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Careful Consumers Want Control. SoFi Says Banks Should Hand It Over.
Consumer Payments // October 07, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Max Spivakovsky of SoFi  A consumer does not have to stop spending to become more careful about money. Debit spending offers a closer look at how consumers are balancing everyday expenses with travel and entertainment, according to Max Spivakovsky,...

AI Agents Bring Shoppers, but Merchants Must Close the Sale
Artificial Intelligence // October 06, 2026

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Visa’s Pavan HS Artificial intelligence shopping agents are creating a new kind of customer at the merchant’s front door: software that may know what a consumer wants, yet arrives without many of the signals merchants have learned to trust....

Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze
Digital Payments // October 06, 2026

Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to get there. The transition introduces a consequential trade-off. Removing intermediaries and settlement delays could also...

Karen Webster Says the Agentic Enterprise Is Already Here
B2B Payments // October 06, 2026

October. Some readers mark it on the calendar for the return of autumn and chilly temperatures. Others get ready for the full dose of sports that comes with the NFL season and the World Series. Here at PYMNTS, it’s B2B Payments time. This year marks...

Interviews & Exclusives
Careful Consumers Want Control. SoFi Says Banks Should Hand It Over.

October 07, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Max Spivakovsky of SoFi  A consumer does not have to stop spending to become more careful about money. Debit spending offers a closer look at how consumers are balancing everyday expenses with travel and entertainment, according to Max Spivakovsky, senior director of global payments risk management at SoFi Tech […]

AI Agents Bring Shoppers, but Merchants Must Close the Sale

October 06, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Visa’s Pavan HS Artificial intelligence shopping agents are creating a new kind of customer at the merchant’s front door: software that may know what...

Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze

October 06, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to...

Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots

October 05, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments infrastructure can actually support. New...

Quick Reads
Meta Takes on Streaming Giants With ‘Instagram for TV’

June 22, 2026
Instagram is expanding its ambitions beyond mobile screens, rolling out new television features that position the Meta-owned platform more directly against streaming services for viewer attention in the living room. The move reflects a broader battle among digital platforms to capture longer viewing sessions, deepen creator engagement and open new pathways for advertising and content […]

Founder Interview: Behavioral Analytics Makes the ROI Case for Banks’ Scam-Fighting Efforts

November 20, 2024
The fraudsters come in droves, inundating would-be victims across all manner of attack vectors, from phishing scams to bots. And in the process there’s a significant amount of information being...

FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence

November 07, 2024
Cryptocurrency-executive-turned-government-witness Caroline Ellison’s stint in prison is officially underway. Ellison, whose testimony helped convict FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud last year, arrived at a Connecticut low-security federal prison Thursday...

Visa Unveils Innovative Benchmarking Tool for Middle Market CFOs to Optimize Working Capital

February 28, 2024
Visa, in partnership with PYMNTS Intelligence, has launched a new benchmarking tool for middle-market CFOs to evaluate their working capital efficiency compared to industry peers. This tool, featuring a calculator...