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The Premium Payment Is Becoming Insurance’s Most Valuable Touchpoint

July 16, 2026
Connected Commerce Emerges as FinTech’s Next Big Thing
Opinion // October 29, 2025

Connected commerce unifies payments and banking functions, giving businesses greater control, Priority CEO Tom Priore writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Headlines That Will Shape the Close of 2025.” The payments industry has spent years perfecting integrated payments, making it easy to accept payments in...

Agentic AI and Tokens Make Loyalty Programs Personalized, Automated Drivers of Commerce
Payments Innovation // May 05, 2025

Agentic agents, automated payments and consumer-permissioned, data-rich tokens will transform loyalty and rewards — moving beyond the merchant-by-merchant siloed experience that is the hallmark of those programs today. In the report “Beyond Points and Perks: How Relevant Benefits Drive Cardholder Engagement,” a collaboration between PYMNTS...

Regulatory Shifts and Cyberattacks Put UK Merchant Credential Storage in the Spotlight
Shopping // April 25, 2025

In the current environment, no matter what the country, consumers are keenly aware of the pressures of inflation, of how far their spending can stretch, and where they may have to pull back. For a merchant to have a fighting chance, to convert browsing into...

These 3 Connected Consumer Segments Will Define Commerce’s Next Decade
Connected Economy // March 13, 2025

Once relegated to simple card-present transactions, digital payments today are deeply embedded into and across a web of connected devices, ultimately driving more personalized experiences and frictionless commerce. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “How People Pay: Consumer Preference for Connected Technology” found that 76% of now...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Premium Payment Is Becoming Insurance’s Most Valuable Touchpoint

July 16, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know | Paymentus | Rob Eberly Billing used to be where the customer relationship ended for the month. The service was delivered, the invoice went out, the payment came in, and the provider moved on. For years, insurers and other service providers treated billing and payments as administrative infrastructure. It was […]

Connected Commerce Emerges as FinTech’s Next Big Thing

October 29, 2025
Connected commerce unifies payments and banking functions, giving businesses greater control, Priority CEO Tom Priore writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Headlines That Will Shape the Close of 2025.” The...

Regulatory Shifts and Cyberattacks Put UK Merchant Credential Storage in the Spotlight

April 25, 2025
In the current environment, no matter what the country, consumers are keenly aware of the pressures of inflation, of how far their spending can stretch, and where they may have...

These 3 Connected Consumer Segments Will Define Commerce’s Next Decade

March 13, 2025
Once relegated to simple card-present transactions, digital payments today are deeply embedded into and across a web of connected devices, ultimately driving more personalized experiences and frictionless commerce. The PYMNTS...

Quick Reads
TradeCentric Debuts New Tool for Shopify B2B Users

January 15, 2025
B2B connected commerce firm TradeCentric has a new offering for Shopify B2B users. The company’s ShopifyB2B Connector, announced Wednesday (Jan. 15), is part of TradeCentric’s quarterly product rollout. “We’re excited to launch the TradeCentric Shopify B2B Connector, a solution aimed at streamlining transactions between buyers and suppliers,” Steve Frechette, chief product and technology officer at TradeCentric, said in a news release. “Our […]

Verifone Adds SoftPOS to New Payment Acceptance Tools

January 09, 2025
Connected commerce platform Verifone has introduced a new set of payment devices. Verifone Victa, as the collection is known, was announced Thursday (Jan. 9) along with a SoftPOS solution called...

Square Makes Orders Platform Generally Available to Sellers in US

October 08, 2024
Square’s new Orders platform is now generally available to sellers in the United States after being completed during the third quarter. The new order-based infrastructure is designed to help sellers...

WhatsApp Business Launches Meta Verified and Customized Messages in India

September 12, 2024
Meta added new features and programs to the WhatsApp Business app in India to help the country’s businesses use WhatsApp to communicate with their customers. The tech giant shared the...