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Mermaid Tails and Cricket Snacks: TikTok’s Marketplace Madness

January 25, 2025
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What Treasurers Can Learn From How Central Banks Approach Risk
B2B Payments // January 24, 2025

As Warren Buffet once said, risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. After all, opportunities multiply as they are seized — but so do the negative consequences of risk. For corporate treasures and finance teams operating in today’s uncertain environment, many of whom are...

Meta Plans $65 Billion Infrastructure Investment During ‘Defining Year’ for AI
Meta // January 24, 2025

Meta plans to invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures and grow its artificial intelligence (AI) teams “significantly” this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Friday (Jan. 24) post on Facebook. Saying this will be a “defining year” for AI, Zuckerberg said Meta is...

Consumer Sentiment Dips 4% Amid Concerns About Unemployment and Inflation
Consumer Insights // January 24, 2025

Consumer sentiment edged down 4% in January, marking the first decline in six months, according to the final results for the University of Michigan’s January Surveys of Consumers. “While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, all other index components pulled...

Nearly 60% of Americans Shun Automatic Bill Payments, Study Reveals
Payment Methods // January 24, 2025

When it comes to payments, the “set it and forget it” option certainly has its allure. Providing card or account details to a provider ensures that the service being provided — say, a utility, or streaming media (or, separately, even an outstanding bill that’s being...

Interviews & Exclusives
Memo to GenAI Companies: The Future of Payments Needs Your Focus

January 24, 2025
The payments industry is increasingly defined by speed, security and precision, and generative artificial intelligence promises to transform every facet of financial services. Yet, as Lisa McFarland, executive vice president and chief product officer at Ingo Payments, told PYMNTS for the series “What’s Next In Payments: Memo to the GenAI Companies,” if she were to […]

UAE eCommerce Merchants Expect Processors to Deliver One-Click Checkout Experiences

January 24, 2025
The user experience is everything when it comes to any online interaction — but especially in eCommerce, where the last few moments, at checkout, can make or break a transaction....

Why Listening Is Innovation’s Best Technology

January 24, 2025
Listening is crucial to innovation, Boost Payment Solutions founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How to Achieve It in 2025.”  ...

What Happens When 51% of Retailers Say They Aren’t ‘Data Ready’

January 24, 2025
Forget the days of gut instincts and guesswork. In today’s data-driven operating landscape, real-time insights have gone from the cherry on top to the whole sundae. This is particularly true...

Quick Reads
Meta Plans $65 Billion Infrastructure Investment During ‘Defining Year’ for AI

January 24, 2025
Meta plans to invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures and grow its artificial intelligence (AI) teams “significantly” this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Friday (Jan. 24) post on Facebook. Saying this will be a “defining year” for AI, Zuckerberg said Meta is building a data center large enough to cover “a significant […]

Consumer Sentiment Dips 4% Amid Concerns About Unemployment and Inflation

January 24, 2025
Consumer sentiment edged down 4% in January, marking the first decline in six months, according to the final results for the University of Michigan’s January Surveys of Consumers. “While assessments...

Report: Apple Moves Project Manager Kim Vorrath to AI Division

January 24, 2025
Apple reportedly moved Kim Vorrath, a vice president in charge of program management who is known for fixing troubled projects, to the company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning division to...

Trump’s Executive Order Aligns Stablecoins With Maintenance of Dollar Supremacy

January 24, 2025
President Donald Trump’s executive order on digital assets issued Thursday (Jan. 23) will reportedly boost stablecoins and issuers like Tether Holdings and Circle Internet Financial. Trump’s order aligned stablecoins with...