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Affirm: Agentic Credit Rewrites the Rules of Consumer Lending
Consumer Finance // April 27, 2026

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Green Dot Says the New Data Moat Is Speed
Data // April 27, 2026

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Maverick Says Data Without Intent Is Just Expensive Storage
Data // April 27, 2026

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AI Agents Move From Demo Day to Desk Work
artificial intelligence // April 27, 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to move from conference-room promise to operating-room reality in financial services, where banks, insurers and asset managers are testing software agents on the manual work that slows down decisions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Interviews & Exclusives
Agentic Commerce Forces a Rethink of Card Infrastructure

April 27, 2026
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Affirm: Agentic Credit Rewrites the Rules of Consumer Lending

April 27, 2026
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Green Dot Says the New Data Moat Is Speed

April 27, 2026
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Maverick Says Data Without Intent Is Just Expensive Storage

April 27, 2026
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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...