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AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
For two decades, retail discovery has rewarded whatever already sold. A product with more buyers gets more visibility, more visibility brings more buyers, and the cycle repeats. Popular items get...
August 13, 2026
Klarna Launches New Membership Tiers With Fee Cuts and Higher...
Global digital bank and flexible payments provider Klarna has revamped its membership tiers in Europe, adding new perks, removing service fees and increasing cash-back rewards, the company said in a...
August 12, 2026
Flywire and Trustly Bring Open Banking Partnership to US
Flywire is expanding support for open banking payments in the U.S. and Canada. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
August 12, 2026
AI Agents Just Got Their Own Company Credit Cards
Mercury this week gave artificial intelligence agents something companies routinely give new employees: a corporate card of their own. Extending that perk to an agent, not a person, is new....
August 12, 2026
Bitwise Slashes 14% of Staff Amid Crypto Prices Downturn
Bitwise has reportedly cut 14% of its staff amid an ongoing downturn in cryptocurrency prices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
August 11, 2026
French Publishers Seek Antitrust Action Against Google Over AI Search...
French publishers are pressing the country’s competition regulator to intervene in Google’s use of artificial intelligence-generated news summaries, escalating a long-running dispute over how technology platforms use and compensate media...
August 11, 2026
Alkami Puts Digital Banking Business up for Sale
Digital banking software firm Alkami Technology has reportedly put itself up for sale. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
August 11, 2026
71% of Stablecoin Holders Would Spend Them With a Debit...
Digital assets may be winning consumers’ attention, but a 14-percentage-point gap shows they haven’t yet won the checkout. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
August 10, 2026
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting Credit Glory Operations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has secured a federal court order that temporarily halts what the agency alleges is a bogus credit repair scheme run by Credit Glory, 16 related...
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
The features subscription providers offer can determine whether a subscriber stays loyal or jumps ship. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest decision guide, “The Retail Subscription Features That Make Top-Performing Merchants,” a collaboration with sticky.io and based on surveys of 2,011 consumers and 188 merchants, provides a comprehensive outline for how subscription providers can push their businesses to the top.