# Popular Fintech

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## Posts
- [Block is quietly building Claude Code for money](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/block-is-quietly-building-claude-code-for-money)
- [State of Fintech 2026](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/state-of-fintech-2026): Fintech Brainfood 🤝 Popular Fintech
- [Nubank takes aim at the U.S.](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/nubank-takes-aim-at-the-u-s): Revolut tried. Now it’s Nubank’s turn.
- [Klarna is finally going public](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/klarna-is-finally-going-public): The question is what happens next
- [Great quarter, guys!](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/neobank-chime-reports-its-first-quarter): Chime reports its first quarter as a public company
- [Block is back (sort of)](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/block-is-back-sort-of-442a32a94f32c53c): Will this time be different?
- [Why everyone is wrong about Circle](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/why-everyone-is-wrong-about-circle-5cdd71a31f858248): Here’s the bull case for Circle and why most people are missing it
- [How Coupang missed the Fintech opportunity](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/how-coupang-missed-the-fintech-opportunity-0657a29435b0a246): It won in e-commerce, but lost the wallet war
- [It started with a game](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/it-started-with-a-game-sea-limited-fintech-a6a97650f0ca900d): Sea didn’t start as a Fintech, but it sure became one
- [Coinbase is quietly taking on Visa and Mastercard](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/coinbase-is-quietly-taking-on-visa-and-mastercard-a85f4594920b297f): The company's new protocol brings stablecoins closer to everyday commerce
- [How Mercado Libre built a Fintech empire](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/how-mercado-libre-built-a-fintech-empire-3f7ac04a0eca3947): From solving checkout to rewriting financial services in Latin America
- [Shopify's second act](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/shopify-s-second-act-b9a4b83c5ae30642): Targeting the opportunity beyond SMB e-commerce
- [Small business, big opportunity](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/small-business-big-opportunity-square-stripe-ramp-brex): Where will small businesses bank in the future?
- [There's more to Fiserv than Clover](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/there-s-more-to-fiserv-than-clover-0fd5b0bc96507c2a): Fiserv’s growth engine runs much deeper
- [Marqeta is back](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/marqeta-is-back-fis-global-payments): What Stripe and Adyen did in acquiring, Marqeta could do in issuing
- [Toast eyes the throne](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/toast-eyes-the-throne-micros-ncr-voyix): Inside Toast’s push to unseat the POS giants
- [Adyen’s platform play](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/adyen-for-platforms): Adyen nailed the enterprise. Now it wants to conquer SMBs.
- [It's still Day 1 for Nubank](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/it-s-still-day-1-for-nubank): Brazil was only the beginning
- [Adyen’s got company](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/adyen-s-got-company-shift4-unified-commerce): Notes from Shift4 Investor Day
- [From Faster Payments to PIX: Wise’s infrastructure play](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/from-faster-payments-to-pix-wise-s-infrastructure-play): Why Wise is building a global payment network
- [The many faces of Affirm](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/the-many-faces-of-affirm): Affirm is more than just a point-of-sale lender. But what exactly are they?
- [Embedded lending: the next big opportunity or a niche play?](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/embedded-lending-the-next-big-opportunity-or-a-niche-play): The opportunity in embedded lending is largely untapped. Who's going to capture it? 
- [Visa's infinite runway](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/visa-investor-day-2025): Notes from Visa Investor Day 2025
- [PayPal's fresh bid for relevance](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/paypal-investor-day-2025): Notes from PayPal Investor Day 2025
- [Is there any hope for Block?](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/is-there-a-hope-for-block): Yes, if Jack Dorsey lets his team deliver
- [Can Robinhood catch up with Coinbase?](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/can-robinhood-catch-up-with-coinbase): They certainly are a force in retail trading
- [PayPal wants to be everywhere](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/paypal-wants-to-be-everywhere): Can they stay focused this time?
- [Visa wants a bigger slice of commercial payments](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/visa-wants-a-bigger-slice-of-commercial-payments): ..and so does Mastercard. Can they get it?
- [No one is disrupting banks](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/no-one-is-disrupting-banks): At least not the big ones
- [Klarna is going public](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/klarna-is-going-public-here-is-how-it-compares-affirm): Here is how it compares to Affirm
- [A follow-up on American Express's growth aspirations](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/a-follow-up-on-american-express-growth-aspiration): Can American Express deliver on their 10%+ revenue and "mid-teens" EPS growth aspiration?
- [Can Capital One challenge American Express?](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/can-capital-one-challenge-american-express): Capital One's acquisition of Discover seems to be a done deal. This deal sets the stage for an exciting rivalry to follow
- [Fintech rivalries to watch in 2025](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/fintech-rivalries-to-watch-in-2025): Five Fintech rivalries that have a "plot twist" coming up in 2025 
- [Card payments in Europe are booming](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/card-payments-in-europe-are-booming): In 2023, card payment volume in the EU grew by 10.7% YoY, up from 7.8% YoY in 2022. Who's capturing this growth?
- [On the European merchant acquiring landscape](https://www.popularfintech.com/p/european-merchant-acquiring-landscape): An attempt to understand who is who in the European merchant acquiring landscape