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Retail
Inside Amazon and Walmart’s Billion-Dollar Race to Win the Last Mile
April 18, 2025

In environments like today’s, reactive operations might as well be useless ones. By the time they take effect, it is often already too late. As the news this week from both Amazon and Walmart spotlight, against the backdrop of today’s dynamic landscape, innovation must become hardwired...

Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Gains 3.3% as Pay Later Continues Its Upward March
April 18, 2025

The FinTech IPO Index continued to gain ground, coming off of double-digit gains last week, adding 3.3% through the past five days. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Cross-border Payments
Singapore Businesses Embrace Digital Wallets, Consumers Still Catching Up
April 18, 2025

Cross-border payments may sound simple, but their reality is anything but. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

CFPB
Reports: CFPB Laying Off 90% of Staff
April 17, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is reportedly in the process of laying off 1,500 employees, which will reduce the agency’s staff to 200. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Retail
Retailers ‘Uncharacteristically Blunt’ in Telling Customers Tariffs Will Raise Prices
April 17, 2025

Some retailers are reportedly being “uncharacteristically blunt” in sharing with customers the impact new U.S. tariffs are having on the prices of their products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
Tech Redefines Finance This Week in B2B
April 17, 2025

Navigating uncertainty demands an uncompromising approach. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

Banking
KeyCorp’s Commercial Payments Business Grows Despite Macro Uncertainty
April 17, 2025

KeyCorp’s latest earnings results showed growth in deposits, while management pointed to momentum in payments, including commercial payments, that should prove resilient even in the face of tariff-induced macroeconomic headwinds. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Security & Fraud
23andMe’s Data Security Catches Attention of House GOP
April 17, 2025

A trio of lawmakers want answers from 23andMe about the security of its customer data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Artificial Intelligence
From Buzzwords to Bottom Lines: Understanding the AI Model Types
April 17, 2025

There’s an alphabet soup of terms floating around when it comes to artificial intelligence models. There are foundation and frontier models, large and small language models, multimodal models — and the AI model term du jour, reasoning models. Get the Full Story Complete the form...