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The Payments Problem Small Businesses Don’t Know They Have
B2B Payments // December 20, 2024

The circle of trust and the issues around risk management explored in PYMNTS’ recent “What’s Next in Payments” articles are often heavy on future technology. They may bring to mind a consumer logging into a bank app, sending a P2P payment or transacting with a...

Tough Week For FinTech IPO Index As Rally Fades to 6.1% Loss
Fintech Investments // December 20, 2024

It was a tough week for the FinTech IPO index, with last week’s rally fading in the face of some year-end trades and news events. Every company, except OppFi, was down, leading the index to drop a shade over 6% for the week. Among the...

Will Auto Sales Define the Next Amazon-Walmart Contest?
Walmart Amazon whole paycheck // December 19, 2024

It seems as if consumers can buy just about anything from Amazon. Now, you can add cars to that list. Can Amazon Autos become a go-to destination for car buyers, providing Amazon with a competitive edge in an area where Walmart has yet to establish...

Beyond Breaches: Why Security and Trust Are the Real Currency of Payments
Security & Fraud // December 19, 2024

The stakes for fraud prevention and data security are rising with innovation across digital payments. Trust remains the cornerstone of today’s dynamic ecosystem, but it is increasingly tested by a web of risks, including fraud and security vulnerabilities, compliance demands, counterparty reliability, payment failures and...

Interviews & Exclusives
Ingo Payments’ Edwards: 2025 Will Change the Rules for Bank-FinTech Partnerships

December 20, 2024
As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps, platforms and mobile devices. FinTechs have largely been untested in […]

The Payments Problem Small Businesses Don’t Know They Have

December 20, 2024
The circle of trust and the issues around risk management explored in PYMNTS’ recent “What’s Next in Payments” articles are often heavy on future technology. They may bring to mind...

Tough Week For FinTech IPO Index As Rally Fades to 6.1% Loss

December 20, 2024
It was a tough week for the FinTech IPO index, with last week’s rally fading in the face of some year-end trades and news events. Every company, except OppFi, was...

Will Auto Sales Define the Next Amazon-Walmart Contest?

December 19, 2024
It seems as if consumers can buy just about anything from Amazon. Now, you can add cars to that list. Can Amazon Autos become a go-to destination for car buyers,...

Quick Reads
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 thrown at banks and consumers across digital channels, said David Excell, founder of Featurespace, in an interview with PYMNTS. “And we often don’t have a […]

As RTP Turns 5, Matching Experience to Expectation Is the Challenge

November 22, 2022
The customer experience encompasses all of the touch points that customers take advantage of when interacting with a company’s employees, assets or operations — including and especially the payment experience....

JPMorgan Sees ‘Big Data’ Becoming ‘Smart Data’ With Help of Super Apps

October 26, 2022
The digital front door is opening. Lia Cao, managing director and global co-head of corporate and eCommerce sales and solutions at J.P. Morgan Payments, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the...

Amazon Prime Day Will Face Aggressive Rivals, Inflation-Weary Consumers

June 16, 2022
(Update: adds Target Deal Days announcement) With Amazon announcing the latest iteration of its annual Prime Day event, it didn’t take long before rival retailers began to unveil their own...