PYMNTS Weekender

The Weekender: When Baseball’s Brain Trust Becomes a Tech Stack
The Weekender: When Baseball’s Brain Trust Becomes a Tech Stack
November 01, 2025  |  The Weekender

If the Dodgers and Blue Jays keep playing like they did in that 18-inning fever dream last Monday in Los Angeles, the World Series might...

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The Gas Station Gourmand: Why Your Road Trip Just Got Fancy
The Gas Station Gourmand: Why Your Road Trip Just Got Fancy
October 25, 2025  |  The Weekender

You used to stop for unleaded. Now you stop for unctuous. Somewhere between the windshield squeegee and the air pump, America’s pit stops quietly swapped...

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The Weekender: Smart Home Edition, Where Even the Bird Feeder Slides Into Your DMs
The Weekender: Smart Home Edition, Where Even the Bird Feeder Slides Into Your DMs
October 18, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you feel like the connected economy has crept from your living room to your litter box, you’re not wrong. The smart home has gone...

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The Weekender: Pumpkin Spice Has Gone Off the Rails (Again)
The Weekender: Pumpkin Spice Has Gone Off the Rails (Again)
October 11, 2025  |  Retail

The first cold front grazes the map, and suddenly the economy smells like a bakery. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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The PYMNTS Weekender: Tay Tay Mania Edition
The PYMNTS Weekender: Tay Tay Mania Edition
October 04, 2025  |  The Weekender

Alert your bank app and open up your bracelet‑making kit: Taylor Swift is back to stress‑test the payments rails. With “The Life of a Showgirl” having landed...

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Bailouts: The Emergency Button That Keeps Getting Reinstalled
Bailouts: The Emergency Button That Keeps Getting Reinstalled
September 27, 2025  |  Economy

This week’s Weekender takes a brisk, slightly irreverent lap around real, historical financial rescues, from J.P. Morgan’s locked-door diplomacy to depositors getting saved while shareholders...

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10 Curious (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Facts About Halloween, AI and Money
10 Curious (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Facts About Halloween, AI and Money
September 20, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

This Weekender takes a fresh look at Halloween in the era of AI: how payments shape the party, how algorithms pick your costume, why chocolate...

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University of Cha-Ching: Freshman Year Comes With Surge Pricing
University of Cha-Ching: Freshman Year Comes With Surge Pricing
September 13, 2025  |  The Weekender

Move over, FOMO. Make way for FOMP, or fear of missing a payment, that grips college-bound students and their slightly pale parents in 2025. The...

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Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
September 06, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google DeepMind introduced a new artificial intelligence model that captures the vivid details of the Earth’s surface, which helps scientists and governments make better decisions...

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