It was fun going inside the italist's unique business model with CEO Diego Abba who explains what Italian Retail is and why it means that fashionistas everywhere can buy current season brands at as much as 40% off. I’m sold 😊 on it and the power of business models to

Putting the AI in AgrIculture. From loans, to insurance, to actually working the soil, Ceres AI (Ceres AI) CEO Ramsey Masri tells me how AI can lend a helping (and sometimes robotic) hand to farmers because “Twenty years ago, three out of four kids stayed on the farm. Ten

Today's issue of a PYMNTS Intelligence four-part study finds that SMBs in the healthcare, hospitality, restaurant and transportation sectors choose instant payments for reasons beyond speed. Many of these SMBs actually cite benefits other than speed as the most important

Younger consumers are remarkably open to the idea of brands as financial services providers, an outlook that could mean a dramatic boost in traction for embedded finance products.   Checkout the new Embedded Finance Tracker® (our collab w/ Galileo Financial Technologies), for PYMNTS

What's really changed about healthcare payments over the past decade? That's what I asked PatientPay's Tom Furr & ClearGage's Ryan Zemmin before the two CEOs took me inside the merger of their two firms.   For the genesis of the team-up, who approached who and what the greater

Thanks to PYMNTS Intelligence we know 62% of restaurant workers want their tips same-day, 37% want them immediately. Justin Roberts tells me how @GoKickfin's direct integration with restaurant POS helps restaurant operators make those faster payouts accessible to their staff,

Using credit cards to pay for groceries is a thing, it’s always been a thing and it was more of a thing in July. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest research finds 60% of consumers who bought groceries used a credit product in July, roughly 3% more than did so in May or June. Other

We’re learning a lot about this new generational cohort, the Zillennials — a younger millennial and older Generation Z consumer born between 1991 and 1999 — to understand how they live in the digital world, including how they shop and how they pay. Here’s the latest data

Tis the season for strategic planning, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the trends that should influence the ones on the payments and commerce drawing boards for 2025. Here are nine worth considering, no matter where you play – or might want to – in the digital economy:

“We are at about four times the level of data that has been breached this year to date compared to last year" – Intellicheck_IDN's Bryan Lewis breaks down exactly why that's such a problem, and it's pretty freaky. With the right combo of stolen information, a criminal could

Walmart’s share of grocery spend produces a 7 to 1 advantage over Amazon. PYMNTS Intelligence's new Whole Paycheck Report also indicates Amazon is eating into Walmart's lead, making strides in the food & beverage space, with notable gains in the health and personal care

Connecting money-in, money-out with a proprietary money stack. An exclusive conversation to break the news of the acquisition of Deposits by Ingo Payments to create what  Drew W Edwards says is a money mobility "match made in heaven." All the details about the acquisition with

As digital-first consumers, Zillennials represent a new wave of financial engagement. A new report from PYMNTS Intelligence details how that manifests in the way these consumers in their late 20s and early 30s choose their financial services, and the data is nuanced. Most

The “Visa” for mobile wallets because “...today, it’s very easy to travel with a piece of plastic, but it’s very difficult to travel with a piece of software." TerraPay's @RubenGenovez tells me how the consortia of global mobile wallets that TerraPay is convening is out to

How embedded payments "keeps the giving going” for nonprofits raising money online. That was the subject of today's SMB TV episode, which features Visa’s Sara Craven & 4aGoodCause (4aGoodCause)'s Ronald Pruitt. We discuss why hopping on the digital wallet wave is particularly

In the use it or lose world of FSAs & HSAs, Banyan's Alpesh Chokshi tells me SKU-level data can put the "money back in people’s pockets that they might have lost otherwise." Stream the rest of our convo for the BANYAN president's POV on how an automated way to access

“Let’s go back to times of crisis where these banks have stepped up" – @NCR_Voyix's Doug Brown points to how many banks proved their mettle when issuing PPP loans during COVID, because difficult times are often defined by cash flow. He believes "now is the time for small

.Drew Uher refers to the U.S. housing market's current state as both a "mess" and "a complete bloodbath over the last two years." But there's reason for optimism, as the HomeLight founder & CEO tells me AI is what's next for real estate, being an essential tool in helping

What restaurants & diners "really want" from the perspective of the man who says “We’re the connector,” between the restaurants, consumers and rewards. Stream my convo w/ Rewards Network CEO ed eger on the topic of creating lasting engagement within the restaurant ecosystem:

PYMNTS Intelligence's The Embedded Lending Opportunity Report (commissioned by Visa) has traveled the globe to get a 360-degree view of lenders and end users. Today's stop: India, where a remarkable 37% of Small Businesses used embedded lending in the last year, a number far