Professionals in payments, FinTech and the digital economy already face crowded calendars and a nonstop flow of industry information. Conferences often promise insight but often deliver conversations heavy on sales and marketing pitches and light on the content that inspires thought-provoking conversations about how to...
For years, embedded finance simmered in the background of digital transformation. It was an intriguing but optional layer of functionality that allowed companies to process payments, move money or experiment with banking-grade features without becoming banks themselves. As 2025 turns toward 2026, that era is...
Even the most successful card issuers cannot rest on their laurels. Sustained excellence demands continuous innovation and an expanding array of offerings to keep end users engaged and loyal. The July 2025 PYMNTS Data Book, an analysis stemming from a PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa DPS...
Watch more: Need to Know: Maverick Payments’ Justin Downey Merchants, independent software vendors (ISVs), independent sales organizations (ISOs) and financial institutions (FIs) all play vital roles in the payment ecosystem. Those roles used to overlap or compete, but today they increasingly depend on one another...
U.S. Bank Avvance launched a new developer portal that enables its partner financial institutions and FinTechs to provide their customers with embedded financing options. With the new API-driven integration options offered through the portal, institutions can embed point-of-sale financing into their platforms and tailor it...
Embedded finance is no longer a trend. It’s the next competitive frontier. A new PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with Green Dot reveals that nearly every major company has already embedded financial services into their platforms to deepen customer engagement, strengthen loyalty and accelerate...
MrBeast may be preparing to lend his name to a range of financial services. The YouTube star, whose real name is James Donaldson, filed an application to trademark “MrBeast Financial.” Filed Monday (Oct. 13) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the application seeks the...
PYMNTS announced Wednesday (Oct. 15) the launch of the PYMNTS Intelligence Data Lab, a new platform that gives executives direct access to the proprietary research and data that power PYMNTS’ Trendscapes reports. PYMNTS Trendscapes are a series of 11 reports that benchmark consumer, business and...
Watch more: Need to Know: Priority, Sean Kiewiet Modern commerce has never offered customers more ways to pay or get paid. From cards, ACH, wires, real-time payments, wallets, cryptocurrency and cross-border rails, the menu keeps expanding. For merchants and platforms, that optionality is a competitive...