Payment Methods
eBay Invests in European Pay by Bank Network TrueLayer
February 19, 2026

Online retail platform eBay has invested in TrueLayer as part of a partnership with the Pay by Bank provider. 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...

Payments Innovation
What Happens When Embedded Finance Grows Up?
February 19, 2026

For more than two decades, financial technology companies have been racing to expand a financing model invented by General Motors over a century ago. The model established in‑house finance arms so that car buyers could get a loan at the dealership instead of trudging to...

Artificial Intelligence
Billion-Dollar Firms Swap AI Hype With Long-Term Capital Discipline, Data Shows
February 19, 2026

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Accounts Receivable
US and Canadian Middle-Market Firms Gain Working Capital Edge With AI Cash Forecasting
February 19, 2026

Cash is king when uncertainty reigns. But for many firms, profit is not disappearing due to macroeconomic forces alone. In many cases, it is being forfeited through slow processes, limited visibility and outdated assumptions about how their payments operations and accounts receivables (AR) functions must...

Bank Regulation
Data Aggregators Push Secure Access as Rule 1033 Rewrite Looms
February 19, 2026

Rule 1033 was supposed to be the moment U.S. open banking stopped being a patchwork of screen-scraping workarounds and became a regulated data right. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cryptocurrency
Legal Experts Say Shifting Federal Stance on Digital Assets Puts Bank Charters Back in Play
February 19, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
Regulatory Concerns Temper Agentic AI Adoption Across the Tech Sector, PYMNTS Finds
February 19, 2026

The fastest way to spot where agentic artificial intelligence will land next is to watch the technology sector, where it is already being built and tested. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Earnings
AI Cuts Booking Holdings Customer Service Costs 10% as Volumes Rise
February 18, 2026

Generative artificial intelligence enabled Booking Holdings to reduce its customer service costs year over year, even as the company handled 10% more bookings, Booking Holdings Chief Financial Officer Ewout Steenbergen said Wednesday (Feb. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Earnings
Carvana’s Comeback Narrative Tested by Accounting Scrutiny, Profitability Metrics
February 18, 2026

Investors were looking for answers during Carvana’s fourth quarter 2025 earnings call Wednesday (Feb. 18). And while they didn’t find them, the absence of a clear answer was, for many, answer enough. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...