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Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance

Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance
Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance
February 16, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Embedded finance has evolved beyond a supplementary revenue channel to become the deciding factor between companies that forge lasting customer relationships and those that fall...

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More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 
More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 
February 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The cost of fraud at U.S. financial institutions is rising, but the deeper threat may be what it does to customer relationships and brand reputation....

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70% of Consumers Say Yes to AI Agents for Shopping
70% of Consumers Say Yes to AI Agents for Shopping
February 11, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The most revealing signal in the latest PYMNTS Intelligence research is not that consumers are experimenting with agentic AI. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Nearly 3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in the Past Year
Nearly 3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in the Past Year
February 10, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Consumers who pay the most for their credit cards turn out to be the ones least likely to ignore them. Just 3.9% of premium cardholders...

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Digital Banks Win With Younger and Lower-Income Consumers
Digital Banks Win With Younger and Lower-Income Consumers
February 09, 2026  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital bank users are not simply early adopters of new payment methods. They represent a distinct slice of the U.S. banking population, shaped by age, income, education and daily...

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Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
February 05, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Nearly three-quarters of credit cardholders who requested a limit increase and were denied turned to installment plans as an alternative source of credit, revealing how...

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75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents
75% of Tech Firms Say They Are Extremely Familiar With AI Agents
February 03, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is not arriving evenly across the economy. It is taking shape first inside the technology sector itself,...

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Mobile Wallet Usage Soars, Even as Apple Pay Leaves Spend on the Table
Mobile Wallet Usage Soars, Even as Apple Pay Leaves Spend on the Table
February 02, 2026  |  Mobile Wallets

Apple Pay usage has doubled in physical stores over the past year, yet the mobile wallet still processes only 1 in 10 eligible transactions and...

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Digital Wallet Use Still Lags in the Physical Store
Digital Wallet Use Still Lags in the Physical Store
January 30, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Online shopping has stopped being a young person’s game, and the data now points to a broader shift: where consumers shop is increasingly tied to...

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