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How 15 Pivotal Events Impacted the Digital Economy in 2024
How 15 Pivotal Events Impacted the Digital Economy in 2024
December 30, 2024  |  Karen Webster

There are 52 Mondays in a year. For the last 15 of those years, I have published a piece of content on as many of...

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Here Are 20 New Year’s Resolutions … With a Little Help From Our AI Friends
Here Are 20 New Year’s Resolutions … With a Little Help From Our AI Friends
December 28, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Hey, we got frustrated. We were planning our last Weekender of the year, and everything was feeling more than a little too cliched. Staffer resolutions...

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How Two-Thirds of American Consumers Managed Their Paychecks in 2024
How Two-Thirds of American Consumers Managed Their Paychecks in 2024
December 27, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Profound shifts in consumer behavior and priorities characterized 2024. As of November, 67% of consumers live paycheck to paycheck. In fact, this is the highest...

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10 Ways SMBs Accessed and Used Credit in 2024
10 Ways SMBs Accessed and Used Credit in 2024
December 26, 2024  |  SMBs

SMBs can have wildly different experiences accessing credit, PYMNTS Intelligence data reveals. This disparity is especially evident when comparing small businesses of different revenue brackets....

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’Twas the Night Before PYMNTS
’Twas the Night Before PYMNTS
December 25, 2024  |  Opinion

A Holiday Poem   ’Twas the night before Christmas in the year twenty-four, When the CFPB stirred like never before. The firewalls were up, and...

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The Year in Data: PYMNTS Intelligence Decodes 2024’s Biggest Trends
The Year in Data: PYMNTS Intelligence Decodes 2024’s Biggest Trends
December 24, 2024  |  Market Conditions

It’s no secret that 2024 was a year of important developments in the financial services industry, and PYMNTS Intelligence was at the forefront of tracking...

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Was Your Favorite Holiday Tradition Once a Marketing Campaign?
Was Your Favorite Holiday Tradition Once a Marketing Campaign?
December 21, 2024  |  Retail

From candy canes to Christmas cards, the year-end holiday season is steeped in traditions that often feel timeless. Yet, many of these cherished customs can...

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New Data: eCommerce Merchants See Big Gains by Embracing Digital Wallets and BNPL
New Data: eCommerce Merchants See Big Gains by Embracing Digital Wallets and BNPL
December 20, 2024  |  eCommerce

Credit and debit cards still dominate the eCommerce arena, yet alternative payment methods such as digital wallets and buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans have...

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Personalized Attacks, Scalable Solutions: The Payments Industry’s New Security Imperative
Personalized Attacks, Scalable Solutions: The Payments Industry’s New Security Imperative
December 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

The payments industry faces the dual challenge of enhancing user experience while combating sophisticated fraud. “There’s a lot of emphasis on doing things as frictionless...

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