Featured News

PYMNTS.com original reporting, in-depth interviews, deep dives, and data analysis.

The Young and Impatient: Digital-Native Generations Want Instant Payments From Banks

The Young and Impatient: Digital-Native Generations Want Instant Payments From Banks
The Young and Impatient: Digital-Native Generations Want Instant Payments From Banks
May 30, 2025  |  Banking

Generation Z and Generation Alpha are critical for financial institutions’ long-term viability. They’re the ones with decades of financial journeys ahead of them. Get the...

READ MORE >
37% of Shoppers Go In-Store for Beauty Products, Leading All Categories
37% of Shoppers Go In-Store for Beauty Products, Leading All Categories
May 30, 2025  |  Retail

Despite the persistent surge of eCommerce, recent data indicates that physical retail locations continue to play a vital role in consumer purchasing habits, attracting shoppers...

READ MORE >
Platforms Drag FinTech IPO Index 0.5% Lower in Shortened Trading Week
Platforms Drag FinTech IPO Index 0.5% Lower in Shortened Trading Week
May 30, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

The past few days to be volatile ones in the FinTech IPO realm, as our Index slipped 0.4% in a week that was truncated due...

READ MORE >
Making Stablecoins ‘Grandma-Friendly’
Making Stablecoins ‘Grandma-Friendly’
May 29, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Paying with crypto is a logistics problem, and that logistics problem creates a user experience bottleneck. Stablecoins want to solve that, but can they? Get...

READ MORE >
How Payments Firms Can Win Gen Z Without Chasing Every TikTok Trend
How Payments Firms Can Win Gen Z Without Chasing Every TikTok Trend
May 29, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

In an age where consumer expectations evolve at the speed of a TikTok trend, financial institutions and payment providers face an increasingly complex question: how...

READ MORE >
Tight Business Cases Accelerate Credit Unions’ Shift to Real-Time Payments
Tight Business Cases Accelerate Credit Unions’ Shift to Real-Time Payments
May 29, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Executives at financial institutions large and small know that faster payments are becoming a part of their strategic and competitive roadmaps. If they don’t offer...

READ MORE >
73% of Gen Z Identify as ‘Reactors’ in New Study
73% of Gen Z Identify as ‘Reactors’ in New Study
May 29, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

A shift is underway in how consumers in the United States manage their finances, and high earners are increasingly exhibiting reactive money habits. Get the...

READ MORE >
Amazon and Walmart Hit the Wall as Shoppers Shift Spending
Amazon and Walmart Hit the Wall as Shoppers Shift Spending
May 29, 2025  |  Retail

The intense rivalry between eCommerce titan Amazon and brick-and-mortar giant Walmart has long pitted the two companies against each other. Now, both retailers have a...

READ MORE >