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Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
artificial intelligence // December 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a default tool at work because it is delivering measurable productivity gains. New PYMNTS Intelligence survey data shows most employers now encourage AI use rather than merely allowing it, while only a small minority discourage it. At the same time,...

What Manufacturing, Healthcare and Tech CFOs Have in Common
Faster Payments // December 18, 2025

When one thinks of fast payments, manufacturing isn’t the first sector to come to mind. It’s the same for simple payments and healthcare; or not meeting their customers’ needs and tech firms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

48% of Goods Producers Turn to AI to Lift Output
artificial intelligence // December 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence is changing jobs faster than companies can reorganize them, and a new set of data shows that the impact is far more uneven and complex than early predictions suggested. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Instant Payments Take Center Stage as Construction Confronts Its Cash Flow Crisis
Real-Time Payments // December 17, 2025

Construction timelines depend on precision, coordination and confidence, but slow payments continue to undermine all three. Across the industry, contractors report that late disbursements are far more damaging than weather or materials issues. These late payments create cascading delays that fracture schedules, inflate bids and...

Interviews & Exclusives
What Manufacturing, Healthcare and Tech CFOs Have in Common

December 18, 2025
When one thinks of fast payments, manufacturing isn’t the first sector to come to mind. It’s the same for simple payments and healthcare; or not meeting their customers’ needs and tech firms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional […]

Instant Payments Take Center Stage as Construction Confronts Its Cash Flow Crisis

December 17, 2025
Construction timelines depend on precision, coordination and confidence, but slow payments continue to undermine all three. Across the industry, contractors report that late disbursements are far more damaging than weather...

Citi Says Identity Is the New Gatekeeper for Financial Blockchains

December 16, 2025
Blockchain’s founding principles centered on being “trustless”: A system where cryptography and consensus replaced intermediaries, regulators and centralized control. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

75% of CFOs Shift Strategy as Tariffs Reshape 2026 Plans 

December 15, 2025
A new PYMNTS Intelligence report shows that tariffs are no longer a temporary policy shift. They are now a structural force shaping how America’s middle-market CFOs rethink investment, budgeting and...

Quick Reads
Rite Aid Attributes Bankruptcy Return to Empty Shelves, Shopper Trade-Down

May 06, 2025
Rite Aid has claimed in a court filing Tuesday (May 6) that its inability to sustain a successful recovery and its subsequent return to bankruptcy protection is primarily due to sparsely stocked store shelves and to trade-down from lower-income consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free […]

Gen Z Accounts for Largest Increase in Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers

March 14, 2025
Generation Z saw the sharpest increase in the number of people living paycheck to paycheck over the past two years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Visa Says New Anti-Fraud Unit Blocked $350 Million in Scam Attempts

March 11, 2025
Visa says its new anti-fraud disruption department saved potential victims $350 million last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Fed Survey: Businesses Now Face More Uncertainty Than Before Pandemic

December 26, 2024
According to the latest Survey of Business Uncertainty, firms are now more uncertain about their prospects than they were before the pandemic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...