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How to Get a PayPal Account and Start Using It
Wondering what a PayPal account actually is and whether you need one? In short: it’s a digital wallet that lets you shop, invoice, and move money online without handing your card details to every website you visit. American online payment system PayPal is a way to shop on multiple websites or to send and receive […]
Society & Lifestyle
Meta Youth Trial 2026: What Fintech UX Designers Need to Know
Meta’s youth safety trial opened on August 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, putting Facebook and Instagram’s product design under unusually close legal scrutiny. Four states: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, are leading the bellwether case, part of a broader lawsuit brought by 29 states in 2023.
Twitch AI Training Opt-Out: What It Means for Creator Monetization Pay
Twitch added a new privacy setting on August 12 that lets streamers stop Amazon from using their content to train generative AI models. The catch is that the setting is switched on by default. Streamers who don’t find and disable it are automatically included.
Half US Households to Use BNPL for 2026 Back-to-School Shopping
New survey data shows Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is becoming a routine part of predictable, recurring shopping for American households, and almost half of US consumers will use it to make the annual back-to-school purchases possible.
Gen Z Digital Wallet Use Jumps to 36%, Financial Stress Partly to Blame
More young shoppers are paying with their phones instead of physical cards, but new research suggests the shift is driven not only by convenience but also by tight budgets.
