Payments Intelligence

57% of Retail SMBs Want Flexible Due Dates on Credit Cards

57% of Retail SMBs Want Flexible Due Dates on Credit Cards
57% of Retail SMBs Want Flexible Due Dates on Credit Cards
March 26, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses may be sending a clear signal to card issuers: stop selling access and start selling usefulness. A new PYMNTS Intelligence report suggests many...

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Why Price Takes a Back Seat in Embedded Finance Deals
Why Price Takes a Back Seat in Embedded Finance Deals
March 26, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Embedded finance is increasingly central to how B2B companies buy and sell, but it only works as well as the bank or FinTech behind it....

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Why Millions of New Accounts Never Turn Into Real Banking Relationships
Why Millions of New Accounts Never Turn Into Real Banking Relationships
March 25, 2026  |  Faster Payments

Banks and credit unions are opening millions of new accounts, yet too many fail to become active relationships. As FinTechs deliver instant funding and immediate...

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Consumers Pass the Debt Test but Fail the Savings Test
Consumers Pass the Debt Test but Fail the Savings Test
March 24, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Household finances are showing resilience on the surface, but the underlying sentiment points to a more constrained consumer. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Split Spending: Survival vs. Splurge Defines the New Consumer
Split Spending: Survival vs. Splurge Defines the New Consumer
March 24, 2026  |  Retail

The most endangered species in retail isn’t brick-and-mortar. It’s the mid-market shopper share of wallet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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The Back Office Gets Smarter as AI Transforms Supplier Payments
The Back Office Gets Smarter as AI Transforms Supplier Payments
March 24, 2026  |  Accounts Payable

For years, accounts payable (AP) was judged by how little trouble it caused, but new data suggests it may now be creating room for faster...

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Acquirers Say Risk and Readiness Are Slowing Agentic Commerce
Acquirers Say Risk and Readiness Are Slowing Agentic Commerce
March 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

“How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce” examines how acquirers are preparing for the next phase of digital commerce as AI-powered agents take on a larger...

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Middle Market Firms Limit Crypto Use to Payments, Not Treasury
Middle Market Firms Limit Crypto Use to Payments, Not Treasury
March 23, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Middle market firms have spent the past several years widening their use of faster payments, embedded finance tools and data-driven treasury systems, yet digital assets...

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Identity Gaps Are Becoming Billion-Dollar Points of Failure
Identity Gaps Are Becoming Billion-Dollar Points of Failure
March 23, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Digital identity now runs through every part of the customer and partner journey, from logging in and making transactions to onboarding vendors and issuing loans....

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