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Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025

December 24, 2025
payments innovation, AI, leadership
Mollie Bolsters Payments Offerings With GoCardless Acquisition
Acquisitions // December 11, 2025

Dutch financial services provider Mollie is acquiring UK bank payment company GoCardless. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

Consumers Expect Inflation to Stay High and Financial Stress to Rise
Consumer Insights // December 09, 2025

Inflation expectations are steady, but households are not. The latest results from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released on Monday (Dec. 8th) show consumers believe prices will continue rising while personal financial conditions are poised to deteriorate. Get the Full Story Complete the...

New York Cash Payments Law to Take Effect in March
Money Mobility // December 08, 2025

Food stores and retail establishments in New York are required to accept cash payments for in-person transactions after a bill was signed into law by the state’s governor. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Suppliers Rip Up the One-Size-Fits-All Payment Playbook
artificial intelligence // December 08, 2025

Payment acceptance inside large suppliers has traditionally operated like a utility. As long as money showed up and could be matched to an invoice, the system was considered successful. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Interviews & Exclusives
Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025

December 24, 2025
If 2025 felt like the year the future stopped “arriving” and started showing up in production, you are not imagining it. In payments and commerce, the most important shifts rarely announce themselves with a single product launch. They surface in how executives describe their constraints, their adversaries and their non-negotiables. What follows is a guided […]

Consumers Expect Inflation to Stay High and Financial Stress to Rise

December 09, 2025
Inflation expectations are steady, but households are not. The latest results from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released on Monday (Dec. 8th) show consumers believe prices will continue...

Suppliers Rip Up the One-Size-Fits-All Payment Playbook

December 08, 2025
Payment acceptance inside large suppliers has traditionally operated like a utility. As long as money showed up and could be matched to an invoice, the system was considered successful. Get...

Workers Use Faster Wages to Boost Local Economies

December 08, 2025
The 60 million workers who form the human infrastructure powering the U.S. economy are increasingly scraping just to get by. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Quick Reads
Mollie Bolsters Payments Offerings With GoCardless Acquisition

December 11, 2025
Dutch financial services provider Mollie is acquiring UK bank payment company GoCardless. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from […]

New York Cash Payments Law to Take Effect in March

December 08, 2025
Food stores and retail establishments in New York are required to accept cash payments for in-person transactions after a bill was signed into law by the state’s governor. Get the...

Stripe Acquires Metronome to Enhance Usage-Based Pricing for AI

December 05, 2025
Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metronome, a usage-based billing platform for software companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Bitcoin Rises Back Above $90,000 as Investors Expect Interest Rate Cuts

November 26, 2025
The price of Bitcoin rose above $90,000 for the first time in about a week, recovering after a month-long selloff, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. 26). Get the Full Story Complete...