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CFOs Are Sitting on Hidden Cash but May Not Know It
CFOs Are Sitting on Hidden Cash but May Not Know It
December 29, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence (AI) use increases within accounts payable (AP) departments, it is starting to surface patterns and deliver insights that many finance teams were...

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Inside the Technology Shifts That Reshaped Payments and Risk in 2025
Inside the Technology Shifts That Reshaped Payments and Risk in 2025
December 26, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

In 2025, payments, banking and commerce crossed a quiet but consequential threshold. Technologies that once promised efficiency or differentiation became nonnegotiable foundations, reshaping how money...

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Connected Tech Ownership Drives Changes in How Consumers Pay
Connected Tech Ownership Drives Changes in How Consumers Pay
December 26, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Consumers are not racing to add more devices, but the way those devices shape how people pay is changing steadily and in ways that matter...

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Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
December 24, 2025  |  Retail

Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping....

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The New Embedded Finance Playbook: Buy, Integrate, Scale
The New Embedded Finance Playbook: Buy, Integrate, Scale
December 22, 2025  |  B2B Payments

The biggest change in payments and commerce over the past five years has been the speed at which technology moves, and the speed at which...

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Why Pay Timing Is Becoming the New Financial Fault Line
Why Pay Timing Is Becoming the New Financial Fault Line
December 19, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

The December 2025 update of the “Wage to Wallet™ Index” reveals an economy that is no longer moving in a single direction, but splitting along a...

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Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
December 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a default tool at work because it is delivering measurable productivity gains. New PYMNTS Intelligence survey data shows most employers...

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What Manufacturing, Healthcare and Tech CFOs Have in Common
What Manufacturing, Healthcare and Tech CFOs Have in Common
December 18, 2025  |  Faster Payments

When one thinks of fast payments, manufacturing isn’t the first sector to come to mind. It’s the same for simple payments and healthcare; or not...

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Citi Says Identity Is the New Gatekeeper for Financial Blockchains
Citi Says Identity Is the New Gatekeeper for Financial Blockchains
December 16, 2025  |  Blockchain

Blockchain’s founding principles centered on being “trustless”: A system where cryptography and consensus replaced intermediaries, regulators and centralized control. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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