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Credit Unions Bet on 5 Digital Plays to Win the Next Generation
Credit Unions Bet on 5 Digital Plays to Win the Next Generation
September 16, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Keeping Generation Z engaged is more than a marketing imperative; for credit unions, it’s fast becoming a survival strategy. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Consumer Spending Growth Slows to 4-Year Low
Consumer Spending Growth Slows to 4-Year Low
September 15, 2025  |  Economy

Every four months, the Federal Reserve releases its survey of household spending, offering a snapshot into where household budgets have been allocated and where paychecks...

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Wall Street Bets on FinTechs Reinventing Lending, Credit and Payments
Wall Street Bets on FinTechs Reinventing Lending, Credit and Payments
September 15, 2025  |  IPO

Investors are signaling that the hottest FinTech initial public offerings (IPOs) are not vehicles for frenzied, momentum-based trading but are underpinned by new architectures for...

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How Instant Payouts Become Loyalty’s Secret Weapon
How Instant Payouts Become Loyalty’s Secret Weapon
September 15, 2025  |  Payment Methods

They came for the speed, but they stayed for the habit. In “Beyond Speed: The Case for Instant Payout Adoption and Stickiness,” PYMNTS Intelligence, in...

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Prompt Economy™ Recalculates Basic Math of Commerce
Prompt Economy™ Recalculates Basic Math of Commerce
September 15, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

A year ago, it was “everything is about AI.” Months later, it was “everything is about gen AI.” Now the focus has shifted to agentic...

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FORUM Credit Union Bets on Digital Tools to Keep 5,000 Businesses Loyal
FORUM Credit Union Bets on Digital Tools to Keep 5,000 Businesses Loyal
September 15, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions are under pressure to give business customers the same clean interfaces, self‑service onboarding and actionable insights they get from bigger banks. And they...

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AI Dreams Lift Oracle and Tesla, While Kroger Doubts Sink Ocado
AI Dreams Lift Oracle and Tesla, While Kroger Doubts Sink Ocado
September 15, 2025  |  Connected Economy

The CE 100 Index managed to tack on a slight 0.4%, trailing all broader benchmarks, as a majority of pillars finished in the green. Get...

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Underdog BNPL Apps Outrank Klarna in August Shake-Up
Underdog BNPL Apps Outrank Klarna in August Shake-Up
September 15, 2025  |  Mobile Applications

Klarna’s IPO last week piqued our interest in buy now, pay later (BNPL) apps, and it turns out to be a good reason. August’s PYMNTS...

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46% of Once-Stable Consumers Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
46% of Once-Stable Consumers Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
September 15, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

A growing number of consumers in the United States are living paycheck to paycheck, not because they earn too little, but because of how their...

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