Featured News

PYMNTS.com original reporting, in-depth interviews, deep dives, and data analysis.

Splitit CEO Says Card-Linked Payments Can Save AI Sales

Splitit CEO Says Card-Linked Payments Can Save AI Sales
Splitit CEO Says Card-Linked Payments Can Save AI Sales
August 07, 2026  |  Opinion

Card-linked installments can help prevent payment failures in agentic AI commerce, Splitit CEO Nandan Sheth writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Building the Agent-Ready Payments...

READ MORE >
Financial Firms Put AI to Work Across 27 Tasks, Study Finds
Financial Firms Put AI to Work Across 27 Tasks, Study Finds
August 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Financial services firms are finding their strongest artificial intelligence results in the parts of the business customers rarely see. Get the Full Story Complete the...

READ MORE >
Consumer Expectations for Economy Jump 4.1 Points as Personal Finance Optimism Lags
Consumer Expectations for Economy Jump 4.1 Points as Personal Finance Optimism Lags
August 07, 2026  |  Economy

The economy is beginning to inspire confidence again, but Americans are not convinced that confidence will arrive in their own wallets anytime soon. Get the...

READ MORE >
The US Government’s Trade-Fraud Crackdown Now Runs Through Payments
The US Government’s Trade-Fraud Crackdown Now Runs Through Payments
August 06, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Every fraudulent customs declaration can eventually become a financial transaction. And as investigators connect invoices, ownership records and money flows across global supply chains, that...

READ MORE >
Amazon and Walmart Want to Beat the Consumer to Their Next Purchase
Amazon and Walmart Want to Beat the Consumer to Their Next Purchase
August 06, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon’s $3 trillion valuation, achieved this week, is being treated as an artificial intelligence and cloud computing milestone. For retail leaders, it should be read...

READ MORE >
AI Connects B2B Firms’ 3 Biggest Challenges: Goods, Contracts and Cash
AI Connects B2B Firms’ 3 Biggest Challenges: Goods, Contracts and Cash
August 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

There are as many different business workflows as there are businesses. So why have most businesses been viewing AI as something monolithic? Get the Full...

READ MORE >
Maverick Payments: Better Partner Tech Drives Merchant Growth
Maverick Payments: Better Partner Tech Drives Merchant Growth
August 06, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: Need to Know With Maverick Payments’ Jonathan Aguilar Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

READ MORE >
Item-Level Data Gives AI Agents Smarter Buying Power
Item-Level Data Gives AI Agents Smarter Buying Power
August 06, 2026  |  Opinion

The agentic enterprise will be built through deliberate decisions about where to trust agents, FIS Head of Product Management, Payment Networks Mladen Vladic writes in...

READ MORE >