Just as 2024 delivered more than originally advertised, we now stand at the midpoint of a transformative decade in which the digital economy continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. In this insightful eBook, PYMNTS.com CEO Karen Webster presents a compelling analysis of five not-so-obvious...
It’s only been for the last 443 years that the start of the new year was celebrated on January 1st. For millennia before that, it wasn’t until late March and on the day when the number of hours between darkness and light was the same....
There are 52 Mondays in a year. For the last 15 of those years, I have published a piece of content on as many of those Mondays as I could. My all-time record was 56. This year I clocked in at 15. My writings in...
PYMNTS Intelligence published its annual report on the usage and adoption of Apple Pay yesterday (October 21). That report marked the ten-year milestone of Apple Pay’s launch, which was the mobile wallet shot heard round the world. Apple Pay wasn’t the world’s first digital wallet...
September 14, 2023
“You can’t always get what you want” are both lyrics made famous by Mick Jagger in the 1968 rock classic by the same name and very likely the most frequently spoken words by parents everywhere. It also happens to be a fitting commentary on the working capital needs of a category of companies called Growth […]
June 12, 2023
I was recently asked for my advice on a new B2B network aimed at solving a big problem for a segment of small business sellers. The network was built on...
July 22, 2019
They’re slow. They’re cumbersome and expensive. They open the door for fraud. For all their drawbacks, why do paper checks persist in accounts payable? PYMNTS recently surveyed accounts payable (AP)...
January 29, 2018
It’s time to talk more about what we’re really trying to accomplish for consumers — and for our businesses — and less about the tactics some are trying, with mixed success, to...
December 06, 2021
When I announced the acquisition of the leading global media and content platform on antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy International (CPI), six weeks ago, I hinted that it was the first of a series of dedicated efforts to expand our platform and content focus on the issues that would inform the future of the […]
June 21, 2021
Two weeks ago, Ferrari named its third CEO in as many years. That wasn’t the big news. This new CEO, Benedetto Vigna, isn’t a car guy but a tech guy,...
October 30, 2018
Investors have their anxious eyes on Facebook this Tuesday (October 30), as the social media operator plans to report third-quarter 2018 results after the market close. The company suffered its...
December 16, 2016
Though many financial institutions recognize the opportunity to help middle-market businesses automate their AP payments, they have not been able to fully capitalize on the opportunity. Here the elusive payments...
