Payments Intelligence

Emerging Middle Market Growth Needs Credit That Moves With Inventory
Emerging Middle Market Growth Needs Credit That Moves With Inventory
August 19, 2026  |  Working Capital

A distributor can know what inventory it needs to order next week before its financing system knows that the purchase exists. That disconnect becomes more...

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What Makes a New Card Win the Wallet?
What Makes a New Card Win the Wallet?
August 19, 2026  |  Digital Payments

A card can earn top billing in a customer’s wallet or disappear behind an expired gift card. The difference often starts with the first tap...

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Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection
Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection
August 19, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Payments have spent years getting faster. Fraud detection has not always kept pace. New August research from PYMNTS Intelligence, in collaboration with Plaid, shows that...

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Banks Built for Paychecks Meet the Cash Flow Generation
Banks Built for Paychecks Meet the Cash Flow Generation
August 17, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

For much of the past century, banking products evolved around the regular paycheck. But findings in the August 2026 edition of The Millennial Playbook, a...

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Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to...

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Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
August 14, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Crypto has a funny way of arriving before the meeting agenda catches up. Many credit union members have already made room for it, even as...

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70% of Brazilians Expect to Shop With AI Agents by 2028
70% of Brazilians Expect to Shop With AI Agents by 2028
August 12, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Brazilian shoppers don’t leave their digital habits at the store entrance. They bring their phones into the aisle, compare prices on the spot and check...

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How AI Shopping Agents, Stablecoins and Smarter Checkout Drive Business Growth
How AI Shopping Agents, Stablecoins and Smarter Checkout Drive Business Growth
August 11, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Payments used to arrive at the end of a sale, take the money and leave. Now they have a much bigger job. They can help...

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57% of Firms in Payment-Heavy Industries Face More Fraud
57% of Firms in Payment-Heavy Industries Face More Fraud
August 10, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Faster payments can feel like a victory lap until fraud reaches the finish line first. Businesses want money to move in seconds, but their defenses...

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