PYMNTS Intelligence

Consumers Get Choosier About Credit
Consumers Get Choosier About Credit
October 07, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumer credit is still growing, but consumers eased off the form of borrowing they can adjust most readily from month to month. Federal Reserve data...

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AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
October 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Agentic commerce is creating a new transaction type before the payments industry has fully created the rules for accepting it. While payment stacks have become...

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The Fed and PYMNTS Intelligence Agree: Stablecoins Have a Demand Problem
The Fed and PYMNTS Intelligence Agree: Stablecoins Have a Demand Problem
October 06, 2026  |  Blockchain

Stablecoins have spent the past year and a half acquiring nearly everything an emerging payments technology is supposed to need to go mainstream. Clearer regulation,...

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