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Cross-border Payments
Citi Wants the World’s Payment Systems to Finally Learn to Talk to Each Other
November 13, 2025

The past decade has transformed cross-border payments from a slow, opaque process into one that is faster, cheaper and increasingly transparent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
Compliance Becomes the New Competitive Edge in Embedded Finance
November 13, 2025

“Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Marqeta, explores how retailers are transforming payments from a back-end function into a front-line growth strategy. The study finds that embedded finance has become a core competitive lever for modern...

Payments Innovation
Top Issuers See Flex Credentials as Strategy to Stop Churn
November 13, 2025

Even the most successful card issuers cannot rest on their laurels. 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...

Retail
Beauty Industry Gets Its AI Makeover
November 12, 2025

From foundation matching and real-time consultations to generative marketing and supply chain forecasting, artificial intelligence (AI) is getting integrated into nearly every part of the beauty business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Target Turns to AI to Spruce Up Holiday Shopping
November 12, 2025

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. 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....

Artificial Intelligence
Alipay+ Adds Biometric Payment Authentication to Smartglasses
November 12, 2025

Ant International’s Alipay+ has added iris authentication features to its smartglasses-embedded payment solution. 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....

B2B Payments
Earnings Season Signals CFO Shift Toward Time to Cash and Embedded Payments
November 12, 2025

Third-quarter earnings season offered an unexpected storyline of the ascent of platforms that don’t just move money but build ecosystems around it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Needs Spatial Intelligence for Next Leap, Experts Say
November 12, 2025

Fei-Fei Li, known as the “godmother of AI,” argues that the current era of artificial intelligence (AI), dominated by large language models and image classifiers, has reached its limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payments Innovation
Maverick Bets on Humans and Machines to Share the Rails
November 12, 2025

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