VISA
North American Middle-Market Firms Signal Major Working Capital Expansion in 2026
January 12, 2026

The “2025–2026 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: North America Edition,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa, examines how middle-market companies across the United States and Canada are rethinking working capital as a strategic asset rather than as a defensive necessity. Based on a double-blind survey...

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SAP Product Chief Says Data Foundations, Not Storefronts, Now Define Retail Success
January 12, 2026

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Economy
Survey: 40% of Hourly Workers See No Benefit From Economic Growth
January 12, 2026

Liquidity stress in the U.S. economy is no longer a background condition. 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 Today. By...

CFO
Why Today’s CFO Is Part Economist, Strategist and Risk Officer
January 12, 2026

The CFO’s mandate has traditionally been to optimize within existing systems. Finance chiefs manage costs, allocate capital, forecast with increasing precision and ensure their company delivers predictable performance quarter after quarter. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

What's Trending
AI Doers Drown Out AI Naysayers
January 12, 2026

By the end of 2025, the conversation around autonomous AI changed in a way that had little to do with public debate and everything to do with use. In 2026, that shift makes the argument about AI hype largely irrelevant.

Walmart
Walmart Teams With Google to Promote ‘Agent-Led Commerce’
January 11, 2026

Walmart has launched an agentic commerce partnership with Google. 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 Today. By completing this form,...

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Agriculture Executives Move AI Into Farming’s Economic Core
January 11, 2026

At CES last week, executives from agriculture, genetics and crop-protection companies in a panel discussion described how artificial intelligence (AI) is moving upstream into the economic core of farming, reshaping decisions about what gets planted, where inputs are applied and how yields are maximized. Agriculture...

CFPB
CFPB Requests $145 Million in Funding After Court Order
January 11, 2026

Russell T. Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has requested a $145 million transfer from the Federal Reserve to fund the agency for the second quarter of fiscal 2026. The Jan. 9 request follows a federal judge’s order that CFPB...

Google
Google Debuts ‘Universal’ Protocol for Agentic Commerce
January 11, 2026

Google has launched an agentic commerce standard dubbed the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). 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 Today....