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Property managers are embracing real-time payment rails — and not just for speed.
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Tenants now expect digital convenience at every touch point, from rent payments to security deposit refunds. Vendors, too, demand faster payouts, often before work even begins. In response, more property managers are turning to instant payments to meet rising expectations and reduce...
It was a mixed bag of companies that drove the CE 100 to a 2% increase last week, but one pillar of the index stood out: Shop.
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Maybe it was the Amazon Prime Week and Walmart + week. Maybe it was forward-thinking parents getting back-to-school shopping early. The Shop pillar was easily the biggest gainer with a 6% spike, outpacing Live and Communicate by almost three...
Summertime. Time for heat, humidity, vacations, beaches and a lot of kids as well as adults looking for part-time work. It inspired a look at the gig economy apps in our app provider rankings, where we found a few surprises.
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The PYMNTS Gig Economy app provider ranking page offers a monthly ranking of smartphone gig economy apps, assessing them based on publicly...
Small businesses run on big decisions—but when it comes to credit card usage, many are blending business and personal finance in ways that reveal shortcomings in today’s financial products. That’s one of the key discoveries in “SMB Growth Monitor: How Firms Use and Choose Credit Cards,” which uncovers how SMB credit behaviors vary by business age, revenue, geography and industry.
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The back-to-the-office movement is proving to be a powerful catalyst for significant shifts in consumer purchasing behavior, impacting everything from daily meal choices to long-term spending patterns.
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A recent report from PYMNTS Intelligence, titled “How People Pay: Consumer Spending Habits Change as Workers Return to the Office,” reveals that the widespread return of...
The era of enterprise generative AI is underway, and it’s kicking off not with a bang but with a blueprint.
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Rather than leaping into full autonomy, the latest PYMNTS Intelligence in the June 2025 Data Book “Gen AI’s Evolving Role in the Enterprise Reset” finds that businesses are embracing Gen AI like they would an intern: with training, supervision and clear...
Credit unions must adopt a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to fraud prevention, Velera Chief Operations Officer Dean Michaels writes in the latest PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of Payments.”
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In today’s increasingly digital financial landscape, credit unions face growing pressure to deliver secure, seamless member experiences while operating...
Target’s price-matching days have reportedly come to an end.
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The retailer will stop the practice of matching the prices of products from rival retailers like Walmart and Amazon beginning July 28, Retail Dive reported Friday (July 18).
The company has seen that shoppers “overwhelmingly price match Target and not other retailers,” a Target spokesperson told the news...
Search engine startup Perplexity AI reportedly hopes to add its browser to smartphones.
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The artificial intelligence (AI) company is in talks with mobile device makers to have its Comet browser preinstalled on phones, CEO and Co-Founder Aravind Srinivas said in an interview with Reuters on Friday (July 18).
That report noted that this move could provide a major boost to...
Block, owner of Square and Cash App, is preparing to join the S...