Somewhere between the last peppermint latte and the first “dry January” seltzer, the consumer psyche performs an elegant pivot: from recovering to romancing. Valentine’s Day is the annual reminder that love may be priceless, but the surrounding ecosystem is extremely price-discoverable, highly shoppable and increasingly optimized for impulse...
Extended households have become a defining feature of U.S. consumer finance, even as they remain underrepresented in traditional financial models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
A New Year brings new beginnings. For the B2B freight and logistics landscape, those new beginnings have been simmering in the background ever since President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, in combination with other macro factors, worked to upend the old assumptions underpinning much of the...
Fiserv and Mastercard expanded their partnership to support agentic commerce, as payments companies move to establish how artificial intelligence systems can securely initiate and complete transactions on behalf of consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
A federal court has approved a settlement in which Disney will pay $10 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated children’s privacy laws. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to reshape commercial real estate—not through futuristic smart buildings, but by automating the manual back-office work that underpins valuations, underwriting, leasing and property operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Commerce Bancshares, the parent company of Commerce Bank, has completed its previously announced acquisition of FineMark Holdings, the parent company of FineMark National Bank & Trust. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
For much of the past decade, artificial intelligence has been concentrated in the cloud. Large models trained and run in centralized data centers have powered chatbots, enterprise tools and consumer applications, but that approach comes with trade-offs. Cloud dependence introduces latency, increases infrastructure costs and...
Saks Global Executive Chairman Richard Baker has assumed the additional role of CEO amid reports that the luxury retail company is considering bankruptcy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
