TLDR Product Management 2026-06-12

Consumers and SMBs are assembling portfolios of tools across providers and payment methods. Data from Marqeta reveals changing payments behavior:

• 34% of SMBs move between credit products as business evolves
• Nearly half of consumers aged 18 to 44 and 82% of SMBs want flexible credentials
• 64% of SMBs want a clear path from entry-level to advanced products

Your customers are already orchestrating credit themselves. The question is, what will you build to support their new reality?

Join Marqeta's CPO on June 24th to see what it all means for your product roadmap.

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