July 17, 2026
Study: Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction

The operating assumption in card issuing is that better technology should produce better economics. Card issuers have largely won the technology-access battle. Instant issuance, mobile wallet provisioning, real-time fraud controls...

July 17, 2026
From Asset to Everyday Money: Making Digital Currencies Spendable

Digital assets have moved beyond their origins as investment vehicles. Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins first gained attention as new asset classes, but now consumers, businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are asking...

July 16, 2026
Uber Launches $14.8 Billion Bid for Delivery Hero in Landmark...

Uber Technologies has launched a formal takeover offer for Germany’s Delivery Hero valued at approximately $14.8 billion, a transaction that would significantly reshape the global food-delivery industry and likely trigger...

July 16, 2026
Credit Cards Start Picking Up the AI Tab

Credit card rewards have always tracked what consumers value most. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

July 16, 2026
Antitrust Similarities and Differences Between Browser Competition and AI Competition

In both the 1990s browser competition and today’s generative AI competition, there was a first-mover disruption by an upstart (Netscape, OpenAI), which prompted an aggressive “code red” response by large...

July 15, 2026
Revolut Gets Preliminary UAE Crypto License Nod Weeks After Banking...

Revolut furthered its expansion strategy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by gaining in-principle approval to provide crypto services in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

July 14, 2026
HP India, Resellers Fined After Watchdog Finds Bid-Rigging in Government...

India’s competition regulator has ordered HP India and a group of its channel partners to halt anti-competitive practices and pay financial penalties after concluding they manipulated bidding processes on the...

July 14, 2026
Goldman’s $20 Billion Quarter Powered by Banking’s New AI Flywheel

The most recent earnings period shows that when capital markets become unusually active, leading banks are looking to monetize nearly every stage of that activity. Get the Full Story Complete...

July 14, 2026
The Incremental Imperative: Why Debit Innovation Is the New Standard...

Debit has long been one of the most familiar payment products in the consumer wallet. That familiarity, however, has also made it easy to underestimate. For decades, debit cards have...