Credit cards remain central to how consumers navigate everyday financial demands, especially when prices, income cycles and needs do not always align. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence research, done in collaboration with i2c, shows consumers use cards to balance liquidity, plan purchases and improve credit standing,...
Visa has partnered with Aquanow to provide stablecoin settlement capabilities across the Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Bank of America strategists reportedly expect consumers’ growing use of prediction markets and sports gambling sites to create new credit risk for lenders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Walmart is reportedly considering placing ads in its artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, Sparky. 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...
Two major artificial intelligence (AI) releases landed less than a week apart. Google introduced Gemini 3 on Nov. 18, presenting the model as a major step forward in multimodal reasoning and visual understanding. PYMNTS reported that the launch marked a deeper shift in Google’s approach...
Prediction market Polymarket said Tuesday (Nov. 25) that it received an approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that positions the company to return to the United States under a fully regulated exchange structure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center is cautioning the public that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions to steal money or information from individuals, businesses and organizations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Researchers at Imperial College London and Ant Group, part of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group, introduced a new method for training groups of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to work together on complex tasks, presenting a framework that coordinates a main agent that plans steps and...
This time last year, bitcoin was topping $90,000 and flirting with all-time-high valuations. For cryptocurrency traders and blockchain maximalists, the Thanksgiving dinner table was likely one full of braggadocio and “I told you so’s” as they urged their family members not to miss out on...
