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Klarna Targets High Spend Travelers, Socure Builds the BNPL Credit File, and Instacart Lands Inside ChatGPT

Klarna Targets High Spend Travelers, Socure Builds the BNPL Credit File, and Instacart Lands Inside ChatGPT

Plus Capital One’s Miami Art Week perks for premium cards, BHG and Engine by Gen’s new loan marketplace push, Flex’s 60 million raise for a mid-market card, and fresh data on where credit card debt is piling up.

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NerdWallet Gives Away $100K a Day, Stelrix’s Investment-Backed Credit Card, and PayPal’s AI Checkout

NerdWallet Gives Away $100K a Day, Stelrix’s Investment-Backed Credit Card, and PayPal’s AI Checkout

Kraken’s card launch, a softer Beige Book, BNPL scrutiny, Treasury Prime’s AI marketplace, U.S. Bank’s stablecoin tests, a muted Black Friday, and new signals from Visa, AWS, Klarna, Zepz, and Google Finance round out the week.

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UltraFICO Takes Shape with FICO x Plaid, CFPB Targets ECOA Rules, Made Card Bets on Homeowner Rewards

UltraFICO Takes Shape with FICO x Plaid, CFPB Targets ECOA Rules, Made Card Bets on Homeowner Rewards

Made Card launches homeowner rewards, Wealthfront tests mortgages, Klarna rolls out a stablecoin, ChatGPT adds shopping research, Worldpay builds agentic tools, Cash App pilots a real time score, and more.

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Intuit Taps OpenAI, Klarna Secures $6.5B, JPMorgan Rewrites Data Terms

Intuit Taps OpenAI, Klarna Secures $6.5B, JPMorgan Rewrites Data Terms

Also inside: rising credit stress, new compliance standards, shutdown aftershocks, and a full breakdown of earnings from Experian, Klarna, Mastercard, FIS, FICO, Enova, and Bread Financial.

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Visa & Mastercard’s $38B Shake-Up, Propel’s Bold Credit Move, Airlines Turn Debit Into Rewards

Visa & Mastercard’s $38B Shake-Up, Propel’s Bold Credit Move, Airlines Turn Debit Into Rewards

Also this week: Sezzle’s billion-dollar milestone, JPMorgan’s data alliance, and Robinhood’s smoothest product yet.

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Capital One & T-Mobile Partner on Credit Card Launch, Affirm Lands $750M Backing, Pagaya Adds $500M Auto Deal

Capital One & T-Mobile Partner on Credit Card Launch, Affirm Lands $750M Backing, Pagaya Adds $500M Auto Deal

Plus, the Fed’s SLOOS report signals cautious optimism for lenders, and Q3 results from Visa, PayPal, and Rocket Companies underline fintech resilience.

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Barclays Poaches Best Egg, PayPal Goes Agentic, and Fintech Giants Post Big Q3 Gains

Barclays Poaches Best Egg, PayPal Goes Agentic, and Fintech Giants Post Big Q3 Gains

Plus, Coinbase gives AI agents a payments rail, Mastercard rolls out new fraud intelligence, Thredd enters the credit game, and banks fight back against BNPL with DXC and Splitit.

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Karta’s Credit Card Launch, Visa’s Onchain Push, and the Latest Q3 Earnings Recap

Karta’s Credit Card Launch, Visa’s Onchain Push, and the Latest Q3 Earnings Recap

Plus, Visa builds the rails for onchain lending, SVB spotlights new openings for digital lenders, and Citi joins the credit card race with American Airlines.

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Yendo’s $50M Series B, Nova Credit’s Data Play, and Nubank’s U.S. Push

Yendo’s $50M Series B, Nova Credit’s Data Play, and Nubank’s U.S. Push

Klarna, Affirm, Mastercard, Walmart, Happy Money, and Zillow round out a week of AI-driven partnerships, payments innovation, and credit-building breakthroughs.

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FICO’s new mortgage pricing model shakes up the credit bureaus.

FICO’s new mortgage pricing model shakes up the credit bureaus.

Plus, TransUnion links student loan stress to auto finance risk, while Mastercard expands into advertising and fintechs like Ramp, Imprint, and Worldpay push automation forward.

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Capital One's acquisition of Discover continues with nearly 400 job cuts.

Capital One's acquisition of Discover continues with nearly 400 job cuts.

Plus, FICO unleashes new AI for smarter lending, while OpenAI and Mastercard pioneer a future where AI agents handle the checkout.

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Ready to Hand Your Wallet to an AI? Google and Mastercard Are Betting On It.

Ready to Hand Your Wallet to an AI? Google and Mastercard Are Betting On It.

Plus, Chase hires Hailey Bieber to sell premium cards, Figure's IPO aims to rewire lending, and why store APRs remain stubbornly high.