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Deep Dive: BVNK vs. Bridge vs. Zero Hash - Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

Stablecoins are rapidly transforming how money moves globally, blurring the lines between traditional finance and crypto. At the heart of this shift are platforms like BVNK, Bridge, and Zero Hash, offering the rails that connect traditional finance to digital assets. All three offer APIs that help fintechs and enterprises send, receive, convert an...

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Deep Dive: Plaid - Products, Tech, and Business

Open banking has become the backbone of modern fintech, and at the center of this ecosystem is Plaid – a company that functions as the “financial data network” connecting banks, fintech apps, and consumers. If you’ve ever linked your bank account to a budgeting app, a payment service, or an investment platform, chances are Plaid powered that con...

27 July 2025 /payments

Sam Boboev

Deep Dive: Unpacking PayPal’s Core Product Stack

PayPal is one of the original giants of fintech – with over 430 million customer accounts across more than 200 markets – and it powers roughly a quarter of the world’s e-commerce transactions. Yet even a company of this scale must evolve. In 2025, under new CEO Alex Chriss, PayPal is revamping its core product stack to reignite growth and stay a...

20 July 2025 /payments

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Deep Dive: Monzo's Business, Explained

Monzo has emerged as one of fintech’s standout success stories – a digital bank that now boasts over 12 million customers and a profitable business model. In an industry where many challengers are still chasing sustainable unit economics, Monzo has redefined what banking can be – and where it’s going. Launched in 2015 as a scrappy startup, Monzo

13 July 2025 /payments /retail

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Deep Dive: Stripe vs. Adyen – Comparing Product Stacks and Pricing

Two fintech heavyweights are vying for dominance in global payments: Stripe and Adyen. Both power a substantial share of online commerce, yet they’ve taken different paths to the top. Stripe, the Silicon Valley darling, built its name with developers and startups; Adyen, the Dutch powerhouse, quietly became the backbone for many large global reta...

06 July 2025 /payments

Sam Boboev

Deep Dive: Wise – Building a World of Money Without Borders

Wise (formerly TransferWise) has quietly become one of fintech’s biggest success stories, transforming how people and businesses send money across borders. From humble startup origins in 2011, Wise now moves over £145 billion internationally each year for 15+ million customers – at a fraction of the cost charged by banks. In doing so, Wise s

29 June 2025 /payments

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Deep Dive: How Shift4 Is Building a Global Commerce Platform

In the fast-moving world of fintech and payments, few companies have transformed as dramatically in recent years as Shift4 Payments. Born as a small merchant processor in the late 1990s, Shift4 has rapidly evolved into a global “commerce technology” player powering payments for over 200,000 businesses today. Its story matters now because Shift4 is...

22 June 2025 /payments /markets

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Deep Dive: Mastercard’s Shift - From Plastic to Platforms

Mastercard is far more than a credit card company – it’s a lynchpin of the modern financial system and a bellwether in fintech’s evolution. In an era where digital payments are surging and new technologies like artificial intelligence are redefining commerce, Mastercard’s role has never been more crucial. The company operates a massive global net

15 June 2025 /payments

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Deep Dive: Agentic AI in Payments and Commerce

The fintech world is entering a new era where AI can do more than chat or make recommendations – it can act. In this “agentic” age of commerce, autonomous AI agents are increasingly capable of making purchases, managing finances, and executing transactions on behalf of users without direct human intervention. What began as experimental chatbots h...

08 June 2025 /ai /payments

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Deep Dive: Inside the Fiserv Flywheel

Fiserv might not grab fintech headlines like flashier startups, but this Fortune 500 financial technology provider is in the midst of a significant evolution. The company has transformed from a traditional back-office tech vendor for banks into a powerhouse of merchant payments and commerce enablement. Today, Fiserv handles over $20 billion in a

01 June 2025 /payments

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