Oracle, a provider of integrated suites of applications and secure infrastructure in the Oracle...

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Thursday (May 2) that there has been an...

Consumers — especially younger generations — are conducting more and more purchases digitally, but...

Amazon’s B2B procurement store is rolling out new resources designed to help smaller entrepreneurs....

Banyan has announced a new partnership with WEX. “As a B2B FinTech whose purpose...

Peloton made headlines on Thursday (May 2) as it announced the launch of restructuring efforts, including laying...

Microsoft will inject $2.2 billion into Malaysia’s burgeoning cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure...

Israeli fraud/financial crime prevention provider BioCatch has been acquired by private equity company Permira.  The deal, announced Thursday (May...

Chase introduced a series of payments-oriented tools aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new tools...

Amazon reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2024, as the company doubles...

Instacart has become the exclusive same-day delivery partner of Kohl’s. With Kohl’s now on the Instacart App,...

Uber is reportedly facing a $312 million lawsuit from drivers of London’s black cabs. That...

Whether shopping online or in person, an increasing number of consumers are embracing digital...

The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance held steady during the week ending...

Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents.  “As part of the...

This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and...

Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless payments. Now, as...

Peloton Interactive has begun a search for a new CEO and announced that Barry McCarthy has stepped...

In the north of England, the Manchester area has a booming FinTech startup community....

It’s been a season of slowing sales for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). That could mean...

Despite Europe’s reputation as a tech laggard, a cadre of companies is making big bets...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) loaned out $390 billion to keep companies afloat during COVID. Now,...

Mastercard has welcomed six startups to its Start Path program focused on improving payment...

Instant payments have taken center stage more and more in recent years, with the...

Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And that’s bad news...

Use cases for real-time payments have never been a source of argument, even among...

In the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty,” Thredd Chief Administrative Officer Oliver...

While artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, its rise hasn’t come cheap....

Finland did it again.  The World Happiness Report (WHR) came out in March. For the...

DoorDash set new company records across several metrics in the first quarter as it continued...

Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The...

Online used car retailer Carvana reported “milestone” first quarter (Q1) results on Wednesday (May 1),...

EBay’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) eked out slight gains in the most recent quarter,...

British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a...

Against a challenging macro backdrop, freelance work matters more than ever.  And the innovations...

Google has reportedly reorganized its Core unit, which builds the technical foundation behind the company’s...

Kroger and Walt Disney Co. are reportedly exploring a partnership that would offer the Disney+ streaming service to subscribers of...

Late business-to-business (B2B) payments aren’t just a headache for the people in the accounts...

Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The company’s latest shareholder letter...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement with payment processing company BlueSnap and its former CEO Ralph Dangelmaier...

As consumers continue to feel the economic strain, they are cutting back on buying...

The creator economy landscape is rapidly evolving, with platforms and companies vying to support...

Estée Lauder Companies’ debut of its first brand on the U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store has “greatly exceeded”...

Cautious lower-income consumers and slower restaurant sales are squeezing Kraft Heinz. The packaged food product...

Block, owner of Cash App and Square, is reportedly facing a Department of Justice investigation. Federal prosecutors are in discussions with...

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is launching its first smartphone app and a new...

Since April 2021, most Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S....

As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more effective prevention tools...

Unimarket has introduced its fully managed accounts payable (AP) payments service, Unimarket Payments, to the United...

The volatile consumer healthcare sector showed up big in CVS’ Q1 earnings Wednesday (May 1),...

Construction spending in the U.S. declined unexpectedly in March after being unchanged in February....

Building a successful business rarely happens on an island or in a vacuum. Typically, success comes from...

Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools. Toast’s Digital Storefront...

Peacock, the streaming service owned by Comcast’s NBCUniversal, continues to demonstrate strong appeal, with management revealing...

Anthropic launched an iOS app featuring its artificial intelligence chatbot, Claude. The app makes the chatbot accessible “from...

Expensify has added expense tracking features for self-employed professionals to the latest version of...

UnitedHealth’s CEO said the company is still investigating a security failure behind a massive...

Mastercard said in its most recent earnings report on Wednesday (May 1) that the...

Payments platform Sezzle wants to reward users to stay on top of their bills.  To...

Yum Brands, the company behind Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, reported mixed results...

MongoDB has launched a program designed to help enterprises embed generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)...

As luminaries from academia, government and business prepare to gather in South Korea May...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly creating an online platform selling anti-COVID and migraine medications. The platform,...

Marriott International saw its revenue per available room (RevPAR) increase 4.2% year-over-year during the first...

If there’s a theme for retailers this earnings season, and especially for dining, it...

FanDuel is reportedly preparing to switch its public listing to the U.S. markets. Shareholders in Flutter...

Consumers are willing to spend an arm and a leg on their weddings —...

Payments are the lifeblood of any business, but for small businesses, they are particularly...

Nearly three-quarters of consumers want their disbursements paid to them instantly, but only one-third...

Nine out of 10 industry sectors monitored by ADP posted job gains in April....

PSCU/Co-op Solutions teamed up with Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union (APFCU). The partnership will see the payments credit union...

The White House has forgiven $6.1 billion in loans for Art Institutes graduates. That’s because, the...

British payments FinTech SumUp is reportedly looking to expand following a $1.6 billion loan. The private...

PYMNTS Intelligence frequently looks at the landscape of the small businesses that populate U.S....

The insurance industry, often perceived as lagging in innovation and adapting to consumer needs,...

Because business leaders rely on data to make critical decisions, they must be sure...

Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments...

Cross-border payments circa May 2024 have become a highly specialized sector of the payments...

Consumer confidence in the United States is mixed, with many shoppers looking for deals...

The auto insurance claims and collision repair industries are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions...

Starbucks’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalized rewards efforts, aimed at increasing customer frequency and spending, appear to be facing...

Although it was closely watched for the manner in which it handled its artificial intelligence...

LendingClub noted in its latest results that deposits on its balance sheet grew as...

Google is transitioning its Fitbit Pay contactless payments to Google Wallet in most countries. “Google Wallet is now available...

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison...

Eight newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group are reportedly suing Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that the tech...

In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, where chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are all...

As consumers seek more frictionless eCommerce experiences, Pinterest is seeing user demand for shoppable...

Accounting software firm Digits has launched AI Bill Pay, an artificial intelligence (AI) accounting platform.  Calling it...

Supply chain collaboration platform SourceDay and accounts payable platform Medius are collaborating to enhance procure-to-pay operations for businesses....

Spoiler alert: The title of PYMNTS Intelligence’s new report, “Why 60% of Gen Z’s Live...

In line with the digital transformation sweeping across industries, Six Flags has embarked on a...

Stablecoins, as their name implies, offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility. And...

Samsung overtook Apple to become the world’s highest-volume seller of smartphones in the first quarter. To become...

TikTok saw its U.S. eCommerce merchant base more than double at the end of 2023....

In a bid to safeguard the nation’s vital infrastructure, the federal government is now offering...

News Corp has denied a report that it has struck a deal with Google to develop content...

In a move that underscores the growing global interest in artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft...

Casual dining company Brinker International wants to capitalize on diner discontent with fast food prices. The...

Typically, consumers’ preferred purchasing channel remains the physical store, but when it comes to buying electronics,...

Consumers are becoming more cautious in their spending, Citi CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday (April 30). Speaking at...

Most small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) located up and down Main Street, USA, are...

The more complex a pricing structure, the more likely consumers are to pay more...

Sam’s Club said its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered exit scanners are now in 120 stores....

No matter which side of the Atlantic they are on, grocery shoppers want loyalty...