Businesses that combine several artificial intelligence tools to fight payments fraud are nearly twice as likely to stop at least 90% of attempted attacks before losing money, according to new PYMNTS Intelligence research. “Prevention First: Building a Smarter Defense Against Payments Fraud” is a PYMNTS...
The stablecoin industry has traditionally measured progress through issuance, transaction volume and blockchain activity. The headlines this week, however, point to another metric that may matter just as much: access to existing customers. SAP is bringing stablecoin settlement into enterprise software. Samsung is expanding access...
A bank’s customer-service team fields thousands of routine questions a day. Where is my card? Why was I charged twice? Each answer artificial intelligence writes carries a small cost, and at that volume, the costs add up fast. This week, that math changed. The price...
Amazon spent the week telling shoppers how much they could save. Walmart spent part of it explaining why consumers shouldn’t worry about how their prices are set. The contrast came as Amazon launched its Prime Big Deal Days event on Oct. 6-7, offering millions of...
October 09, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Splitit’s Nandan Sheth Artificial intelligence could turn pay later from an offer at checkout into advice about whether financing the purchase makes sense in the first place. Doing that requires more than finding the lowest monthly payment. An agent needs enough context to judge financing against available cash, existing […]
October 09, 2026
Businesses that combine several artificial intelligence tools to fight payments fraud are nearly twice as likely to stop at least 90% of attempted attacks before losing money, according to new...
October 08, 2026
The stablecoin industry has traditionally measured progress through issuance, transaction volume and blockchain activity. The headlines this week, however, point to another metric that may matter just as much: access...
October 08, 2026
A bank’s customer-service team fields thousands of routine questions a day. Where is my card? Why was I charged twice? Each answer artificial intelligence writes carries a small cost, 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...
