Revenue news and trends

Anthropic Readies Over $30 Trillion Revenue Forecast for Investors

August 25, 2026
Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
Retail // August 21, 2026

Retail media is giving Walmart, Target and Amazon a faster-growing source of revenue than their core retail businesses, built on the same traffic, searches and transaction data generated by stores, websites and marketplaces. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Walmart Investors Hang Hopes on Retail Media as Sales Cool
Walmart // August 18, 2026

Walmart’s investors are counting on the company’s ad business to drive profits as same-store sales growth has cooled and the company’s stock has fallen on a cautious annual outlook, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion as IPO Nears
Artificial Intelligence // August 14, 2026

OpenAI is now on pace to bring in annualized revenue of more than $40 billion, roughly double its run rate from the end of 2025. The jump gives the ChatGPT maker fresh momentum as it prepares to go public. For the banking, payments and fintech...

Paysafe Wallet Users Rise 8% as iGaming Volume Accelerates
Earnings // August 13, 2026

Paysafe added more consumers to its digital wallets in the second quarter, but those additional users did not lift overall wallet volume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Social Media Sales Growth Increases for 46% of SMBs

August 12, 2026
For small businesses in the United States, the clearest growth opportunities increasingly sit beyond the storefront. 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 […]

Business Uncertainty Costs Middle Market Companies Up to 6% of Revenue

May 20, 2026
Business uncertainty remained elevated in March, with 27% of payment executives reporting high uncertainty levels even as optimism about the next 12 months rose, according to new PYMNTS Intelligence data....

Why Game-Day Revenue Doesn’t Mean Same-Day Cash

February 10, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Priority’s Brendan Kirsch Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Embedded Tools Lift Revenues as Marketplaces Fight Churn

December 08, 2025
Embedded finance has moved from a technology option to a revenue model for online marketplaces. The change is driven by the need to retain customers, reduce churn, and keep transactions...

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Anthropic Readies Over $30 Trillion Revenue Forecast for Investors

August 25, 2026
Anthropic is preparing to tell investors that it anticipates potential revenues of more than $30 trillion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Aug. 25), citing unnamed sources. 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 […]

Walmart Investors Hang Hopes on Retail Media as Sales Cool

August 18, 2026
Walmart’s investors are counting on the company’s ad business to drive profits as same-store sales growth has cooled and the company’s stock has fallen on a cautious annual outlook, Reuters...

OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion as IPO Nears

August 14, 2026
OpenAI is now on pace to bring in annualized revenue of more than $40 billion, roughly double its run rate from the end of 2025. The jump gives the ChatGPT...

Santander Consolidates Global Tech Platforms to Drive Record Profits

July 22, 2026
Santander’s digital transformation and targeted deployment of artificial intelligence helped it achieve record profits in the first half, the bank said in a Wednesday (July 22) earnings release. Get the...