Seven in 10 Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck. And Confidence Is Cracking

Seven in 10 Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck. And Confidence Is Cracking
Seven in 10 Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck. And Confidence Is Cracking
October 30, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Rising prices and uncertain job prospects are shaking Americans’ sense of financial stability. As everyday costs climb and paychecks stretch thinner, many consumers are losing...

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Agentic AI Finds a Foothold in the Automated Enterprise
Agentic AI Finds a Foothold in the Automated Enterprise
October 17, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed 60 chief product officers at United States companies with at least $1 billion in 2024 revenue between August 7, 2025, and August...

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Who’s Hit Hardest: Tariffs Widen the Business Resilience Gap
Who’s Hit Hardest: Tariffs Widen the Business Resilience Gap
October 14, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

For middle-market enterprises today, the question is no longer whether they should adjust to the new global tariff agenda, but how. As the Trump administration’s...

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Paycheck to Paycheck 2025: How Rising Prices and ‘Wishful Thinking’ Are Redefining Consumer Financial Stability
Paycheck to Paycheck 2025: How Rising Prices and ‘Wishful Thinking’ Are Redefining Consumer Financial Stability
October 09, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

PYMNTS Intelligence’s August survey of 2,215 U.S. adult consumers for the latest Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report finds a widening gap in savings behavior. Strong savers are pulling...

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From Zero to Beta: How Agentic AI Just Entered the Enterprise Fast Lane
From Zero to Beta: How Agentic AI Just Entered the Enterprise Fast Lane
October 08, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

When PYMNTS Intelligence first began tracking attitudes toward and usage of agentic AI, we found a lot of intrigue from the C-suite, but even more...

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Credit’s New Reality: Seven Numbers Reshaping the Card Economy
Credit’s New Reality: Seven Numbers Reshaping the Card Economy
October 03, 2025  |  Credit Cards

PYMNTS Intelligence, in collaboration with i2c, fielded a nationally representative survey of U.S. adult consumers that produced 2,049 complete responses between June 3, 2025, and...

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Payments Leaders Say Identity Shapes How Firms Compete and Customers Trust
Payments Leaders Say Identity Shapes How Firms Compete and Customers Trust
October 02, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

In the next chapter of the connected economy, payments and identity are no longer the pipes and passwords behind commerce. They’re becoming the battleground for...

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AI Agents in the Enterprise
AI Agents in the Enterprise
September 26, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Agentic AI is starting to move from concept to deployment in corporate finance. In a PYMNTS Intelligence phone survey of 60 verified chief financial officers...

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Why Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Can’t Weather a $2,000 Shock
Why Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Can’t Weather a $2,000 Shock
September 23, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

American consumers increasingly live in two different worlds when it comes to saving cash that can be tapped immediately. Households already setting aside big chunks...

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