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Industry Season 4 Sets Premiere, Expands Into Fintech, Politics and Power

Critics say the new run widens the show into a globe-spanning battle over a payments company shaped by real-world age-verification fights.

Overview

  • The season debuts Jan. 11 on HBO in the US and Jan. 12 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK.
  • The storyline focuses on Tender, a newly public payment processor weighing its relationship with an OnlyFans-like platform under intensifying age-verification pressures.
  • The creators tie the narrative to the UK’s Online Safety Act, effective July 2025, which reporters note has sharply reduced Pornhub’s UK traffic.
  • New cast members include Max Minghella, Kiernan Shipka, Toheeb Jimoh, Charlie Heaton and Kal Penn alongside returning leads Myha’la and Marisa Abela.
  • Early reviews hail a darker, more ambitious shift beyond Pierpoint’s trading floor, with some critics noting late-season overreach and a threadbare finish.