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Retail
AI Is the New Sales Associate in Physical Retail
April 10, 2026

Walk into a Guitar Center on a busy Saturday, and the sales floor tells the story. Associates are stretched thin, and customers face a choice: wait for help, or scan a QR code and get instant answers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

IPO
Blackstone Accelerates Push to Lead AI Infrastructure Boom
April 10, 2026

Alternative asset manager Blackstone is considering a $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) for an acquisition company that would buy data centers, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 10), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
Mastercard Sees Trust and Rail Convergence Shaping Commercial Payments
April 10, 2026

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Retail
The $42 Billion Checkout Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
April 10, 2026

“Embedded Offers: The Billion-Dollar Opportunity Inside Recent Consumer Spending” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and FIS. Based on a Census-balanced survey of 2,754 U.S. consumers conducted from Feb. 12–March 4, 2026, the report examines how shoppers discover, evaluate and redeem offers across grocery, retail and...

Regulation
New Stablecoin Rules Push Banks Into the Crypto Front Line
April 09, 2026

Rules governing stablecoins are taking concrete form, and the details suggest that banks and FinTechs will face a more exacting set of responsibilities than some may have anticipated. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
Collide Capital Secures $95 Million to Scale Enterprise Software Startups
April 09, 2026

Early-stage venture firm Collide Capital has raised an oversubscribed $95 million Fund II that will back FinTech, supply chain and “future of work” companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Walmart’s OnePay Expands Into HR With Workday Deal
April 09, 2026

Walmart-backed OnePay is making a push beyond consumer finance and into the workplace, striking a new partnership with Workday that puts its financial tools directly inside employer benefit systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payments Innovation
PayPal Embeds Payment Links Into Canva Designs
April 09, 2026

PayPal now enables users of the global visual communication platform Canva to accept payments directly from their digital or printed designs. 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...

Cross-border Payments
Fed Rewrites Rules to Bring Cross-Border Payments to FedNow
April 08, 2026

The Federal Reserve Board proposed Wednesday (April 8) that U.S. banks and credit unions be allowed to use intermediaries to transfer funds through the FedNow® Service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...