payments innovation

Report Finds AI Is Widening the Issuer Performance Gap

Report Finds AI Is Widening the Issuer Performance Gap
Report Finds AI Is Widening the Issuer Performance Gap
May 13, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Customer lifetime value (CLTV) has long been seen as something that naturally grows as card issuers add more customers and launch more products. But this...

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Billtrust Adds Buyer Portal to Speed Up B2B Payments
Billtrust Adds Buyer Portal to Speed Up B2B Payments
May 05, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Billtrust has added a self-service payment experience and a cash forecasting tool to its B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software. These tools are designed...

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Mastercard Sees Data Moving Payments From KYC to KYA
Mastercard Sees Data Moving Payments From KYC to KYA
May 01, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Mastercard’s Kaushik Gopal Both risk and opportunity across the payments industry are being increasingly defined by what happens...

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What It Takes to Be Merchant-Ready for Agentic Commerce
What It Takes to Be Merchant-Ready for Agentic Commerce
March 31, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

The framing of agentic commerce as a future-only capability is increasingly an outdated one. At least, that’s becoming the case within the payments industry. Findings...

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Mastercard’s BVNK Deal Highlights the 4 Barriers to Stablecoin Adoption
Mastercard’s BVNK Deal Highlights the 4 Barriers to Stablecoin Adoption
March 18, 2026  |  Blockchain

Crypto’s goal of replacing fiat has never been able to overcome certain roadblocks. Many of them are operational, not ideological. Stablecoin adoption, for example, has...

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Embedded Payments Help Travel Platforms Close More Bookings
Embedded Payments Help Travel Platforms Close More Bookings
March 13, 2026  |  Platform Payments

“Travel Firms Embrace Embedded Wallets to Boost Revenue and Conversion” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Marqeta. This data brief explores how embedded finance...

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Visa and Citcon Link Up to Expand Money Movement Capabilities
Visa and Citcon Link Up to Expand Money Movement Capabilities
March 10, 2026  |  Partnerships

Merchant payments provider Citcon said it has formed a money movement-focused collaboration with Visa Direct. The partnership is designed to extend access to push payment...

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The Payment Frictions Costing SMBs Their Cash Flow
The Payment Frictions Costing SMBs Their Cash Flow
March 05, 2026  |  SMBs

People tend to gravitate toward what’s easy and familiar. Businesses typically do the same. This reality creates an uncomfortable truth for small- to medium-sized business...

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