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DOJ Reached Settlement With LivCor Over Alleged Anticompetitive Rents
Legal // December 24, 2025

The Justice Department has reached a proposed settlement with LivCor as part of the department’s drive to halt what it alleged is a scheme among landlords to collaborate on setting rents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Jobless Claims Decline by 10,000 Amid ‘No Hire, No Fire’ Labor Market
Economy // December 24, 2025

There was a decline in initial claims for unemployment together with an increase in insured employment last week. 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...

China UnionPay Launches Mobile App for Travelers
Travel Payments // December 24, 2025

China UnionPay has launched a mobile app designed to provide one-stop digital services for foreign visitors to China. 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...

Snowflake in Talks to Acquire Observe to Expand Range of AI Offerings
Acquisitions // December 24, 2025

Snowflake is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe for about $1 billion to expand its range of artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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2025 Turned Uncertainty From Surprise Into Strategy

December 24, 2025
By year-end, one conclusion from PYMNTS Intelligence’s The Certainty Project series is hard to miss: Uncertainty rarely arrives as a single shock. 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 […]

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...

Scammers Turn Christmas Into a Payments Stress Test

December 24, 2025
The holiday shopping period compresses weeks of spending into days, multiplies the number of online interactions, and makes consumers and companies vulnerable to fraudsters. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Crypto Loses the Hype but Wins the Banks

December 24, 2025
For cryptocurrency markets, 2025 was a year that went full circle. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Quick Reads
DOJ Reached Settlement With LivCor Over Alleged Anticompetitive Rents

December 24, 2025
The Justice Department has reached a proposed settlement with LivCor as part of the department’s drive to halt what it alleged is a scheme among landlords to collaborate on setting rents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins […]

Jobless Claims Decline by 10,000 Amid ‘No Hire, No Fire’ Labor Market

December 24, 2025
There was a decline in initial claims for unemployment together with an increase in insured employment last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

China UnionPay Launches Mobile App for Travelers

December 24, 2025
China UnionPay has launched a mobile app designed to provide one-stop digital services for foreign visitors to China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Snowflake in Talks to Acquire Observe to Expand Range of AI Offerings

December 24, 2025
Snowflake is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe for about $1 billion to expand its range of artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...