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What 2025 Taught CFOs About Cash, Control and Resilience
CFO // December 26, 2025

The 2025 story of the office of the CFO was not one about finance becoming more powerful or automated, much less agentic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Inside the Technology Shifts That Reshaped Payments and Risk in 2025
Payments Innovation // December 26, 2025

In 2025, payments, banking and commerce crossed a quiet but consequential threshold. Technologies that once promised efficiency or differentiation became nonnegotiable foundations, reshaping how money moves, how risk is managed and how trust is built at scale. Across dozens of Trackers published this year, a...

Embedded Finance Becomes a Competitive Equalizer for Small Business
SMBs // December 26, 2025

Embedded finance made its mark as a capability advantage for large retailers and digital-native platforms. By streamlining checkout, offering branded payment products and monetizing customer relationships, mid-market and enterprise retailers were able to scale their digital operations and drive a competitive moat. Get the Full...

Healthcare Costs Force One in Four Gen Z to Skip Care
Healthcare // December 26, 2025

For younger Americans, healthcare spending is becoming less about treating illness and more about managing financial risk at a stage of life when cash flow is thin and costs are unpredictable. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Five Nines of Uptime Are the Connected Economy’s New Currency

December 26, 2025
The story of digital transformation across the Connected Economy™ is becoming inextricably tied to expectations around uptime. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree […]

What 2025 Taught CFOs About Cash, Control and Resilience

December 26, 2025
The 2025 story of the office of the CFO was not one about finance becoming more powerful or automated, much less agentic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Inside the Technology Shifts That Reshaped Payments and Risk in 2025

December 26, 2025
In 2025, payments, banking and commerce crossed a quiet but consequential threshold. Technologies that once promised efficiency or differentiation became nonnegotiable foundations, reshaping how money moves, how risk is managed...

Embedded Finance Becomes a Competitive Equalizer for Small Business

December 26, 2025
Embedded finance made its mark as a capability advantage for large retailers and digital-native platforms. By streamlining checkout, offering branded payment products and monetizing customer relationships, mid-market and enterprise retailers...

Quick Reads
POS Systems Become the New Nerve Center for SMB Operations

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 customer service, operations and accounting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content […]

Open Banking Shaken by Market-Regulation Clash

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. Get the Full Story Complete...

CFPB HQ Shuts Down as Vought Freezes Enforcement

February 09, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new boss has put a hold on consumer protections. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Founder Interview: Behavioral Analytics Makes the ROI Case for Banks’ Scam-Fighting Efforts

November 20, 2024
The fraudsters come in droves, inundating would-be victims across all manner of attack vectors, from phishing scams to bots. And in the process there’s a significant amount of information being...