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How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
April 16, 2026  |  Money Mobility

Community banks have made meaningful progress in digitizing account opening, but the competitive battleground for deposits is shifting. Opening and even funding accounts are no...

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Top-of-Wallet Credit Choices Have Moved to Mobile
Top-of-Wallet Credit Choices Have Moved to Mobile
April 15, 2026  |  Credit Cards

“Winning Top of Wallet: How Credit Card Apps Shape Choice,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Elan Credit Card, examines how the credit card mobile app...

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Central Banks Test a New Cross-Border Playbook
Central Banks Test a New Cross-Border Playbook
April 13, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

  Moving money across borders still means navigating a patchwork of correspondent banks, local clearing systems and compliance checks that slow transactions, inflate costs and...

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New Study Finds AI Critical to Credit Union Member Retention
New Study Finds AI Critical to Credit Union Member Retention
April 13, 2026  |  Credit Unions

“Built to Lead or Losing Ground? AI, Mobile and the Member Retention Imperative for Credit Unions in 2026” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and...

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Inflation Hits 58% of Small Businesses and Pushes Embedded B2B Finance Forward
Inflation Hits 58% of Small Businesses and Pushes Embedded B2B Finance Forward
April 13, 2026  |  SMBs

What started as a convenience play in consumer apps is becoming something much bigger in business: a way for platforms to turn payments, credit and...

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The $42 Billion Checkout Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
The $42 Billion Checkout Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
April 10, 2026  |  Retail

“Embedded Offers: The Billion-Dollar Opportunity Inside Recent Consumer Spending” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and FIS. Based on a Census-balanced survey of 2,754 U.S. consumers...

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38% of Credit Union Members Want BNPL From Their FI
38% of Credit Union Members Want BNPL From Their FI
April 10, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions have a fresh opening in buy now, pay later (BNPL), and it is less about launching another loan product than helping members make...

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FBI Warns: Internal Risk May Outpace Cyber Threats
FBI Warns: Internal Risk May Outpace Cyber Threats
April 08, 2026  |  CFO

The greatest enemy of operational uncertainty is the enterprise technology that promises to streamline, optimize and automate it away. Most organizations, as a result, believe...

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The Emerging Middle-Market Growth Story Has a Cash Flow Problem
The Emerging Middle-Market Growth Story Has a Cash Flow Problem
April 08, 2026  |  Business

“The Emerging Middle Market: When Operational Complexity Grows Faster Than Financial Infrastructure” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and i2c. This report examines a part...

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