Did Curve Force Visa and Mastercard to Innovate?

Understanding Curve’s business model, how Visa and Mastercard reacted, and the innovation that followed.

Dec 2 • 

Matt Jones

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November 2025

How Apple Disrupts Passports (!), Payment Cards, and Payment Terminals

Eleven Ways That Apple Pay Changed Payments — Part 2

Nov 19 • 

Matt Jones

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How to Keep Up with the Global Payments Industry in 2025

Thoughts from 15+ years in the industry and why I'm relaunching this newsletter

Nov 6 • 

Matt Jones

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October 2025

Eleven Ways That Apple Pay Changed Payments — Part 1

Core Impacts From Eleven Years of Apple Pay (2014-2025)

Oct 30 • 

Matt Jones

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Can AI-Routing increase revenue? (in conversation with Worldline)

Taking AI from theory to practice in payments

Oct 22 • 

Matt Jones

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Three fintech stories for the weekend (#1)

Monzo and Nubank eye the US; Stripe's reading obsession; Is BNPL driving a new debt culture?

Oct 12 • 

Matt Jones

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Blik and you'll miss it

The unstoppable rise of modern Poland (and its mobile payments)

Oct 8 • 

Matt Jones

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September 2025

Why Ryanair wants you to Pay by Bank

How to save £3m+ in payments acceptance costs

Sep 24 • 

Matt Jones

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Exploring a New Operating System with Crypto-Assets & Stablecoins

Accounting, Controls, and Implementation for a New Payment Rail

Published on Yuto Saeki • Sep 11

Monzo’s fintech marketing genius ✨ (and what we can learn from it)

Marketing that doesn't feel like marketing

Sep 8 • 

Matt Jones

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August 2025

Escaping America’s payments empire

The new geography of digital money is fracturing the global economy

Aug 12 • 

Matt Jones

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July 2025

Building the CFO stack for global finance teams

In conversation with Finmo's CEO, David Hanna. And weekend reading review.

Jul 20 • 

Matt Jones

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