A mobile wallet can hold several ways to pay. For most users, it holds just one. That leaves card issuers competing for a place in the wallet before the customer ever reaches a store’s payment terminal. The October 2026 PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Apple Pay @12:...
Amazon’s third-quarter earnings brought the same concern that shadowed Alphabet’s results a day earlier: whether enormous artificial intelligence investments will deliver enough profit and cash to dispel fears of a spending bubble. Thursday’s (Oct. 29) call revolved largely around AI and Amazon Web Services, which...
Google may have finally caught up with its archrivals. Its new Gemini 4 Carbon model ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an independent scorecard that had OpenAI and Anthropic ahead for most of the year. OpenAI answered on price, halving the cost of...
Inflation absorbed almost all of United States consumers’ September spending increase, leaving households paying more for barely any additional goods and services. The monthly result complicates the stronger growth picture in the third-quarter GDP estimate that the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Thursday (Oct. 29)....
October 30, 2026
Stablecoins continue to seek mainstream usage and acceptance, and this week, Ripple was at the forefront. The company spent the week securing more places for its dollar stablecoin to be held, traded and used. Agreements with Coinbase, Robinhood and BNY, alongside federal approval for a national trust bank, give the company a broader opening into […]
October 30, 2026
A mobile wallet can hold several ways to pay. For most users, it holds just one. That leaves card issuers competing for a place in the wallet before the customer...
October 29, 2026
Amazon’s third-quarter earnings brought the same concern that shadowed Alphabet’s results a day earlier: whether enormous artificial intelligence investments will deliver enough profit and cash to dispel fears of a...
October 29, 2026
Google may have finally caught up with its archrivals. Its new Gemini 4 Carbon model ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an independent scorecard that had OpenAI and...
October 07, 2026
The next sanctions shock for a multinational may not arrive as the name of a supplier appearing on a government blacklist. It could arrive as a payment that suddenly stops working. In a Monday (Oct. 5) alert, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) warned foreign financial institutions that those continuing to transact […]
October 23, 2025
Small business owners are the backbone of local economies, sustaining communities one transaction at a time. They are often small teams, sometimes just a few people wearing many hats, balancing...
August 25, 2025
Open banking in the United States is in flux, characterized by fragmented private efforts and escalating bank-FinTech tension, while Europe evolves under regulation-driven market frameworks. It may be the case...
February 09, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new boss has put a hold on consumer protections. Workers at the financial regulator will work from home this week while their headquarters are...
