Travel Payments
AI Travel Agents Pack a Threat for Travel Aggregators
June 22, 2026

Agentic AI is moving into tourism faster than most of the industry expected. Agents can now query availability, compare prices across carriers and hotels, apply traveler preferences, and in some cases complete a booking without a human clicking a single button. For an industry built...

Consumer Finance
Banks and FinTechs Race to Own the Labor Economy Paycheck Gap
June 22, 2026

The old assumption in consumer finance is that when households run short, they turn to their bank. 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...

SMBs
3.2% Growth Shows Main Street Still Has Bright Spots
June 22, 2026

Main Street businesses are losing momentum, but planned and recurring services are still finding room to grow. 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...

Mastercard
Mastercard Wants to Teach AI Agents How to Spend
June 22, 2026

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eCommerce
Smallbatch Pets Finds a Prime Day Edge in AI
June 22, 2026

Prime Day is built for scale. Smallbatch Pets is built around the opposite idea: raw and freeze-dried pet food made in small batches from humanely raised meats and organic produce. From June 23 through June 26, the brand born in a San Francisco flat will use...

Markets
Polymarket Reportedly Paid Creators to Promote Fake Wins
June 21, 2026

Polymarket reportedly paid content creators to film themselves making fake trades and scoring phony wins. 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,...

Artificial Intelligence
Google’s Nobel-Winning AI Expert Departing for Anthropic
June 21, 2026

John Jumper, a Nobel Prize-winning Google DeepMind artificial intelligence scientist, is leaving the company for Anthropic. 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...

Consumer Payments
Turkish FinTech Midas Targets Consumer Payments Business
June 21, 2026

Midas has reportedly applied to Turkey’s central bank for an electronic money institution license. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Brands Employing AI-Created Influencers on Social Media 
June 21, 2026

Brands have reportedly begun using artificial intelligence-generated influencers to promote products on social media. 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...