The Financing Factor: How Pay Later Availability Changes Where Consumers Buy

The Financing Factor: How Pay Later Availability Changes Where Consumers Buy
The Financing Factor: How Pay Later Availability Changes Where Consumers Buy
May 15, 2026  |  BNPL

Consumer financing impacts each shopping decision differently. Its impact concentrates among younger consumers, active users of pay later options and higher-consideration purchases where shoppers are...

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Banking Both Sides: Instant Payouts Turn Receivers Into Customers
Banking Both Sides: Instant Payouts Turn Receivers Into Customers
May 13, 2026  |  PYMNTS Data Lab

On the first of the month, Helen’s property manager mails out checks. By the time the $4,200 in rent from her three Hartford units actually...

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One Year In: What The Pay Later Data Actually Reveals
One Year In: What The Pay Later Data Actually Reveals
May 11, 2026  |  BNPL

When the Pay Later Ecosystem series launched in April 2025, buy now, pay later was dominating the consumer lending narrative. The payment method had already...

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Why Main Street Is Splitting: The Data Behind Small Business Winners and Losers
Why Main Street Is Splitting: The Data Behind Small Business Winners and Losers
May 08, 2026  |  PYMNTS Data Lab

Main Street businesses are losing momentum after a strong post-pandemic rebound, and the latest edition of the PYMNTS Intelligence Main Street Index clearly defines the...

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Scaling Identity Verification: How Growth Raises Fraud and Friction Risks
Scaling Identity Verification: How Growth Raises Fraud and Friction Risks
May 08, 2026  |  Digital Identity

As companies grow, identity risk compounds across verification systems. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “Scale Amplification: How Revenue Scale Amplifies Agent-Driven Identity Risk,” a collaboration with Trulioo, finds...

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The New AI Handshake: Data Shows When Consumers Want Help and When They Want Control
The New AI Handshake: Data Shows When Consumers Want Help and When They Want Control
May 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For consumers, the AI race is starting to feel less like a competition over who has the smartest model and more like a hunt for...

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Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data
Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data
May 06, 2026  |  PYMNTS Data Lab

Step into the typical American small business in July 2022. Cash moves through the register all day. The phone rings with order calls. There is...

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Data Is Dead as a Competitive Advantage. 12 Executives Share What’s Next
Data Is Dead as a Competitive Advantage. 12 Executives Share What’s Next
May 06, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

The new consensus emerging across payments, financial services and digital commerce is that high-quality data is no longer scarce. Access is no longer differentiating. And...

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How Credit Card Apps Turn Engagement Into Spend
How Credit Card Apps Turn Engagement Into Spend
May 01, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Credit card apps aren’t just for checking balances and paying bills. They also help decide which card consumers use most, how often they spend on...

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