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Earnings
Mastercard: Tokenized Transactions Grow 50% Year Over Year

Mastercard said in its most recent earnings report on Wednesday (May...

10 mins ago
BNPL
Sezzle Offers Rewards for On-Time BNPL Payments

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

21 mins ago
Earnings
Yum Brands Q1 Earnings Show Digital Sales Surge Amid Broader...

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

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artificial intelligence
MongoDB Launches Program to Help Enterprises Implement GenAI

MongoDB has launched a program designed to help enterprises embed generative...

38 mins ago
Artificial Intelligence
AI Safety Summit Draws Global Experts, but Google DeepMind Plans...

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

42 mins ago
Prescriptions
Pfizer Reportedly Plans D2C COVID and Migraine Drug Platform

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

1 hour ago
Earnings
Marriott Sees Growth After China Lifts Travel Restrictions

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

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Earnings
This Earnings Season, Inflation and Pinched Consumer Wallets Are Common...

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

2 hours ago
Stock Index
FanDuel Picks NY Over London for Primary Listing

FanDuel is reportedly preparing to switch its public listing to the U.S....

2 hours ago
Retail
David’s Bridal: Vow Renewal Couples Want the Newlyweds Shopping Experience

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

2 hours ago
SMBs
Payment Innovations Help Small Businesses Navigate the Main Street Maze

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

3 hours ago
Disbursements
58% of Freelance, Contract Workers Would Pay to Get Paid

Nearly three-quarters of consumers want their disbursements paid to them instantly,...

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Economy
Information Sector Loses 4,000 Jobs While Overall Employment Grows

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

3 hours ago
Partnerships
PSCU Teams With Aloha Credit Union for Card Processing

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

4 hours ago
Loans
Biden Cancels $6 Billion in Debt for Grads of Failed...

The White House has forgiven $6.1 billion in loans for Art Institutes graduates....

4 hours ago
Loans
Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan

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

4 hours ago
SMBs
Main Street Businesses Are Outperforming the US Economy

PYMNTS Intelligence frequently looks at the landscape of the small businesses...

10 hours ago
Opinion
Era of AI Uncertainty Calls for Reliable Anchors of Data

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

10 hours ago
Fraud Prevention
Mastercard: 'Movies' Not 'Snapshots' of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter...

Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of...

10 hours ago
Cross-border Payments
Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global

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

10 hours ago
Earnings
Mondelez Sees US Snack Volume Decline Amid ‘Mixed’ Consumer Confidence

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

15 hours ago
Earnings
AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC

The auto insurance claims and collision repair industries are increasingly adopting...

16 hours ago
Earnings
Starbucks Renews Focus on Occasional Customers as Q2 Results Disappoint

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

17 hours ago
Amazon
Amazon North American Sales Soar in Q1

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

17 hours ago
Earnings
LendingClub Deposits Reach $7.5B as Embedded Finance Beckons   

LendingClub noted in its latest results that deposits on its balance...

18 hours ago
Payment Methods
Google Transitioning Fitbit Pay to Google Wallet in Most Countries

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

18 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

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

18 hours ago
Legal
Newspapers Sue Microsoft, OpenAI for Using Content to Train AI

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

18 hours ago
artificial intelligence
OpenAI Privacy Case Shows Misinformation Is Hard to Cure

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

18 hours ago
Earnings
Pinterest: Consumers Will Adopt Social Commerce If It’s Easy

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

19 hours ago
B2B Payments
Digits Launches AI Bill Pay for Small Businesses

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

19 hours ago
Accounts Payable
SourceDay and Medius Team on Procure-to-Pay Enhancements

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

19 hours ago
Consumer Insights
34% of Gen Z Consumers Say Splurging Contributes to Financial...

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

20 hours ago
Digital Payments
Online Gaming and Instant Payments Drive Entertainment’s Digital Adventure 

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

20 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
What CFOs Should Know About the Growing Use of Stablecoins

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

20 hours ago
Earnings
Samsung Overtakes Apple in Smartphone Sales, Driven by On-Device AI

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

20 hours ago
Social Commerce
TikTok Shop Marks 500,000+ Merchants in the US

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

21 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence
US Issues Stark Warning on AI Risks to Critical Infrastructure

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

21 hours ago