Building in house credit programs is hard - why I think Shopify’s partner decision to build on top of Affirm seems like the right choice. Even that had is learning curve! 9to5mac.com/2024/06/17/app…

Pretty cool - card vending machines. Could be good for underbanked regions like LATAM where there’s branch deserts and mail addresses are unrealizable. Will Nubank do these? 👀

Seems like almost every video on here is a TikTok video - interesting how one app benefits from the other. Are there other examples where a business benefits from its competition in this way?

LATAM neobanks scooping up SF companies - love to see it! 💪🏼 techcrunch.com/2024/06/26/nub…

Can see this having a Soho House like membership tied to its loyalty program - retail + members club 💯

Does anyone have good source on how gift cards are used by fraudsters and the size of the problem? Looking at you Trupti 👀

Great 101 on cobrand cards for all looking to brush up. I personally love this space and the nested loyalty / payment complexities within these partnerships. Anyone out there building in this space? youtube.com/watch?v=bJc8iZ…

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Norway unveils the first wireless charging road 🇳🇴

Travis Scott performing Mamacita in Chile 🇨🇱 RIP RICH HOMIE QUAN

fintech friends - anyone know what the commercial structure is for these gpay virtual cards? Is Google the issuer of these cards and makes interchange? do they become the MOR for the transaction? Who is gpay using to issue these cards? I've always wondered!🤔

fintech friends - anyone know what the commercial structure is for these gpay virtual cards? Is Google the issuer of these cards and makes interchange? do they become the MOR for the transaction? Who is gpay using to issue these cards? I've always wondered!🤔

Big programs like Revolut and Wise in the US going to Lead Bank off the windfall of Evolve and other consent orders. Curious why is Lead or Column a better place to land? What other options do these programs have - any other strong sponsor banks out there?

We’ll see these in Vegas soon - can see it being a good test market

You come all the way to a payments conference just to find out it’s really the hotel check in process that’s broken 😅

BNPL & EWA: - reporting into credit bureau needs to ideally be an opt in from consumers - open banking will help with underwriting in the US - open payroll could help more with EWA - only 4% paid BNPL late fees in US on Klarna - immigrants / thin or no file still challenging

It’s getting really cringey here - a billionaire buying a social co to sway an election his way 😰

.Kamala Harris will be a president for all Americans. She actually cares about making your lives better. Donald Trump only thinks about himself. I want you to remember this: if someone doesn’t respect you, they should not represent you. That’s not what you need in your life. And