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In an era of high living costs and economic uncertainty, payroll timing is more than a convenience—it’s a competitive edge. Earned wage access (EWA), which allows employees to collect pay as they earn it, is transforming payroll into a strategic retention tool. The latest data shows workers are no longer willing to wait two weeks for a paycheck, especially as financial stress mounts....
Shoppers in the United States aren’t just swiping their credit cards; they’re splitting them.
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Split Shift: How Card Installments Are Reshaping the Pay Later Landscape” shows that the rise of installment plans on general-purpose and store-branded cards is beginning to reshape consumer credit, diverting attention and dollars from buy now, pay later (BNPL)...
U.S. import cargo volumes are projected to decline for the remainder of 2025, after a near-record summer surge driven by retailers stocking up ahead of rising tariffs and an unpredictable trade policy landscape.
The Global Port Tracker report, released Tuesday (Sept. 9) by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates, indicates a cooling after a period of heightened...
Marqeta, a card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions, announced Tuesday (Sept. 9) the appointment of Mike Milotich as its CEO and a director, effective immediately.
Milotich has served in this position on an interim basis since February, a role he held concurrently with his position as CFO.
Judson C. Linville, chair of the Marqeta board, credited Milotich for...
Microsoft plans to buy access to Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) models for parts of Office 365 Copilot, partly reducing its reliance on OpenAI, The Information reported.
Under the plan, Microsoft will blend Anthropic’s Claude models with OpenAI’s technology inside Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. People involved told The Information that Anthropic’s latest models...
Authentica, a San Francisco-based startup, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to deliver real-time supply chain visibility and automate compliance amid rising tariffs and trade scrutiny.
The platform ingests emails and shipping documents and uses AI agents to automate key processes across the order-to-delivery cycle, including anomaly detection, tariff...
Markets move fast, but FinTech IPOs move faster.
Tuesday night (Sept. 9), the investing world anxiously waited ahead of a listing slated for Wednesday, and Klarna may set the stage for FinTechs to come knocking on the public market’s door.
As reported by Reuters, investor demand for Klarna’s initial public offering (IPO) was and is robust, with the company signaling it would price at...
Trustly, a global provider of pay-by-bank solutions, and Episode Six, which offers enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of pay by bank in the United States.
The collaboration is designed to enable U.S. retail merchants to accept pay by bank through their existing card networks, potentially reducing...
Amazon has announced the debut of Lens Live, a new visual search feature intended to make product discovery faster and more interactive in its shopping app.
The tool enables users to identify and purchase products through real-time image recognition, marking Amazon’s latest effort to weave artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into online shopping.
The launch builds on the existing...
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday (Sept. 9) called it “the biggest leap ever” for iPhone, but it happened without AI.
Apple’s iPhone 17 launch leaned on hardware and chip performance, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing only a secondary role. Apple executives offered only passing mentions of Apple Intelligence, a shift from last year’s iPhone 16 debut where AI dominated before...