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Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails

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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75% of CFOs Shift Strategy as Tariffs Reshape 2026 Plans 
75% of CFOs Shift Strategy as Tariffs Reshape 2026 Plans 
December 15, 2025  |  CFO

A new PYMNTS Intelligence report shows that tariffs are no longer a temporary policy shift. They are now a structural force shaping how America’s middle-market...

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B2B Platforms Turn Embedded Finance Into a Revenue Engine
B2B Platforms Turn Embedded Finance Into a Revenue Engine
December 12, 2025  |  B2B Payments

For business-to-business (B2B) platforms, embedded finance has moved from a niche add-on to a core engine for revenue growth, loyalty and operational efficiency. Get the...

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Global Wallet Use Rises Nearly 30 Percent In-Store Since 2022
Global Wallet Use Rises Nearly 30 Percent In-Store Since 2022
December 12, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

An analysis of mobile wallet adoption across 11 major economies shows that the most consequential shift in digital payments is unfolding not in headline growth...

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Black Friday’s Big Traffic Shake-Up: Amazon Surges, Walmart Slips, Target Splits
Black Friday’s Big Traffic Shake-Up: Amazon Surges, Walmart Slips, Target Splits
December 09, 2025  |  Retail

Retail’s triple crown of Walmart, Amazon and Target saw major shifts in who shopped this year’s Black Friday sales—and not all the changes were identical....

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Banks Face Fraud Spike As Scams Stress Legacy Systems
Banks Face Fraud Spike As Scams Stress Legacy Systems
December 04, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

The “2025 State of Fraud and Financial Crime in the United States” report, a PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Block, reveals that the financial industry...

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Late Payments Push Media Agencies Into a Cash Crunch
Late Payments Push Media Agencies Into a Cash Crunch
December 04, 2025  |  Back-office

The advertising and media industry has spent the past decade reinventing almost everything about how it reaches audiences. Except, remarkably, how it manages the money...

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