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How Small Businesses Are Using Financing to Close Bigger Deals
SMBs // May 07, 2026

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Why OpenAI, Amazon and Apple Want to Be the Smartphone in Your Pocket
artificial intelligence // May 06, 2026

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs stood on stage at Macworld and introduced three products. An iPod with a bigger screen and touch controls, a mobile phone, and something he described as a breakthrough internet communications device. He repeated the list three times so that...

New Report Shows Clear Path for Credit Unions to Catch Up on Digital Assets
Credit Unions // May 05, 2026

“Digital Currency at the Credit Union: The Gap Between Interest and Access” is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera. The report examines the growing disconnect between what younger consumers want from their financial institutions and what many credit unions currently provide regarding digital currencies....

Mother’s Day, but Make It Platinum
The Weekender // May 02, 2026

Mother’s Day is the annual moment when otherwise rational adults look into the maw of modern commerce and ask a spiritually revealing question: Is brunch enough? Usually, yes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why Small Businesses Don’t Use Business Credit Cards  

July 21, 2025
Small businesses run on big decisions—but when it comes to credit card usage, many are blending business and personal finance in ways that reveal shortcomings in today’s financial products. That’s one of the key discoveries in “SMB Growth Monitor: How Firms Use and Choose Credit Cards,” which uncovers how SMB credit behaviors vary by business […]

Banks Navigate Digital Asset Boom, Regulatory Shift Amid Economic Headwinds

May 26, 2025
We’re not quite at the halfway point of the year — that will come June 30 — but the long weekend offers time to pause and reflect on some significant...

Trump Exec Order Puts Paper Checks on Borrowed Time, but Data Hurdles Loom Large

March 31, 2025
By now, President Donald Trump’s executive order to modernize how the federal government handles treasury disbursements is old news. The move, dubbed by some as “#KillTheCheck,” aims to address rising...

PagBrasil’s Compliance-First Approach Fast-Tracks Payment License

February 17, 2025
The need for speed and digital tools has become essential to the Latin American banking experience. Case in point: As detailed in PYMNTS’ recent exclusive sweep of 11 countries’ digital...

Quick Reads
Visa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay

June 07, 2017
Picture a car that’s smart enough to know it’s running low on gas and prompts the driver to stop at the nearest gas station. There, a pump is activated as the car approaches. After the fill-up, the driver simply pulls away. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited […]