Year: 2025

Saks Considers Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as $100M Debt Payment Comes Due
Saks Considers Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as $100M Debt Payment Comes Due
December 23, 2025  |  Retail

Saks Global is considering bankruptcy while facing a $100 million-plus debt payment, Bloomberg reported Monday (Dec. 22). The luxury retail group is also mulling other...

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2025: Karen Webster on the Year in Payments and the AI Economy
2025: Karen Webster on the Year in Payments and the AI Economy
December 23, 2025  |  Karen Webster

Open these pages as you would open a door to a room where the future is already arguing with the present. My 2025 columns were...

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Real-Time Payments Stress-Test Bank Infrastructure
Real-Time Payments Stress-Test Bank Infrastructure
December 23, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Watch more: Need to Know: i2c’s Marjorie Tart Real-time payments are becoming a baseline expectation in a digital economy where consumers and businesses want money...

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In 2025 Card Networks Reshaped Commerce While Banks Rewired Payments
In 2025 Card Networks Reshaped Commerce While Banks Rewired Payments
December 23, 2025  |  Connected Economy

If there was a single through line in PYMNTS’ 2025 conversations with the major card networks, banks and FinTechs, it was that “payments” is no...

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Credit Unions Compete as Small Businesses Redefine the Banking Relationship
Credit Unions Compete as Small Businesses Redefine the Banking Relationship
December 23, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Throughout the banking history of the United States, credit unions have played a distinctive role in providing financial services to their local small- to medium-sized...

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More Than Half of All Suppliers Take Instant Payment When Offered
More Than Half of All Suppliers Take Instant Payment When Offered
December 23, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant payouts are no longer just about speed. They are reshaping how companies and consumers define an ongoing financial relationship. That is the central finding...

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Generative AI Forces Copyright and Antitrust to Collide
Generative AI Forces Copyright and Antitrust to Collide
December 23, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: TechReg Talks: Penn State’s Daryl Lim Copyright and antitrust have long operated in parallel, rarely intersecting in meaningful ways. Copyright law governs incentives...

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New Jersey Bill Would Require State to Offer Payments by Paper Check
New Jersey Bill Would Require State to Offer Payments by Paper Check
December 22, 2025  |  Payment Methods

The New Jersey State Senate passed a bill that allows the state’s residents and state employees to choose to receive certain state payments by paper...

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Coupang Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Violations After Data Breach
Coupang Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Violations After Data Breach
December 22, 2025  |  eCommerce

Coupang faces an investor class action lawsuit alleging that it violated securities laws after a data breach. The lawsuit was filed in California and alleges...

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