Financial Scams Are the New Customer-Churn Crisis for Banks
“Financial Scams and Consumer Trust,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Block, examines how the rise of digital scams is undermining the confidence powering everyday banking, commerce a...
Headspace Outruns Planet Fitness in October Rankings
Fitness, it turns out, is an inside job when it comes to the PYMNTS App provider rankings for the category. Because it wasn’t the usual suspects that made the biggest jumps for the month of October....
58% of SMBs Turn to Embedded Finance for Cash Flow Management
For years, embedded finance was shorthand for retail convenience. It included buy now, pay later buttons, one-click checkouts and rideshare wallets.
This year marks a turning point, however...
The $4.5 Quadrillion Opportunity in Human Time
Behind almost every great innovation is a story of time.
Maybe an innovation saved a lot of our time. Or it made us live longer. Made us more productive workers who could command a higher ...
Strong Showings From Affirm and FIS Can’t Stop CE 100 Slide
The CE 100 Index slipped 3.5%, in a week governed by earnings reports. Only the Banking segment and the Be Well pillar, both up 0.5%, were in the green.
Call it a “buy the rumor, sell ...
AI Agents Take Over the SEO Playbook
The Prompt Economy was generous this week. Instead of the recent deluge of instructions and advice for developers, we saw some more practical applications for digital media and retail as agentic artif...
Gopuff CEO: Why We Moved First to Support SNAP Families
The uncertainty surrounding the shutdown has left millions of Americans unsure how they’ll restock their pantries. Food insecurity spikes when government benefits stall, and for millions of househol...
How AI is giving Northern Ireland teachers time back
A six-month long pilot program with the Northern Ireland Education Authority’s C2k initiative found that integrating Gemini and other generative AI tools saved participa…...