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The Friction Economy: Why Gen Z Is Trading Smartphones for Dumb Devices
There’s a special look kids give a floppy disk. They turn it over, tap the little metal shutter, and then ask, politely but devastatingly: “So where do you plug in the Wi‑Fi?” It’s the same energy adults bring to a rotary phone: reverence, confusion and the suspicion that someone is filming a prank video. After […]
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73% of Microbusinesses Say Real-Time Payments Improve Cash Flow
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- The Friction Economy: Why Gen Z Is Trading Smartphones for Dumb Devices3 hours ago
- Virgin Media O2 Bets on Affirm to Fuel Hardware Sales 10 hours ago
- Early Buying Spree Cannibalizes Fourth Quarter Car Sales10 hours ago
- AI Enters the Race at the Winter Olympic Games10 hours ago
- Apple Opens CarPlay to AI Rivals Following Driver Demand11 hours ago
- Home Depot AI Battles for the Pro Wallet12 hours ago
- Credit Data Shows Spending Discipline as Card Balances Rise12 hours ago
- Google World Model AI Accelerates Waymo Robotaxi Expansion13 hours ago
- San Francisco Fed Chief Spots Risky Economic Disconnect14 hours ago
- Gemini Slashes Staff and Exits Europe to Chase Prediction Market Profits15 hours ago
- Goldman Sachs Lets AI Agents Do Accounting and Compliance Work16 hours ago
- Crypto.com CEO Launches Platform to Mainstream Personal AI Agents17 hours ago
- What AI Delivers Versus What It Doesn’t for B2B Payments17 hours ago
- Consumer Sentiment Improves but Workers See Little Income Growth Ahead17 hours ago
- SoftBank Earnings Results Could Clarify $30 Billion OpenAI Funding Rumors19 hours ago
- Amazon Leverages New Tax Laws to Fuel AI Buildout20 hours ago
- Stablecoin Weekly: Bitcoin, Meme Coins Plunge While Blockchain Goes Corporate20 hours ago
- Bank of America Warns Middle Class Wages Are Stalling21 hours ago
- Apple Scales Back AI Health Coach Plans1 day ago
- Citi Argues Tokenized Deposits Belong at the Core of Finance1 day ago
- Nearly Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Turn to FinTechs to Upgrade Core Products1 day ago
- 73% of Microbusinesses Say Real-Time Payments Improve Cash Flow1 day ago
- Paysafe CEO Says Pandemic Accelerated Payments Shift by Five Years1 day ago
- Small Businesses Dump Manual Workflows for BILL AI Tools1 day ago
Search Is Having Its New Haircut, New Me Moment
Search used to be a simple transaction: you typed “best tacos near me,” the internet shrugged, and 10 blue links politely fought to the death. Now search is more like a conversation with a caffeinated concierge who answers your question, summarizes three articles you didn’t read, and gently suggests you “refine your prompt.” Get the […]
- Google Expands Personal Intelligence Feature to AI Mode in Search
- Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
- What Agentic Commerce Can Learn From B2B Payments
- Retailers Prepare for Agent-Driven Shopping at Scale
- Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Competitive Landscape
About Connected Economy
The Connected Economy is everywhere. And it’s changing how people, businesses and governments interact within and across once-separate silos. Connected devices and new technology are blurring the lines between how we pay, bank, communicate, travel, live, eat, shop, work, have fun and stay healthy. Payments is the horizonal that is enabling new business models and creating new experience-centered ecosystems.
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Companies Pivot to Higher-Income Consumers as Middle-Class Spending Drops
- Walmart Hits $1 Trillion as Amazon Bets on Alexa+ as Super Agent
- Peloton Misses Q2 Revenue as Equipment Sales Lag, Profitability Improves
- Target’s New CEO Says Technology Is a Top Priority
- Walmart Names New CEO as Retail Moves From Shelves to Software
- PepsiCo Cuts Snack Prices as Affordability Pressures Reshape Grocery Spending
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What AI Delivers Versus What It Doesn’t for B2B Payments
- Small Businesses Dump Manual Workflows for BILL AI Tools
- Why Businesses Are Replacing Checks With Virtual Cards and ACH
- WEX Sees Virtual Card and Accounts Payable Solutions Offset Flat Mobility
- OpenAI Targets Enterprise Market With New AI Agent Platform
- Bitcoin to Zero? ‘Big Short’ Investor Flags Crypto’s Death Spiral Risk
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Brazil FinTech PicPay Files for US IPO as Profits Surge
- US Puts Tech Deal With UK on Hold
- EU Banks Increase Their Dependence on American Dollars
- Robinhood to Offer Futures Trading in UK
- FSB ‘Unlikely’ to Make 2027 X-Border Payment Deadline
- Deutsche Bank Says Regulation Rollback Gives US Lenders an Advantage
Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
Nearly three-quarters of credit cardholders who requested a limit increase and were denied turned to installment plans as an alternative source of credit, revealing how rejection decisions push consumers toward competing financial products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no […]
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Fiserv: Consumers Shifting Focus to Essential Spending
- NCR Voyix: Digital Banking Growth Leads Software and Services Segment Higher
- Kroger’s Sushi Sales Blur Line Between Grocery Stores and Restaurants
- QSRs Bring the Picnic to a Beach Umbrella Near You This Summer
- 10 Years and 5 Billion Orders Later, DoorDash Expands to More On-Demand Categories
- DoorDash Adds SNAP EBT Acceptance to Win Low-Income Shoppers’ Grocery Loyalty
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Apple Scales Back AI Health Coach Plans
- Gen Z Wants to Use Smartphones to Pay Their Doctors
- Lotus Health AI Raises $41 Million to Build AI-Powered Model for Primary Care
- Humana Unveils AI-Powered Agent Assist Built With Google Cloud
- Inside Healthcare’s AI Playbook for Claims Denials
- Walmart Bets on Healthcare as Amazon Swings Hard at Grocery
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Stablecoin Weekly: Bitcoin, Meme Coins Plunge While Blockchain Goes Corporate
- Tether Invests $100 Million in Crypto Bank Anchorage Digital
- Bitcoin to Zero? ‘Big Short’ Investor Flags Crypto’s Death Spiral Risk
- Stripe’s Stablecoin Expansion Faces Sanctions Scrutiny
- How Banking-Grade Crypto Is Replacing Bitcoin’s Cowboy Finance
- NymCard and Visa Launch Stablecoin Settlement in GCC Region
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Citi Argues Tokenized Deposits Belong at the Core of Finance
- Nubank to Challenge US and Asian Banks With Lean Digital Model
- Industrial Loan Charters Take Center Stage as De Novo Banking Makes a Comeback
- Bessent Proposes Unlimited Insurance for Business Checking Accounts
- Santander to Expand in US by Acquiring Connecticut-Based Webster Bank
- FinTechs and Community Banks Tell OCC to Open the Data Pipes
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Checks, Not Instant Payments, Pose the Biggest Fraud Risk
Instant payments adoption continues to rise, but fraud concerns remain a powerful brake on momentum. As artificial intelligence drives more sophisticated attacks, businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are reassessing how risk factors into real-time money movement. While speed and liquidity are widely recognized benefits of instant payments, many organizations remain cautious, questioning whether real-time rails […]
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