Accounts Payable
Data Silos, Meet GenAI: The Next Frontier for CFOs Seeking AP Excellence
March 27, 2025

CFOs and payments leaders are faced with a challenge. To unlock the true potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in areas like accounts payable (AP), they must rethink how new systems interact with their existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, ensuring that innovation does not come...

Buy Now Pay Later
Affirm’s Levchin Sees Company Becoming the American Express of Buy Now, Pay Later
March 27, 2025

The lure of paying over time lies with the predictability of the repayment. 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....

Disbursements
New Data Shows Dramatic Consumer Shift on Instant Digital Disbursements
March 27, 2025

Even as an executive order mandating digital disbursements from the U.S. Treasury gains momentum, data from a new report underscores a powerful undercurrent reshaping financial disbursements: the escalating consumer demand for instant payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Credit Unions
64% of Credit Unions Plan to Offer Biometrics Authentication
March 27, 2025

As is the case with any entity, banks’ relationship with their end customers is only as strong as the trust that exists between the two, and in satisfying the priorities of their members. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Retail
Petco Sharpens Focus on Digital Experience Amid Brand Reinvention
March 26, 2025

Petco is working to enhance the omnichannel capabilities and digital experience it offers customers as part of “Phase 2” of its effort to reinvent its brand and position itself to regain market share. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Politics
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on Imported Automobiles and Parts
March 26, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday (March 26) that imposes 25% tariffs on imports of automobiles and certain auto parts, according to a thread posted on X by the White House’s Rapid Response 47 account. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

artificial intelligence
AI Models and Tools: Amazon’s New ‘Interests’ Tool for Shoppers; ChatGPT Gets Image Upgrade
March 26, 2025

Consumers are used to product recommendations from eCommerce sites that are based on their history of purchases. Amazon is expanding this concept to suggest a shopper’s next buy based on their passions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

artificial intelligence
Alibaba Cloud Launches Compact, Multimodal AI Model
March 26, 2025

Alibaba Cloud has launched a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model that can process inputs in the form of text, images, audio and video, and can generate real-time responses in the form of text and natural speech. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

CFPB
House Hearing on CFPB Blasts Agency’s Structure and Claims Regulatory Overreach
March 26, 2025

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Wednesday (March 26) at a Capitol Hill hearing that the agency needs a restructuring, and has engaged in what they call “regulatory overreach” that merits a revisiting of its funding structure as well. Get the Full...