PYMNTS Intelligence

Why Time, Not Money, Now Defines Lender Value
Why Time, Not Money, Now Defines Lender Value
September 09, 2025  |  Money Mobility

When it comes to borrowing, timing has always mattered. But today, it’s not just about interest rates, loan terms or approval odds. It’s about speed....

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Why Millions Are Opting Out of Credit Before They Even Apply
Why Millions Are Opting Out of Credit Before They Even Apply
September 08, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

What if the biggest risk to your credit portfolio isn’t economic, but psychological? “Consumer Credit Economy: Strategy vs. Spontaneity—Navigating the Great Credit Divide,” a new...

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Gen Z Drives 46% of Online Health and Beauty Purchases
Gen Z Drives 46% of Online Health and Beauty Purchases
September 08, 2025  |  eCommerce

Consumers may be spending more of their retail dollars online, but the single biggest draw to brick-and-mortar stores isn’t groceries, clothes or electronics. It’s lipstick...

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Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households Say Job Prospects Are Dimming
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households Say Job Prospects Are Dimming
September 05, 2025  |  Economy

Even before the latest job numbers were released on Friday (Sept. 5), PYMNTS Intelligence had been busy uncovering the ways in which various households—across income...

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Half of Stable Mid-Market Firms Use Credit as Growth Capital
Half of Stable Mid-Market Firms Use Credit as Growth Capital
September 05, 2025  |  Loans

Middle-market companies are caught between tariffs, interest rates and jittery supply chains, and how they borrow money says as much about their outlook as their...

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98% of Product Leaders See AI Reshaping Company Operations
98% of Product Leaders See AI Reshaping Company Operations
September 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

For transformation to succeed, it needs to move beyond hype to hard numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Push-to-Debit Emerges as the Linchpin of Real-Time Cash Flow for Microbusinesses
Push-to-Debit Emerges as the Linchpin of Real-Time Cash Flow for Microbusinesses
September 04, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

For millions of Americans, waiting days for funds to clear is rapidly becoming unthinkable. As people earn, borrow, or sell in more flexible ways, the...

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82% of Merchants to Expand Digital Wallet Use in 2025
82% of Merchants to Expand Digital Wallet Use in 2025
September 04, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

For all the talk about artificial intelligence and instant payments, the biggest change reshaping how businesses pay each other may be happening in accounts payable....

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How Leading Enterprises Really Measure Gen AI ROI
How Leading Enterprises Really Measure Gen AI ROI
September 03, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Everything you always wanted to know about how to measure the return on investment of generative AI (and agentic AI) comes down to one anecdote:...

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