Podcast news and trends

Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments

February 26, 2026
citi podcast
On ‘From the Block,’ Experts Warn Crypto Must Fix Scams and User Errors Before Scaling
Cryptocurrency // February 12, 2026

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 PYMNTS and...

PYMNTS Unveils Podcast Hub Bringing Industry Voices to the Connected Economy Conversation
Payment Methods // October 09, 2025

The way money moves is changing faster than ever, and so are the conversations shaping it. 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...

Treasury Payments Systems at Risk? The DOGE Dilemma and What It Means for Banks
Regulation // February 03, 2025

The events of the Feb. 1 weekend are tough to get your head around. Elon Musk and his team at DOGE were given access to the U.S. Treasury payments system,  perhaps the world’s most sensitive and potentially impactful. That’s about $5 trillion worth of flows...

Boost CEO Sees ‘Second Opportunity’ for Digital Transformation in B2B
B2B Payments // January 03, 2025

As 2024 gives way to 2025, the payment landscape is set to pivot from uncertainty to a focus on strategic sophistication. It’s a goal that informed a recent conversation between PYMNTS’ Karen Webster and Boost Payment Solutions founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt during a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments

February 26, 2026
Here is the question nobody in polite payments circles wants to ask out loud: Do the card networks need stablecoins—or do stablecoins need the card networks? 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 […]

On ‘From the Block,’ Experts Warn Crypto Must Fix Scams and User Errors Before Scaling

February 12, 2026
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 Unveils Podcast Hub Bringing Industry Voices to the Connected Economy Conversation

October 09, 2025
The way money moves is changing faster than ever, and so are the conversations shaping it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Boost CEO Sees ‘Second Opportunity’ for Digital Transformation in B2B

January 03, 2025
As 2024 gives way to 2025, the payment landscape is set to pivot from uncertainty to a focus on strategic sophistication. It’s a goal that informed a recent conversation between...

Quick Reads
Apple To Release Exclusive Podcasts For iOS, macOS

July 16, 2019
Apple is reportedly planning to fund a set of exclusive podcasts for its audio service in a bid to compete with Spotify and Stitcher. 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 […]

Spotify Buys Parcast To Further Goal To Lead In Streaming Audio

March 26, 2019
Spotify Technology, producer of the audio streaming subscription service, announced Tuesday (March 26) it is acquiring Parcast, a storytelling-driven podcast studio, for an undisclosed sum. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Spotify Loses $458M In Revenue, Tallies 180M Users

July 27, 2018
Spotify’s second quarter as a public company shows that it has increased its paid subscriptions by 40 percent, but it lost $458 million in revenue. According to reports, Spotify now...

Banking on Blockchain, Linking Cross-Border Payments

October 17, 2017
Might seamless cross-border payments be among the holy grails of payments? Think of the complexities: multiple currencies, time zones, financial institutions, regulations … the list goes on. Speed and simplicity...