Innovation

Innovation in its modern meaning is "a new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method". Innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

AI Agents Start Shopping and Payments Firms Adapt

AI Agents Start Shopping and Payments Firms Adapt
AI Agents Start Shopping and Payments Firms Adapt
February 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With FIS’ Mladen Vladic Innovation in payments has historically followed a bottom-up adoption curve. Niche players test, incumbents wait,...

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US and Canadian Middle-Market Firms Gain Working Capital Edge With AI Cash Forecasting
US and Canadian Middle-Market Firms Gain Working Capital Edge With AI Cash Forecasting
February 19, 2026  |  Accounts Receivable

Cash is king when uncertainty reigns. But for many firms, profit is not disappearing due to macroeconomic forces alone. In many cases, it is being...

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Cash App Debuts Payment Links to Make P2P Less Formal
Cash App Debuts Payment Links to Make P2P Less Formal
February 11, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Cash App introduced a peer-to-peer payment feature designed to simplify money requests. The company’s new payment links service lets customers generate shareable Cash App payment...

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Nearly Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Turn to FinTechs to Upgrade Core Products
Nearly Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Turn to FinTechs to Upgrade Core Products
February 06, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Not long ago, FinTechs and credit unions often approached each other from opposite sides of the same market. Today, they increasingly meet in the middle,...

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Supply Chain Stress Forces Buyers and Suppliers to Rethink Payment Terms
Supply Chain Stress Forces Buyers and Suppliers to Rethink Payment Terms
January 29, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: Need to Know: Boost Payment Solutions’ Daniel Artin B2B payments typically arrive with invoice and remittance data, not fanfare. These fundamental value transfers...

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CES Spotlights B2B Tech Driving Next Industrial Era
CES Spotlights B2B Tech Driving Next Industrial Era
January 06, 2026  |  B2B Payments

By now, the consumerization trend of the B2B space is old news. But if the 2026 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is any...

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Fed Draws a Hard Line Between Payments and Banks
Fed Draws a Hard Line Between Payments and Banks
January 06, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Connection to the Federal Reserve has always meant more than mere plumbing. It is the difference between operating at the edge of the financial system...

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PYMNTS’ 2025 Healthcare Coverage Followed the Money and the Friction
PYMNTS’ 2025 Healthcare Coverage Followed the Money and the Friction
January 01, 2026  |  Healthcare

Healthcare is not typically filed under “payments innovation.” But across 2025, PYMNTS’ reporting treated the sector less like a purely clinical domain and more like...

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