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March 25, 2024
Digital Public Infrastructure Efforts Promise Safer, Connected Spaces

As societies become increasingly interconnected and reliant on digital tools, governments are recognizing the need to adapt and innovate to meet the evolving needs of their citizens. In this context,...


February 22, 2024
Lawmakers “Move Fast and Break Things” when Regulating Social Media,...

“Move fast and break things” is the infamous onetime motto of social media giant Facebook. It also describes the American government’s approach toward regulating social media. When embraced by lawmakers,...


February 14, 2024
Fed’s Michael Barr Uncertain If Economy Can Have Soft Landing

It’s still too early to determine if the economy can have a soft landing, Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, said Wednesday (Feb. 14). Speaking at the National Association...


January 28, 2024
Report Highlights Successes in Enforcing Antitrust Rules in the Pharmaceutical...

In a recent report, the European Commission has shed light on the significant strides made in enforcing antitrust and merger rules within the pharmaceutical sector from 2018 to 2022. The...


December 21, 2023
New Car Sales Expected to Reach Highest Level Since 2019 

The automotive industry in the United States is reportedly set to experience a slight increase in new car sales in 2024.  Industry analysts’ projections indicate a year-over-year growth rate ranging...


September 14, 2023
IRS Boosts Safeguards on Tax Credit to Prevent PPP-Like Fraud

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has placed a moratorium on processing new claims for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a pandemic-era relief program, aiming to prevent a recurrence of the sort of fraud that...


July 31, 2023
Patient Access and Quality Care: Post-pandemic Regulation of Telemedicine in...

In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic served as an unexpected but important stress test for telemedicine. In an effort to protect medical patients and staff, and to provide care...


July 31, 2023
Practicing Telehealth Post-public Health Emergency

On May 11, 2023, the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) officially expired, bringing with it an end to the many regulatory waivers and flexibilities put in place to ease access...


July 23, 2023
‘Barbenheimer’ Gives Theater Owners a $235 Million Dream Weekend

“Barbie” is the queen of the box office, giving theaters their best opening weekend since 2019. Director Greta Gerwig’s film based on Mattel’s most famous toy took in $155 million...


AML/KYC

Report: Real-Time Transaction Analysis Helps Firms Root Out Fraud, Money Laundering

Any effort to stop money laundering has to address the root cause of the fraud that underpins it. In this month’s “AML/KYC Tracker®,” a PYMNTS and Trulioo collaboration, Max von Both, senior vice president of compliance at payments provider Paysafe, explains how real-time transaction analysis helps stop fraud at its point of origin while dismantling the money laundering it enables.

The New Digital Consumer
The PYMNTS COVID Data Compendium: The Past, Present and Future of the New Digital Consumer As mass vaccinations get underway, consumers are starting to ponder a future beyond the pandemic — which includes hanging onto many of their digital-first habits. In The New Digital Consumer, PYMNTS profiles this new digital consumer, assembled from 10repeated observations of a national sample of more than 21,600 consumers over the past year to examine how their newfound digital preferences will shape the post-pandemic economy.