Connected Economy

While CarMax reported solid third-quarter results Thursday (Dec. 19), including a 5.4% increase in retail ...

The B2B payments landscape is at a pivotal juncture as 2025 approaches. On one hand, the ...

Payments innovations impacted small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in 2024. For years, SMBs lagged behind larger ...

Credit cards have long been a catnip for criminals. The lure is undeniable. “Your account number ...

Get ready for B2B wearables. Polar is taking wearable tech beyond the fitness enthusiast with the ...

QR codes have become a common feature in retail, marketing and payment systems, changing the ...

As the world of digital payments evolves, crypto payments and stablecoins are emerging as twin ...

Organizations are grappling with the dual challenges of their legacy infrastructure and rapidly evolving technological ...

The latest artificial intelligence models are delivering mixed signals about the technology’s pace of advancement, ...

PYMNTS Intelligence data has detailed the ways in which various economies around the globe have ...

Meta rolled out AI translation to its Ray-Ban smart glasses while startup Own.App launched a ...

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has debuted a marketplace solution for retailers. The Toshiba Commerce Marketplace is designed ...

For decades, finance functions and treasury teams stared down tedious, manual and repetitive workflows. But today’s ...

Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that remembers what you asked it to do last month? ...

Open banking payments provider Trustly has launched a partnership with fitness/wellness software-maker BRP Systems. The collaboration, ...

For years, the middle and back offices have operated in the shadows of their more ...

Big Lots’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and upcoming acquisition by Nexus Capital Management revealed the deep-rooted issues ...

Leading AI researchers caution that training systems on internet data may be hitting their limits, ...

Google unveiled a platform that provides artificial intelligence agents and AI-powered search to enterprises. The new ...

The resale retail sector, once considered a niche market fueled by thrifty shoppers and vintage ...

What goes up must come down — and after three straight weeks of rallies, the ...

Competition is a click away in commerce, and traditional barriers to purchase can send customers ...

The connected economy might be making a jump from end-users’ hands to their faces. That is, ...

Meta has unveiled a foundation model for controlling the behavior of virtual embodied humanoid agents, ...

B2B firms have two items at the top of their wish list this holiday season: ...

Microsoft handed its artificial intelligence (AI)- powered assistant a pair of digital eyes, letting it ...

It looks like Amazon wants to heat up competition in the delivery space against rival ...

Costco is proving that its digital transformation is more than just a buzzword — it’s ...

Google has introduced a new Android operating system built for extended reality (XR) devices like ...

There’s a sea of change sweeping through the B2B landscape. Traditional models of enterprise buying and ...

Retailers face the daunting challenges of managing inventory, staff, storage, shelf space — and, in ...

GameStop, once a dominant force in the gaming retail industry, is facing some challenges as ...

Will Macy’s Bold New Chapter strategy be enough to save the iconic company and return ...

As companies mull updates to their payments processes, the changes required to automate and digitize ...

Google Cloud and Swift are working together to develop a secure, privacy-preserving solution for financial institutions ...

Self-service commerce technology provider Cantaloupe rolled out its new Smart Stores. These stores offer a 24/7 ...

Who will become Latin America’s dominant digital banking force, MercadoLibre or Nubank? It’s a question posed ...

Gen Digital plans to add financial wellness tools to its offerings by acquiring MoneyLion. The company ...

When it comes to fraud prevention, sharing is caring for financial institutions. News broke this month ...

The biggest tech show in the world, CES 2025 next month in Las Vegas, is ...

Banks rely on core tech to handle the basics: transactions, deposits, loans and more. But ...

A veteran of OpenAI’s voice assistant project reportedly launched a similar effort of his own. WaveForms ...

Few bottlenecks across the payments landscape have been more intractable than that of cross-border payments. ...

The holiday shopping season has long been the crown jewel of the retail calendar. But ...

Meta has unveiled a more efficient artificial intelligence (AI) model that could slash computing costs ...

With one year to go before the deadline to move to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping the business landscape. ...

New research shows artificial intelligence (AI) can now navigate computer interfaces through voice commands to ...

Tech firms are escalating their push to turn every outfit spotted on social media into ...

Elevating product offerings, customer engagement and operational efficiency to drive long-term growth in the competitive ...

Google’s new Genie 2 AI system converts simple drawings and text descriptions into playable 3D ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup iGenius said it is building one of the world’s largest Nvidia DGX AI supercomputers ...

A new research paper reveals artificial intelligence (AI) systems using large language models can now ...

For all transactions — but especially for high-value commercial payments — speed is always a ...

The year end is often a time for chief financial officer (CFO) appointments, resignations or ...

ChatGPT now has 300 million weekly active users, OpenAI said Wednesday (Dec. 4). The company also said ...

Despite facing a softer-than-expected retail environment in the third quarter, Foot Locker President and CEO Mary ...

Digital gift card platform On Me has launched a five-year partnership with Mastercard. The company announced ...

Crypto.com says it has obtained a license letting it issue cards on Mastercard’s network. The new program, announced Wednesday (Dec. 4), ...

Want to know how consumers really feel about a product? Soon, a company might not ...

Nestled at the corner of La Brea and Melrose in Los Angeles, Pink’s Hot Dogs ...

Major retailers worldwide are accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in stores and apps. Walmart Chile is ...

Shastic and MeridianLink have partnered to deliver artificial intelligence (AI)-powered workflow automation to banks and credit ...

As the holiday shopping season begins earlier and lasts longer, shipping costs are rising sharply, ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) says its data transfer terminal offering has gone online. The terminals, announced ...

In the corridors of power that govern corporate strategy, treasurers have long worked in relative ...

Experiential retail is making a comeback as brands pivot from traditional sales models to more ...

Digital wallets have become a key tool for German consumers, especially for online shopping and ...

There’s no shortage of business model innovation enabled by SaaS technology. It makes entering new ...

Now that the B2B Payments: Outlook 2030 event has been recorded, published and analyzed, it’s time ...

Accounts payable (AP) may not always grab headlines, but its evolution is critical to business ...

There’s a change underway in treasury management at financial institutions. As money and assets increasingly operate ...

The holiday-shortened trading week produced a modest gain for the CE 100 Index, which was ...

Temu and Shein reportedly are likely to account for a greater share of toy sales in America ...