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52% of Small Businesses Don’t Revolve Their Credit Card Balances
52% of Small Businesses Don’t Revolve Their Credit Card Balances
March 02, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses are treating credit cards less like a backup and more like a flexible operating tool, and the way they use them is starting...

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Healthy Small Businesses Report 42-Point Edge in Card Approval Confidence
Healthy Small Businesses Report 42-Point Edge in Card Approval Confidence
February 25, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses are not just borrowing to survive. They are using credit cards as operating systems, and they are willing to pay for features that...

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14% of Consumers Use BNPL Even After Holiday Spending Surge
14% of Consumers Use BNPL Even After Holiday Spending Surge
February 17, 2026  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later is no longer just a checkout feature. It is becoming a line item in the monthly household budget. Get the Full...

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Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance
Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance
February 16, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Embedded finance has evolved beyond a supplementary revenue channel to become the deciding factor between companies that forge lasting customer relationships and those that fall...

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70% of Consumers Say Yes to AI Agents for Shopping
70% of Consumers Say Yes to AI Agents for Shopping
February 11, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The most revealing signal in the latest PYMNTS Intelligence research is not that consumers are experimenting with agentic AI. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Nearly 3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in the Past Year
Nearly 3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in the Past Year
February 10, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Consumers who pay the most for their credit cards turn out to be the ones least likely to ignore them. Just 3.9% of premium cardholders...

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Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
February 05, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Nearly three-quarters of credit cardholders who requested a limit increase and were denied turned to installment plans as an alternative source of credit, revealing how...

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75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents
75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents
February 03, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is not arriving evenly across the economy. It is taking shape first inside the technology sector itself,...

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Mobile Wallet Usage Soars, Even as Apple Pay Leaves Spend on the Table
Mobile Wallet Usage Soars, Even as Apple Pay Leaves Spend on the Table
February 02, 2026  |  Mobile Wallets

Apple Pay usage has doubled in physical stores over the past year, yet the mobile wallet still processes only 1 in 10 eligible transactions and...

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