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Tech Sector Cash Flows Hampered by Keeping Treasurers in the Dark
Technology // October 15, 2024

Technology industry treasurers face different challenges than their peers in other sectors. For example, only 50% report having strong influence in decision-making, far below other sectors like consumer goods. Their limited involvement affects key financial outcomes, such as cash flow predictability and revenue optimism. Tech...

AI Explained: AI Agents Are Quietly Taking Over Everyday Tasks
artificial intelligence // October 14, 2024

Artificial intelligence agents are everywhere, quietly reshaping industries and automating tasks we didn’t think possible a few years ago. Unlike basic automation, these AI agents can handle complex jobs, think independently and learn from their environment. The result? Healthcare, finance and logistics businesses are seeing...

AI’s Growing Role in Finance Brings Opportunity and Risk, House Panel Finds
artificial intelligence // July 18, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize finance and housing, bringing both game-changing benefits and thorny new risks that demand vigilant oversight, a bipartisan House panel has concluded. The House Financial Services Committee’s AI Working Group, established in January by Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., and...

Study: Small Businesses Emerge as Prime Candidates for Embedded Lending Products
Consumer Finance // June 12, 2024

Lenders across major global economies offer embedded lending. However, data suggests that the typical lender that serves consumers or small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has not fully embraced the potential of embedded lending. For example, nearly half of lenders serving SMBs have not entered this...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why So Many Mid-Sized Banks Fail the Digital Lending Readiness Test

October 16, 2024
Mid-sized financial institutions (FIs) — including community banks, regional banks, and credit unions — face growing challenges in automating their lending processes. This is particularly true for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). While 70% of FIs have automated consumer lending, only 33% have done so for SMBs. This gap in automation is leading to higher […]

Tech Sector Cash Flows Hampered by Keeping Treasurers in the Dark

October 15, 2024
Technology industry treasurers face different challenges than their peers in other sectors. For example, only 50% report having strong influence in decision-making, far below other sectors like consumer goods. Their...

New Study Shows Big Gap Between Open Banking Interest and Use

March 19, 2024
Open banking payments appeal to consumers. Nearly half of respondents in PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study are highly willing to use them for at least one type of expense, including monthly...

PSCU/Co-op Solutions Study Adds New Urgency to Credit Union Innovation

March 11, 2024
Credit union (CU) members value the classic benefits associated with CUs, such as lower fees and more access to loan products. Still, PYMNTS Intelligence finds they also show more interest...

Quick Reads
Countsy Debuts Platform to Streamline Back-Office Management

April 23, 2024
Accounting and human resources and finance firm Countsy has debuted an online platform. Announced Tuesday (April 23), countsy.ai is designed to simplify back-office management by providing a centralized place for essential business tools and team collaboration. “We designed our new portal to streamline the often complex back office operations for our clients,” Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill, founder of Countsy, said in a news […]

Ramp Valued at $7.6 Billion Following Series D Round

April 18, 2024
Spend management platform Ramp says it is now a $7.6 billion company. The firm on Thursday (April 18) announced it had reached that valuation as it wound down a $150 million Series D-2 funding round....

Goldman and BNY Mellon Join Multi-Lender Blockchain Project

March 12, 2024
Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon are reportedly delving deeper into the world of blockchain transactions. The two banks were among several firms that took part in a series of tests on a blockchain network connecting...

Numarics Raises €10.2 Million to Offer Small Businesses All-in-One Digital CFO Solution

July 06, 2023
Swiss FinTech startup Numarics has raised €10 million ($10.9 million) in a seed funding round, offering small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) a digital CFO solution to streamline their administration processes....