A railroad strike is looking increasingly likely: Two unions have rejected the tentative agreement brokered by the Biden administration over concerns about inadequate sick leave.

The most informative sessions unpacked providers’ increased alertness around fraud, the next era of BNPL, attendees’ excitement over open banking innovation, and fintechs’ efforts to align with regulators.

Hispanics fuel US population and economic output: The demographic group’s US consumer expenditures are growing faster than those of non-Latino consumers.

Inflation remains high. So does consumer spending. On this week’s Halloween episode of “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail,” our analysts looked at a few silly and even spooky indexes for evaluating consumer behavior during times of economic constraint.

At Money20/20, Dan Rosen offered his insights on fintech funding cycles, what the coming consolidation among fintechs may look like, and what he learned from this year’s startup pitch competition.

Mobile ads that cover 80% of the screen receive 6.6 seconds of attention from the average smartphone user. That’s more than double the attention received by ads with 50% screen cover, and about eight times that of ads covering less than 10% of the screen.

Musk courts advertisers right before the Twitter deal becomes final: The magnate has realized a “free-for-all hellscape” is not in his best interests.