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Social Commerce
Platforms Put Creators’ Financial Success on Fast Track

The creator economy landscape is rapidly evolving, with platforms and companies...

11 mins ago
Retail
Estée Lauder Targets New Customers With Amazon Storefront, ‘Creator Council’

Estée Lauder Companies’ debut of its first brand on the U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store...

34 mins ago
Earnings
Kraft Heinz Sales Dip as Lower-Income Consumers Feel Squeezed

Cautious lower-income consumers and slower restaurant sales are squeezing Kraft Heinz. The...

38 mins ago
Regulation
Report: Block Faces DOJ Probe Over Alleged Compliance Lapses

Block, owner of Cash App and Square, is reportedly facing a Department of Justice investigation. Federal...

46 mins ago
artificial intelligence
Anthropic Launches Claude Chatbot App, Expands Enterprise Offering

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is launching its first smartphone app...

55 mins ago
SMBs
68% of Main Street SMBs Leveraging Social Media See Increasing...

Since April 2021, most Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs)...

1 hour ago
Fraud Prevention
Consumers Demand Anti-Fraud Tools From eCommerce Merchants

As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more...

2 hours ago
Accounts Payable
Unimarket Introduces ‘AP Payments as a Service’ for US Customers

Unimarket has introduced its fully managed accounts payable (AP) payments service, Unimarket Payments,...

2 hours ago
Earnings
CVS Q1 Earnings Take A Hit From Insurance Venture

The volatile consumer healthcare sector showed up big in CVS’ Q1 earnings...

2 hours ago
Economy
US Construction Spending Sees Unexpected Drop in March

Construction spending in the U.S. declined unexpectedly in March after being...

2 hours ago
B2B Payments
B2B Virtual Cards Move Buyer-Supplier Relationships From Manual to Meaningful

Building a successful business rarely happens on an island or in a vacuum. Typically,...

3 hours ago
ResTech
Toast Debuts Restaurant Marketing Tools as Diners Show Caution

Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools....

3 hours ago
Streaming
Peacock’s Price Hike Hints at Delicate Balancing Act for Streaming...

Peacock, the streaming service owned by Comcast’s NBCUniversal, continues to demonstrate strong appeal,...

3 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Launches iOS App Featuring AI Chatbot Claude

Anthropic launched an iOS app featuring its artificial intelligence chatbot, Claude. The app...

3 hours ago
B2B Payments
Expensify Launches Expense Tracking Features for Self-Employed Professionals

Expensify has added expense tracking features for self-employed professionals to the...

4 hours ago
Security & Fraud
UnitedHealth Still ‘Trying to Dig Through’ Cause of Cyberattack

UnitedHealth’s CEO said the company is still investigating a security failure...

4 hours ago
Earnings
Mastercard: Tokenized Transactions Grow 50% Year Over Year

Mastercard said in its most recent earnings report on Wednesday (May...

4 hours ago
BNPL
Sezzle Offers Rewards for On-Time BNPL Payments

Payments platform Sezzle wants to reward users to stay on top of...

4 hours ago
Earnings
Yum Brands Q1 Earnings Show Digital Sales Surge Amid Broader...

Yum Brands, the company behind Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell,...

5 hours ago
artificial intelligence
MongoDB Launches Program to Help Enterprises Implement GenAI

MongoDB has launched a program designed to help enterprises embed generative...

5 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence
AI Safety Summit Draws Global Experts

As luminaries from academia, government and business prepare to gather in...

5 hours ago
Prescriptions
Pfizer Reportedly Plans D2C COVID and Migraine Drug Platform

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly creating an online platform selling anti-COVID and migraine...

5 hours ago
Earnings
Marriott Sees Growth After China Lifts Travel Restrictions

Marriott International saw its revenue per available room (RevPAR) increase 4.2% year-over-year...

5 hours ago
Earnings
This Earnings Season, Inflation and Pinched Consumer Wallets Are Common...

If there’s a theme for retailers this earnings season, and especially...

6 hours ago
Stock Index
FanDuel Picks NY Over London for Primary Listing

FanDuel is reportedly preparing to switch its public listing to the U.S....

6 hours ago
Retail
David’s Bridal: Vow Renewal Couples Want the Newlyweds Shopping Experience

Consumers are willing to spend an arm and a leg on...

6 hours ago
SMBs
Payment Innovations Help Small Businesses Navigate the Main Street Maze

Payments are the lifeblood of any business, but for small businesses,...

7 hours ago
Disbursements
58% of Freelance, Contract Workers Would Pay to Get Paid

Nearly three-quarters of consumers want their disbursements paid to them instantly,...

7 hours ago
Economy
Information Sector Loses 4,000 Jobs While Overall Employment Grows

Nine out of 10 industry sectors monitored by ADP posted job...

7 hours ago
Partnerships
PSCU Teams With Aloha Credit Union for Card Processing

PSCU/Co-op Solutions teamed up with Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union (APFCU). The partnership will see...

8 hours ago
Loans
Biden Cancels $6 Billion in Debt for Grads of Failed...

The White House has forgiven $6.1 billion in loans for Art Institutes graduates....

8 hours ago
Loans
Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan

British payments FinTech SumUp is reportedly looking to expand following a $1.6 billion...

8 hours ago
SMBs
Main Street Businesses Are Outperforming the US Economy

PYMNTS Intelligence frequently looks at the landscape of the small businesses...

14 hours ago
Opinion
Era of AI Uncertainty Calls for Reliable Anchors of Data

Because business leaders rely on data to make critical decisions, they...

14 hours ago
Fraud Prevention
Mastercard: 'Movies' Not 'Snapshots' of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter...

Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of...

14 hours ago
Cross-border Payments
Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global

Cross-border payments circa May 2024 have become a highly specialized sector...

14 hours ago
Earnings
Mondelez Sees US Snack Volume Decline Amid ‘Mixed’ Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence in the United States is mixed, with many shoppers...

19 hours ago
Earnings
AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC

The auto insurance claims and collision repair industries are increasingly adopting...

20 hours ago