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Levchin Touts ‘Network Effects’ as Affirm Card Volumes Surge 135%
Levchin Touts ‘Network Effects’ as Affirm Card Volumes Surge 135%
November 06, 2025  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Affirm opened fiscal 2026 with a first quarter marked by record volumes, profitable growth and an extended partnership with Amazon, which has now been given...

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Amazon and Walmart Battle for Relevance as Spend Shifts to Essentials
Amazon and Walmart Battle for Relevance as Spend Shifts to Essentials
November 06, 2025  |  Retail

Retail is entering its final quarter of the year. And, to date, the year’s top story has been the ongoing recalibration of priorities by consumers...

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Southwest and Galileo Bring Rewards to Debit’s Doorstep
Southwest and Galileo Bring Rewards to Debit’s Doorstep
November 06, 2025  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Watch more: Galileo’s Co-Branded Debit Card With Southwest Airlines Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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B2B Payments Leaders Rewire Cash Flow for Real-Time Action
B2B Payments Leaders Rewire Cash Flow for Real-Time Action
November 06, 2025  |  B2B Payments

In B2B payments, the distance between a decision and a dollar is shrinking fast. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Virtual Cards Challenge the ‘Cost of Doing Business’
Virtual Cards Challenge the ‘Cost of Doing Business’
November 06, 2025  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable (AP) has spent much of its history buried deep in the back office, with staff consigned to the tedium of typing invoices, auditing...

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Chime Targets High Earners as Everyday Essentials Fuel Card Spending
Chime Targets High Earners as Everyday Essentials Fuel Card Spending
November 06, 2025  |  Digital Banking

Chime Financial’s results released after the markets closed on Wednesday (Nov. 5) demonstrated double digit growth in the FinTech’s active membership base and increased usage...

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77% of Chief Product Officers Use Gen AI for Cybersecurity
77% of Chief Product Officers Use Gen AI for Cybersecurity
November 06, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may be rewriting product playbooks, but it hasn’t yet written humans out of them. The newest PYMNTS Intelligence report, “From Spark...

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Perplexity’s Agents Crash Amazon’s Gate and Spark a Legal Showdown
Perplexity’s Agents Crash Amazon’s Gate and Spark a Legal Showdown
November 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

A digital turf war is erupting between Amazon and Perplexity AI, marking the first major legal test over whether an autonomous artificial intelligence agent has...

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Tariffs Test the Myth of Supply Chain Control
Tariffs Test the Myth of Supply Chain Control
November 05, 2025  |  Supply Chain

Businesses can’t manage what they can’t measure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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