through 2030.

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Banking

Capital One Plans Purchase of Discover to Build Credit Card Colossus

The mega bank intends to buy the fourth-leading credit card network in the US.

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Personal Finance

Today’s Consumer: Bigger Credit Card Debts, Smaller Bank Deposits

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The biggest four banks in the US all saw their customers boost spending in 2023, as delinquencies rise in turn.

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Economics

US Consumers Are Taking a Credit Card Break

Facing eye-watering amounts of debt and record-high interest rates, US consumers have started charging less on their credit cards.

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Finance

Americans Paid Down Their Credit Cards, Lenders Are Starting to Freak

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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