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Real-Time Payments World Map – September 2026
The Real-Time Payments World Map, a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the latest developments shaping the evolution and expansion of instant payments in Asia-Pacific and around the world.
Why Modern Issuing Platforms Will Determine Which AI Strategies Succeed
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from experimentation to practical deployment across financial services. As agentic models exceed merely generating recommendations, issuers are discovering that AI itself is no longer the limiting factor for autonomous action. AI readiness varies significantly across issuer segments. Digital banks, FinTech issuers and institutions operating modern cloud-native architectures often have greater […]
Credit as a Feature – July 2026
Credit is shedding its identity as a standalone product and becoming a feature that travels with the transaction—before, during or after a purchase. This installment of The Future of AI Credit, a collaboration with Thredd, shows how AI is making context-aware, transaction-level credit operationally real.
Global Digital Shopping Index: UAE Playbook – September 2026
PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed 1,270 UAE consumers to see how mobile tools, AI and payment choice are changing digital shopping. The findings show shoppers moving fast and merchants facing a short window to prepare for AI agents that can do more than recommend products.
Payments Execs Say AI Makes the Payment Invisible and the Data Priceless
The Intelligence Layer Around the Transaction Becomes a New Prize AI is reducing the cost of extracting meaning from enormous volumes of transaction data. That changes the competitive question from “Who processes the transaction?” to “Who owns enough context to interpret it?” “The content of what someone is buying is far more relevant and valuable […]
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At Your Service: Generative AI Arrives in Travel and Hospitality
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be an enormous boon to the travel and hospitality industries, particularly in areas like customer relations, schedule planning and back-end bookkeeping. Customer-facing roles show the most promise, with generative AI systems working to address traveler complaints or assist in tasks such as booking flights and accommodations. However, it is easy […]
Global Digital Shopping Index: UAE Playbook – September 2026
PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed 1,270 UAE consumers to see how mobile tools, AI and payment choice are changing digital shopping. The findings show shoppers moving fast and merchants facing a short window to prepare for AI agents that can do more than recommend products.