The firm’s processed volume surged 72% YoY thanks to growing ecommerce, a rise in business outside of its home market, and loyal customers.

Spain mulls preserving in-person banking help: The government hinted it would act after a retired doctor’s petition drive garnered over 610,000 signatures. Officials can look domestically and to the UK for ideas.

On today's episode, we discuss what to expect from this year's Super Bowl, the price of Amazon Prime going up, which one of Peloton's potential suitors makes the most sense, how to get people back to the mall, a New York Times subscriber milestone, an unpopular opinion about company earnings, looking up at the galaxies, and more. Tune in to the discussion with director of reports editing Rahul Chadha and our analysts Peter Vahle and Blake Droesch.

Ad-supported video is growing but still pales compared with subscription competitors: Streaming service Tubi claims the gap between ad-supported and subscription video will close in 2022.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) report exploring six central bank digital currency (CBDC) case studies shows there’s no “one size fits all” that works in every market.

M&T is the latest domino to fall in the anti-overdraft movement: The US regional bank is dropping fees for non-sufficient funds (NSF) and transfers while slashing overdraft charges. It’s a little late and still a little short compared with competitors.

Among US social video viewers, YouTube is the most popular place to watch live content, with 52.0% tuning in on the platform. Facebook ranks as their second app of choice, used by 42.6% for live video, while Instagram and TikTok tie for third with 33.4%.

$5B allotted to build half a million EV charging stations: The Biden administration sets up the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to build an alternative fuel corridor in 50 states to help power the transition to EVs but will this be enough for the expected onslaught of EVs?

Insider Intelligence spoke with Lulu Ge, founder and CEO of Elix Healing, a femtech product that offers Chinese herbal supplements for people experiencing menstrual pain.

Disney pivots to a streaming-first strategy: Strong subscriber growth and theme park revenues helped the entertainment company overcome higher expenses and flatlining revenues from linear television.

Microsoft meets regulators in the middle as it seeks approval for Activision Blizzard deal: The tech giant published a list of principles in a bid to allay antitrust concerns.

Twitter invested in Bitcoin payment provider OpenNode’s $20 million funding round.

SSD shortage, price hike imminent due to plant shutdowns: Western Digital and Kioxia reported losing 6.5 exabytes of NAND storage to contamination, which will only pile on existing component shortages.

Twitter’s wide net of new features yields mixed earnings results: The platform has tested a bevy of fresh features and revenue streams, but growth is slowing.