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Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
SMBs
Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do

Authentication
Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do
AI Finds the Cracks Between Login and Payment

Cybersecurity
AI Finds the Cracks Between Login and Payment
Merchants Face Smarter Shoppers Who Know Which Payment Button to Press

BNPL
Merchants Face Smarter Shoppers Who Know Which Payment Button to Press
75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working

Consumer Insights
75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
Hollywood Laughs at AI Joke as Industry Confronts Real Change

artificial intelligence
Hollywood Laughs at AI Joke as Industry Confronts Real Change
Trade Disruptions Tie Up Cash and Test CFO Playbooks

Supply Chain
Trade Disruptions Tie Up Cash and Test CFO Playbooks

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Beyond Cash: What Drives SMB Payment Change
Travel Firms Embrace Embedded Wallets to Boost Revenue and Conversion - March 2026
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How Enterprises Can Build a ’Know Your Agent’ Defense - March 2026

Antitrust & Competition Policy

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White House, GOP Again Trying to Enact Federal Preemption of State AI Laws More Than 20 States Now Have Privacy Laws. Is Your Company Keeping Up?  Proposal Calls for Treating Digital Platform Design Standards Like Physical Infrastructure Europe's Cybersecurity Clock Is Ticking. Here's What Companies Need to Know
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Artificial Intelligence

World and Coinbase Turn AI Agents Into Trusted Shoppers
Microsoft Combining Commercial and Consumer AI Efforts
Mastercard Unveils Gen AI Model as Insights Engine for Commerce
Visa Launches Agentic Ready Program to Help Banks Test AI Payments
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Editor's Picks

Services Carry the Economy While Shoppers Skip Big Purchases
NYC Lawmakers Target Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage as Restaurants Warn of Job Cuts
The New FinTech Scorecard Starts With a Bank Charter
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Data Point

54% of B2B Platforms Report Revenue Gains From Embedded Finance
71% of Services Firms Cite AI Skill Gaps
68% of Banks Turn to AI as Fraud Outpaces Rule-Based Systems
98% of US Product Leaders Expect Gen AI to Improve Workflows
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B2B PAYMENTS

Mastercard Buys BVNK in $1.8 Billion Bet on Stablecoin Settlement
IRS Warns of Most Dangerous 2026 Tax Scams Targeting SMBs
Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
OpenAI Plans $10 Billion in Partnerships With PE Firms
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RETAIL

China’s JD.Com Brings eCommerce Platform to EU and UK
Target Accelerates Growth Plan With Price Cuts
42% of Power Users Say They Now Use Search Less
Amazon Opens Its Platform While Walmart Automates Its Warehouses
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Grocery

75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
eCommerce Emerges as Bright Spot Amid Overall Retail Sales Dip
Kroger’s New CEO Bets on Deals, AI and eCommerce to Boost Sales
Grocery Battle Shifts to Loyalty as Walmart Dominates and Amazon Expands Digital
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Restaurants

NYC Lawmakers Target Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage as Restaurants Warn of Job Cuts
Papa Johns Thinks the Next Great Pizza Topping Is Software
eCommerce Emerges as Bright Spot Amid Overall Retail Sales Dip
Fast Food Chains Put AI to Work
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Healthcare

75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
Algorithms Now Argue Over Your Medical Bill
Microsoft Debuts AI Tool to Analyze Users’ Medical Records
AI Deployed by Both Hospitals and Insurers in Payment War
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Regions Bank Names Jay Darnell as Head of Commercial Card and Fintech Enablement
From Accounts to Tokens: The Next Evolution of Global Payment Infrastructure
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The Next Battle in Credit Won’t Be for Top of Wallet
Welcome to the Transactional Economy
The Three Blind Spots in How Consumer Sentiment Is Measured
What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
Big Tech Faces the AI Innovator’s Dilemma.
How Affordability Became America’s Conversation
What 2026 Will Make Obvious

Latest Trackers®

Hero image for the PYMNTS Intelligence and The Clearing House March 2026 Real-Time Payments Tracker. Real-time payments are shifting from faster funds to strategic infrastructure, enhancing cash control, certainty and customer experience.
Real-Time Payments
Beyond Speed: The Strategic Value of Real-Time Payments
The Credit Reset: How Unified Platforms Are Replacing Legacy Lending Infrastructure
Embedding Security: Designing Fraud Risk Out of Business Transactions
A Tale of Two Mindsets: How CUs and FinTechs Can Turn Culture Clash Into Collaboration
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Active Study
Travel Firms Embrace Embedded Wallets to Boost Revenue and Conversion - March 2026
Waiting for Certainty: Why Most CFOs Are Holding Back on Crypto and Stablecoins
How Enterprises Can Build a ’Know Your Agent’ Defense - March 2026
Consumer Wallet Reset: How Amazon Wins Discretionary Spend and Walmart Holds Necessities
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Regulations


Personnel
SEC Enforcement Director Exits After 6 Months
CFTC Aims to Clear Path for Prediction Market Boom
FDIC Moves to Exclude Stablecoins From Deposit Insurance
How the Financial Sector Views Kraken’s ‘We’re the Bankers Now’ Claim
March Madness 2026: AI and Prediction Markets Replace the Office Pool
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Connected Economy

Amazon
Amazon
Amazon Streamlines Direct Sales for Merchants
Anthropic Launches Claude Marketplace for Business AI Tools
Amazon’s eero Ensures Smart Homes Stay Online
Search Is Having Its New Haircut, New Me Moment
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SMB

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Fraud Prevention
IRS Warns of Most Dangerous 2026 Tax Scams Targeting SMBs
Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
Mastercard Gives Hong Kong Banks X-Border Payments Help for SMBs
Mastercard Offers Small Businesses Insights From Virtual CFO
Affiniti Teams With Column to Scale SMB Card Offering
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Regulation
SEC Prepares Proposal Ending Mandatory Quarterly Reporting
Walmart's PhonePe Says War Has Halted IPO Plans
Vivid Seats Cuts Costs as Net Losses Mount
Dollar General Logs 7 Million App Users as Consumers Shop Digitally
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Cryptocurrency


Cryptocurrency
PayPal Scales PYUSD Stablecoin to Reach 70 Countries
Mastercard Buys BVNK in $1.8 Billion Bet on Stablecoin Settlement
Ripple Launches Cross-Border Payments Expansion in Brazil
Citi Downgrades Crypto Outlook as Digital Asset Legislation Slows
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Banking

Bank of England
Bank Regulation
UK Debuts Rules to Protect Lenders Against Bank Runs
Washington Eyes a National Framework for Financial Data Sharing
Visa Launches Agentic Ready Program to Help Banks Test AI Payments
Chat-First Finance: Malaysia’s Ryt Bank Replaces Menus With AI
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TechREG®

Congress, House of Representatives
Blockchain
Witnesses Fault ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ of Digital Assets at Congressional Hearing
SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape
Report: UK Orders Apple to Allow Access to User Data
How US Stablecoin Regulation Could Change the Game for Global Payments
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