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Payments · Feb 27, 2026 · 5 min read

The Payments Industry Automated Everything. Now It Needs to Feel Human Again.

Paymentus argues the next competitive edge in digital payments is not faster rails or cheaper processing. It is service.

Payments · Feb 26, 2026 · 5 min read

Two Fintech Giants. $250 Billion in Value. Zero IPOs.

Revolut is targeting a $150 billion listing. Stripe just hit $159 billion in a tender offer. Together they represent a quarter of a trillion dollars in private fintech value, and neither is in any rush to go public.

Payments · Jan 11, 2026

Who Owns the Customer When Your Phone Is Your Wallet?

A few weeks ago, I wrote about watching my son play shopkeeper with his cousin, grabbing my iPhone to tap against her toy card machine rather than reaching for the plastic coins scattered across the floor.

Payments · Jan 11, 2026

Cash Was Right There. He Reached for My Phone.

My son is seven. Last week, he was playing shopkeeper with his cousin on our living room floor. There were toy coins scattered about, crumpled paper notes, even a little wooden cash register.