PYMNTS Intelligence

What Makes a New Card Win the Wallet?

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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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eCommerce Takes 17.1% of Retail Sales as Online Growth Accelerates
eCommerce Takes 17.1% of Retail Sales as Online Growth Accelerates
August 18, 2026  |  eCommerce

For every $100 Americans spent at retailers in the second quarter, $17.10 went through eCommerce, extending a gradual but persistent redirection of retail spending toward...

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61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
August 18, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Artificial intelligence may win a place at the Pay Later checkout by recommending the financing, then letting the shopper make the final call. New PYMNTS...

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Rising Fuel Costs Change How 64% of Workers Work
Rising Fuel Costs Change How 64% of Workers Work
August 18, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

A posted hourly wage can overstate what a shift is worth to the person being asked to work it. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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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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